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Read the love poem that went viral . . . in ancient Greece.

Read the love poem that went viral . . . in ancient Greece.

By Walker Caplan | September 9, 2021

How Native Basketball Challenged Colonial Hegemony and Rejected Conformity

How Native Basketball Challenged Colonial Hegemony and Rejected Conformity

Abe Streep on the History of Indigenous Youth Who Turned Adversity into Opportunity

By Abe Streep | September 9, 2021

<em>Amanita Muscaria</em>, the Real Life Mushroom We Know From Disney Movies

Amanita Muscaria, the Real Life Mushroom We Know From Disney Movies

Aliya Whiteley on the Potency and Fantastical Imagery of the Fungi

By Aliya Whiteley | September 9, 2021

Philip Stephens on Not-So-Great Britain

Philip Stephens on Not-So-Great Britain

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 9, 2021

Anne Sebba on Ethel Rosenberg’s Early Days

Anne Sebba on Ethel Rosenberg’s Early Days

This Week from Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | September 9, 2021

Beyond the West: On the Second Sino-Japanese War

Beyond the West: On the Second Sino-Japanese War

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | September 9, 2021

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How Do You Deliver a Baby in the Middle of a Storm with One Generator, No Water, and No Electricity?

By Belle Marie Torres Velázquez | September 8, 2021

On the Race to a COVID Vaccine (and Power, and Profit)

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On Miss America’s Brief—But Real—Activist Phase

By Amy Argetsinger | September 7, 2021

When Ray Bradbury Asked John F. Kennedy if He Could Help with the Space Race

When Ray Bradbury Asked John F. Kennedy if He Could Help with the Space Race

“I would be glad to help promote the Space Age as we would all like to see it promoted.”

By Shaun Usher | September 7, 2021

How White Violence Turned a Peaceful Civil Rights Demonstration Into Mayhem

How White Violence Turned a Peaceful Civil Rights Demonstration Into Mayhem

Winfred Rembert on Protesting in the Jim Crow South and Getting Arrested

By Winfred Rembert as told to Erin I. Kelly | September 7, 2021

Understanding Pakistan Through the Story of Karachi

Understanding Pakistan Through the Story of Karachi

Samira Shackle Offers a Portrait of a City

By Samira Shackle | September 3, 2021

Mary Martin Devlin on Scandal and Monarchy in 18th-Century France

Mary Martin Devlin on Scandal and Monarchy in 18th-Century France

In Conversation with C.P. Lesley on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | September 3, 2021

Exploring the “Hidden Figures” of the WWII Women’s Army Corps

Exploring the “Hidden Figures” of the WWII Women’s Army Corps

Kaia Alderson on the Books That Shaped Her Debut Novel

By Kaia Alderson | September 3, 2021

What We Know About Women in the Viking Age Is Steeped in Cultural Bias

What We Know About Women in the Viking Age Is Steeped in Cultural Bias

Nancy Marie Brown on How Gender Impacts the Interpretation of History

By Nancy Marie Brown | September 2, 2021

Mike Duncan on Defending the Principles of Liberty and Equality

Mike Duncan on Defending the Principles of Liberty and Equality

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