Lessons in Self-Invention and Reinvention from <br>Theodore Roosevelt

Lessons in Self-Invention and Reinvention from
Theodore Roosevelt

Michael Patrick F. Smith Finds Himself a President’s Story

By Michael Patrick F. Smith | February 17, 2021

To Catch a Killer: Uncovering the Massacre of a Jewish Family in<br> Nazi Europe

To Catch a Killer: Uncovering the Massacre of a Jewish Family in
Nazi Europe

Wendy Lower's Ten-Year Hunt to Identify the Victims and Murderers in a Horrific Holocaust Photograph

By Wendy Lower | February 16, 2021

Does Regency-Era Opium Use Explain Anne de Bourgh of <em>Pride and Prejudice</em>?

Does Regency-Era Opium Use Explain Anne de Bourgh of Pride and Prejudice?

Molly Greeley in Conversation with C.P. Lesley on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | February 16, 2021

The Hidden Narrative in <em>Middlemarch</em> That 2021 Readers Will Spot

The Hidden Narrative in Middlemarch That 2021 Readers Will Spot

Diana Rose Newby on George Eliot's Approach to Contagion

By Diana Rose Newby | February 12, 2021

I Wanted to Understand the Breathtaking Violence of American Policing, <br>So I Became a Cop

I Wanted to Understand the Breathtaking Violence of American Policing,
So I Became a Cop

Rosa Brooks Wrestles with the Puzzle of State-Sanctioned Violence

By Rosa Brooks | February 12, 2021

This month, Frederick Douglass’s papers will be made available to the public.

This month, Frederick Douglass’s papers will be made available to the public.

By Walker Caplan | February 11, 2021

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Listen to the sound of an 18,000-year-old conch shell.

By Walker Caplan | February 11, 2021

How America Has Always Advertised the Next Golden Age of Computers

By Ryan Mungia | February 11, 2021

To Unify a Divided (New) Nation: The Early Days of George Washington's Presidency

By David O. Stewart | February 11, 2021

On the Connection Between Chinese Folktales and American Comic Book Heroes

On the Connection Between Chinese Folktales and American Comic Book Heroes

Gene Luen Yang Returns to the Adventures of Sun Wukong,
the Monkey King

By Gene Luen Yang | February 11, 2021

On the First All-Black Parachute Infantry Battalion, the Triple Nickles

On the First All-Black Parachute Infantry Battalion, the Triple Nickles

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | February 11, 2021

Is this cancel culture? Josh Hawley vs. The 1619 Project

Is this cancel culture? Josh Hawley vs. The 1619 Project

By Jonny Diamond | February 10, 2021

The Woman Who Ran for President Before Women<br> Could Vote

The Woman Who Ran for President Before Women
Could Vote

Mira Ptacin on the Ambitions of Victoria Woodhull

By Mira Ptacin | February 10, 2021

When Do Unspoken Social Rules Become Fashion Laws?

When Do Unspoken Social Rules Become Fashion Laws?

Richard Thompson Ford on the Time a Top Hat Scandalized London

By Richard Thompson Ford | February 10, 2021

How the Nuclear Family Exploited Unwed Mothers

How the Nuclear Family Exploited Unwed Mothers

Gabrielle Glaser Talks to Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 10, 2021

How James Thomas “Cool Papa” Bell Became a Negro League Superstar

How James Thomas “Cool Papa” Bell Became a Negro League Superstar

Lonnie Wheeler Celebrates One of the Fastest Men Ever to Play Baseball

By Lonnie Wheeler | February 10, 2021

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