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What Is Donald Trump Doing? Three Theories for the Madness

What Is Donald Trump Doing? Three Theories for the Madness

Aron Solomon on the Chaos and the Cruelty of the Worst President in American History

By Aron Solomon | March 7, 2025

What the Smallest Artifacts Reveal About the Ancient Cultures That Created Them

What the Smallest Artifacts Reveal About the Ancient Cultures That Created Them

Jennifer Lucy Allan on the Millennia-Long Relationship Between Humans and Hands-On Creation

By Jennifer Lucy Allan | March 7, 2025

Groaning Under the Weight of History: Inside the Natural and Political Landscape of the Carpathian Mountains

Groaning Under the Weight of History: Inside the Natural and Political Landscape of the Carpathian Mountains

Nick Thorpe Explores the Intersections of Geography and Culture in Central and Eastern Europe

By Nick Thorpe | March 7, 2025

Margaret Atwood on Victoria Amelina, Who Recorded the Lives of Ukrainian Women Under War

Margaret Atwood on Victoria Amelina, Who Recorded the Lives of Ukrainian Women Under War

Remembering an Award-Winning Writer Who Sacrificed Her Life For Justice

By Margaret Atwood | March 6, 2025

Ted Chiang on Superintelligence and Its Discontents in J.D. Beresford’s Innovative Work of Early 20th-Century Science Fiction

Ted Chiang on Superintelligence and Its Discontents in J.D. Beresford’s Innovative Work of Early 20th-Century Science Fiction

Rereading “The Hampdenshire Wonder”

By Ted Chiang | March 6, 2025

Bare Before the Sublime: <br>A Short History of Nudity As Spiritual Practice

Bare Before the Sublime:
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By Philip Carr-Gomm | March 4, 2025

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The US Has a Journalism Crisis: Here’s Why Writers Are Leaving the Profession in Droves

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What Russia’s Violent History of Occupation Reveals About Its Ongoing War on Ukraine

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From Bowie to Baseball to Bitcoin: Ten Nonfiction Books to Check Out in March

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“We Owe Them Recognition.” On Recovering and Preserving Mexico’s Trans History

“We Owe Them Recognition.” On Recovering and Preserving Mexico’s Trans History

Alexandra R. DeRuiz Explores Her Country's Continuing Struggle for LGBTQ Rights, Visibility and Acceptance

By Alexandra R. DeRuiz | February 27, 2025

The Rise of Ronald Reagan, a Product of California

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Michael Hiltzik on the Early Career of the Actor-Cum-Politician Who Changed America

By Michael Hiltzik | February 26, 2025

Tracing America’s Obsession With Conspiracy Theories Back to Its Founding

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Andrew Lawler on the Revolutionary Roots of a Corrosive National Pastime

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Omar El Akkad on Genocide, Complicit Liberals, and the Terrible Wrath of the West

Omar El Akkad on Genocide, Complicit Liberals, and the Terrible Wrath of the West

Dan Sheehan Talks to the Author of “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This”

By Dan Sheehan | February 25, 2025

From Princely Regalia to Women’s Underwear: The Evolution of the Color Pink

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How Two of America’s Biggest Columnists Reacted to the Assassination of Malcolm X

How Two of America’s Biggest Columnists Reacted to the Assassination of Malcolm X

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