On the Weaponization of Language in a Traumatized Nation

On the Weaponization of Language in a Traumatized Nation

Andrea Scrima Finds Connections Between American Mythmaking and Political Deceptions

By Andrea Scrima | June 18, 2021

On the Self-Sustaining Ecosystem and Beauty of Scotland’s Man-Made Bings

On the Self-Sustaining Ecosystem and Beauty of Scotland’s Man-Made Bings

Cal Flyn Considers “Ugly” Wastelands, Natural Recovery, and Oil Production 

By Cal Flyn | June 18, 2021

On Juneteenth and the Struggle to Commemorate and Make Sense of Protest and Rebellion

On Juneteenth and the Struggle to Commemorate and Make Sense of Protest and Rebellion

Annette Gordon-Reed, Elizabeth Hinton, and Jelani Cobb in Conversation About the Brutal, Bloody Legacy of Racial Injustice in America

By Jelani Cobb | June 18, 2021

The Truth About British Soldiers and Tea Time

The Truth About British Soldiers and Tea Time

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | June 17, 2021

Move over, tea controversy—turns out Jane Austen’s brother was an abolitionist.

Move over, tea controversy—turns out Jane Austen’s brother was an abolitionist.

By Walker Caplan | June 16, 2021

Even Jared Kushner has a book deal now.

Even Jared Kushner has a book deal now.

By Walker Caplan | June 16, 2021

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Death in the Present Tense: On Martha Gellhorn’s Love Letters to Ernest Hemingway

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The Balloon-Hoax of Edgar Allan Poe and Early New York Grifters

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John Tresch on the Advent of Extreme Publicity

By John Tresch | June 16, 2021

Asako Serizawa on the Inheritors of Imperialism and War

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In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | June 16, 2021

Watch Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. trade insults on live television.

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Jonathan Lee on the Man Who Built New York City... Only to Disappear Into It

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Dwyer Murphy Talks to the Author of The Great Mistake About the Life and Times of Andrew Haswell Green

By Dwyer Murphy | June 15, 2021

On Meriwether Lewis’ Understudied Journey Through the Blackfoot Valley

On Meriwether Lewis’ Understudied Journey Through the Blackfoot Valley

John N. Maclean Details the Trip That “Marked the Coming of the White Man”

By John N. Maclean | June 15, 2021

Bryan Burrough on the Texas Creation Myth and the Real Story of the Alamo

Bryan Burrough on the Texas Creation Myth and the Real Story of the Alamo

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

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Watch this never-aired ABC television profile of James Baldwin.

Watch this never-aired ABC television profile of James Baldwin.

By Walker Caplan | June 14, 2021

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