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What Contraception Meant to a Century of Women Writers

What Contraception Meant to a Century of Women Writers

Julie Philips on Reproductive Justice and the Great 20th-Century Mother-Writers

By Julie Phillips | August 5, 2019

Walter Benjamin: How WWI Changed the Meaning of 'Barbaric'

Walter Benjamin: How WWI Changed the Meaning of 'Barbaric'

On the 'Monstrous Development of Technology'

By Walter Benjamin | August 2, 2019

The Life of Afong Moy, the First Chinese Woman in America

The Life of Afong Moy, the First Chinese Woman in America

Contending with the Orientalist Fears and Fantasies of a Young Nation

By Nancy E. Davis | August 2, 2019

On Svetlana Alexievich: What Can a Book Do in the Face of War?

On Svetlana Alexievich: What Can a Book Do in the Face of War?

Rachel Seiffert Considers Last Witnesses

By Rachel Seiffert | August 1, 2019

127 years after his death, letters of love and angst still come to Rimbaud's grave.

127 years after his death, letters of love and angst still come to Rimbaud's grave.

By Aaron Robertson | July 31, 2019

Never Again What? On the Hard Questions Primo Levi's Still Asking

Never Again What? On the Hard Questions Primo Levi's Still Asking

The Necessity of Revisiting His Classic If This Is a Man

By Giacomo Lichtner | July 31, 2019

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Apocalyptic Prophets: Reading the Fine Print of Ammon Bundy's Divine Mandate

Apocalyptic Prophets: Reading the Fine Print of Ammon Bundy's Divine Mandate

Sally Denton on the Cowboy Constitutionalists of the Oregon Militia Standoff

By Sally Denton | July 25, 2019

On One of the Great Dutch Novels of Social Reform

On One of the Great Dutch Novels of Social Reform

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On the Hypercapitalist Utopian Project of Singapore

On the Hypercapitalist Utopian Project of Singapore

Trisha Low Examines the Successes and Failures of Lee Kuan Yew's Vision

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The Unsung Woman Who Changed How We Take Care of Newborns

The Unsung Woman Who Changed How We Take Care of Newborns

How Virginia Apgar Revolutionized the Metrics for Measuring a Baby's Health

By Dr. Catherine Whitlock and Dr. Rhodri Evans | July 24, 2019

In the Woods: Telling the Finnish-American Immigrant Story

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Karl Marlantes on the Hardworking Lives of His Ancestors

By Karl Marlantes | July 23, 2019

Ronald Reagan Presided Over 89,343 Deaths to AIDS and Did Nothing

Ronald Reagan Presided Over 89,343 Deaths to AIDS and Did Nothing

Walt Odets on the First Years of the AIDS Epidemic and the Stigmatization of Gay Men

By Walt Odets | July 22, 2019

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