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On the Malign Impulse to Name a Disease After a Group of People

On the Malign Impulse to Name a Disease After a Group of People

Mary Ann Cherry on Asian-American Racism and
AIDS-Era Homophobia

By Mary Ann Cherry | May 29, 2020

How US Interventions in Indonesia and Brazil Set the Stage for the Next 50 Years

How US Interventions in Indonesia and Brazil Set the Stage for the Next 50 Years

Vincent Bevins on the Dictatorships Born of the Cold War

By Vincent Bevins | May 28, 2020

How Mary Oppen Rewrote the Role of the Artist’s Wife

How Mary Oppen Rewrote the Role of the Artist’s Wife

In Just One Book She Wrote a Life's Worth of Energy

By Abby Walthausen | May 28, 2020

A Feminist Vision of War, from a Long-Buried Correspondence

A Feminist Vision of War, from a Long-Buried Correspondence

Oswyn Murray on Eileen Alexander's Letters

By Oswyn Murray | May 28, 2020

Why Did So Many Restaurants Stay Open During the 1918 Pandemic?

Why Did So Many Restaurants Stay Open During the 1918 Pandemic?

For Starters, More People Needed Places to Eat

By Rebecca Spang | May 27, 2020

Women Who Did What They Wanted: A Reading List

Women Who Did What They Wanted: A Reading List

C.W. Gortner on Fearless Figures from History

By C.W. Gortner | May 27, 2020

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The Letter That Changed Emily Dickinson's Life

By Martha Ackmann | May 26, 2020

History is No Longer a Circle, Nor is Progress Guaranteed

By Szczepan Twardoch | May 26, 2020

When All of New York City Stopped Reading the News at Once

By Rob Brotherton | May 26, 2020

Here's a rare recording of Raymond Carver reading one of his best-known stories.

Here's a rare recording of Raymond Carver reading one of his best-known stories.

By Corinne Segal | May 22, 2020

Letters of War, and the End of Youth

Letters of War, and the End of Youth

Claire Messud on Her Family's WWII Correspondence

By Claire Messud | May 22, 2020

Lauren Francis-Sharma: <br>'What if the Facts Aren't the Facts at All?'

Lauren Francis-Sharma:
'What if the Facts Aren't the Facts at All?'

On Writers of Color Confronting Historical Fiction

By Lauren Francis-Sharma | May 22, 2020

How the Black Press Battled Military Discrimination and Won

How the Black Press Battled Military Discrimination and Won

Op-Eds, Dedicated Journalism, and a Successful Campaign

By Dan C. Goldberg | May 22, 2020

A murderess, a black mass, a scandalous literary salon: Welcome to Paris in 1920.

A murderess, a black mass, a scandalous literary salon: Welcome to Paris in 1920.

By Corinne Segal | May 21, 2020

On the Revisionist Histories at the Heart of Fascism and Populism

On the Revisionist Histories at the Heart of Fascism and Populism

From Perón to Trump, the Political Art of Spinning Lies Into Myth

By Federico Finchelstein | May 21, 2020

Travels with Barbie, From Tehran to Paris to New York

Travels with Barbie, From Tehran to Paris to New York

Porochista Khakpour on Loving—and Destroying—a Beloved Doll

By Porochista Khakpour | May 21, 2020

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