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On the Many—and Contradictory—Histories of Mt. Rushmore

On the Many—and Contradictory—Histories of Mt. Rushmore

Matthew Davis Explores the Contested Meanings Behind a Famous American Monument

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On the Venerated—and Exploited—Legacy of Anne Frank

On the Venerated—and Exploited—Legacy of Anne Frank

Lola Lafon on Spending the Night in the Annex of the Anne Frank House

By Lola Lafon | November 20, 2025

On Zohran Mamdani, Taylor Swift, and the Evolution of the Red Scare

On Zohran Mamdani, Taylor Swift, and the Evolution of the Red Scare

Aaron Boehmer Situates a True American Tradition in the 21st Century

By Aaron Boehmer | November 20, 2025

<em> Wicked </em> on the brain? Watch the original 1910 film adaptation of <em> The Wizard of Oz. </em>

Wicked on the brain? Watch the original 1910 film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz.

By Brittany Allen | November 19, 2025

What If Aliens Don’t Actually Do Science?

What If Aliens Don’t Actually Do Science?

Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner Consider the Many Forms Inquiry Can Take, In Our World and Others

By Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner | November 19, 2025

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Where Time and Space Collide: In Praise of Old Maps

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How Philly Businessman Albert Barnes Changed the Life of “Unsellable” Expressionist Artist Chaim Soutine

How Philly Businessman Albert Barnes Changed the Life of “Unsellable” Expressionist Artist Chaim Soutine

Celeste Marcus on the Barnes‘ Massive Soutine Acquisition in the Early 1900s

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What Set Off the Showdown at the O.K. Corral? An Anti-Gun Law

What Set Off the Showdown at the O.K. Corral? An Anti-Gun Law

Mark Lee Gardner on the Impact of 19th-Century Gun Control on Cowboy Culture

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What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket

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Caught Between Empires: On the Fate of the Amur Tiger

Caught Between Empires: On the Fate of the Amur Tiger

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Celebration and Struggle: On the Life and Work of Alice Childress

Celebration and Struggle: On the Life and Work of Alice Childress

Eve Dunbar Considers the Creative, Professional and Manual Labor of Black Women in America

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On the Early Days of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Rise to Power

On the Early Days of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Rise to Power

The Soviet Union General Secretary’s Anti-Alcohol Campaign, Initial Allies, and Rock-Star Beginnings

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Emma Darwin on Writing About Her Family and Finding Inspiration in Artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Emma Darwin on Writing About Her Family and Finding Inspiration in Artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder

“What glowed at me with such potency that I would willingly immerse myself for all the months of writing slog?”

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