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The Scapegoat: Siri Hustvedt on the Torture and Murder of Sylvia Likens

The Scapegoat: Siri Hustvedt on the Torture and Murder of Sylvia Likens

“Every myth explains too much, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t truths to be found in the story.”

By Siri Hustvedt | December 7, 2021

How Do You Kill a God? On Captain Cook’s Ill-Fated Arrival in Hawaii

How Do You Kill a God? On Captain Cook’s Ill-Fated Arrival in Hawaii

Anna Della Subin Considers the Death of the British Explorer and the Perpetuation of Whiteness as Divinity

By Anna Della Subin | December 7, 2021

Amitav Ghosh on the Urgency of De-centering Humans and Re-centering Land

Amitav Ghosh on the Urgency of De-centering Humans and Re-centering Land

This Week From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | December 6, 2021

A Brief History of Cheesy Pasta

A Brief History of Cheesy Pasta

Massimo Montanari Explores the Origins of a Culinary Match Made in Heaven

By Massimo Montanari | December 6, 2021

The Boundaries Between Nations Are Blurrier Than We Think

The Boundaries Between Nations Are Blurrier Than We Think

Oliver Uberti and James Cheshire on the Myth of Foundational Nationalism

By James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti | December 6, 2021

Stealing Georgia: Trump Gets Desperate, Kanye’s Publicist Shows Up on Ruby Freeman’s Doorstep, and... 28,000 Missing Votes?

Stealing Georgia: Trump Gets Desperate, Kanye’s Publicist Shows Up on Ruby Freeman’s Doorstep, and... 28,000 Missing Votes?

EXCLUSIVE: What The Steal Reveals About GOP Efforts to Sow Chaos in the 2020 Election

By Mark Bowden and Matthew Teague | December 4, 2021

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Who Does the Supreme Court Belong to Now?

By Just the Right Book | December 2, 2021

On the Little-Known Archives Keeping Civil Rights Activists’ Stories Alive

By Suzanne Cope | December 1, 2021

Meg Waite Clayton on Finding New Ways to Tell Old Stories

By Jane Ciabattari | December 1, 2021

On the Monumental, Lasting Impact of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympic Games

On the Monumental, Lasting Impact of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympic Games

John Feinstein Considers the History of Racial Inequality and Activism in Sports

By John Feinstein | November 30, 2021

How the Great Dorothy Day’s Anger Was an Expression of Her Faith

How the Great Dorothy Day’s Anger Was an Expression of Her Faith

Kaya Oakes on the Life and Times of the Legendary Activist

By Kaya Oakes | November 30, 2021

The Italian Electrical Scientist Who (May Have) Inspired <em>Frankenstein</em>

The Italian Electrical Scientist Who (May Have) Inspired Frankenstein

Timothy Jorgensen on Giovanni Aldini

By Timothy J. Jorgensen | November 30, 2021

How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

Talya Zax Looks to Post-Revolutionary Literature

By Talya Zax | November 29, 2021

On the Life of Belle da Costa Greene, Visionary Librarian and Democratizer of Museums

On the Life of Belle da Costa Greene, Visionary Librarian and Democratizer of Museums

Victoria Christopher Murray and Marie Benedict Guest on Book Dreams

By Book Dreams | November 29, 2021

Roderick Beaton on the Greek Revolution of 1821

Roderick Beaton on the Greek Revolution of 1821

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 29, 2021

We Shall Overcome: John Lewis on the Symbolism of the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the Urgency of the Civil Rights Movement

We Shall Overcome: John Lewis on the Symbolism of the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the Urgency of the Civil Rights Movement

The Late Activist and Congressman in Conversation with C-SPAN's Brian Lamb

By John Lewis | November 24, 2021

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