“Americans Are Bad at History.” At the Fault Lines of Memory and Propaganda

“Americans Are Bad at History.” At the Fault Lines of Memory and Propaganda

Patrick Nathan on the Inability to Carry Meaning Forward
and Distinguish Truth

By Patrick Nathan | August 19, 2021

How the War On Terror Became America’s First “Feminist” War

How the War On Terror Became America’s First “Feminist” War

Rafia Zakaria on American Neoimperialism Lies of Liberation

By Rafia Zakaria | August 19, 2021

To Abandon Civilization with Glee: Tracking Tigers in the Russian Wilderness

To Abandon Civilization with Glee: Tracking Tigers in the Russian Wilderness

Jonathan Franklin on a Rafting Trip in the USSR with Tom Brokaw and the "Do Boys"

By Jonathan Franklin | August 19, 2021

Toward a Binational Alternative in Israel: On the Illusion of the Two State Solution

Toward a Binational Alternative in Israel: On the Illusion of the Two State Solution

Omri Boehm on the Re-Imaginings Necessary for Transformation

By Omri Boehm | August 19, 2021

What We Can Learn from Feminist Rage

What We Can Learn from Feminist Rage

Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar on the Energizing Force of Anger

By Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar | August 19, 2021

12 new opinions on <em>Lolita</em> that no one’s invented yet.

12 new opinions on Lolita that no one’s invented yet.

By Walker Caplan | August 18, 2021

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On the Lost “Lenny Bruce of Athens”

By Mark Haskell Smith | August 18, 2021

Tracing the Crisis of Desertification to Colonization

By Lisa Wells | August 18, 2021

How the Humble Avocado Went from the Unwanted “Crocodile Pear” to America’s Favorite Superfood

By Andy Robinson | August 18, 2021

Take a look at the 35-pound comic scrapbook that paints a picture of Great Depression-era life.

Take a look at the 35-pound comic scrapbook that paints a picture of Great Depression-era life.

By Walker Caplan | August 17, 2021

Mariella Guzzoni on Van Gogh’s Love of Literature

Mariella Guzzoni on Van Gogh’s Love of Literature

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | August 17, 2021

J. Chester Johnson on the Elaine Race Massacre and Whitewashed History

J. Chester Johnson on the Elaine Race Massacre and Whitewashed History

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 16, 2021

Mapping the Cerebral: What Are Dreams and Why Are They Essential?

Mapping the Cerebral: What Are Dreams and Why Are They Essential?

Sidarta Ribeiro on the Cultural History of Dreaming and the Role of Memory

By Sidarta Ribeiro | August 16, 2021

Fictionalizing a Dark Chapter in the History of Milwaukee Policing

Fictionalizing a Dark Chapter in the History of Milwaukee Policing

Willa C. Richards on Harold Breier, Jeffrey Dahmer, and a Long Legacy of Neglect and Racism

By Willa C. Richards | August 13, 2021

The Glamour and the Terror: Why Women in the Victorian Era Jumped at the Chance to Go to Sea

The Glamour and the Terror: Why Women in the Victorian Era Jumped at the Chance to Go to Sea

Siân Evans on the Daring Women Whose Transatlantic Journeys Challenged Gender Roles

By Siân Evans | August 12, 2021

James Daly on the D-Day Operations That Never Happened

James Daly on the D-Day Operations That Never Happened

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | August 12, 2021

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