The Swimming Pool: Fascist Blue Rectangle or Immersive Democratic Space?

The Swimming Pool: Fascist Blue Rectangle or Immersive Democratic Space?

Ellena Savage on the Complicated Past, Present, and Future of Pools

By Ellena Savage | June 12, 2019

The Traffic Stop: One of the Great Abuses of Police Power in Contemporary Life

The Traffic Stop: One of the Great Abuses of Police Power in Contemporary Life

Dan Albert on an Obsolete Enforcement Practice That Just Won't Die

By Dan Albert | June 12, 2019

On the Rise of the Feminist Internet

On the Rise of the Feminist Internet

"This magazine is about speaking up. Will that make us bitchy? Yeah."

By Linda Hirshman | June 11, 2019

On the 18th-Century Origins of Celebrity Worship

On the 18th-Century Origins of Celebrity Worship

Sharon Marcus Looks at the Role of Democracy and Individualism in the Rise of the "Famous"

By Sharon Marcus | June 10, 2019

The American Myths of Westward Expansion That Just Won't Die

The American Myths of Westward Expansion That Just Won't Die

Lauren Markham on Two Very Different Stories of Manifest Destiny

By Lauren Markham | June 10, 2019

Disappearing Archives: Sun Ra and Henry Dumas, Recorded in Conversation

Disappearing Archives: Sun Ra and Henry Dumas, Recorded in Conversation

Harmony Holiday on Jazz, Poetry, and a Rare Record of Mythic Black Friendship

By Harmony Holiday | June 10, 2019

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Why Cities Lose in Winner-Takes-All Elections

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Jonathan A. Rodden on the Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide

By Jonathan A. Rodden | June 6, 2019

Antony DeCurtis on the Instruments Behind Iconic Rock 'n' Roll Moments

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From Woody Guthrie to Prince, a Guitar is Not Always Just a Guitar

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The Painful, Powerful Legacies of Stonewall in 2019

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Charles Kaiser Introduces a New Edition of The Gay Metropolis

By Charles Kaiser | June 5, 2019

The Poetic Half-Life of One Family's Nuclear History

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Tyler Mills on Her Grandfather's Role in the Bombing of Nagasaki

By Tyler Mills | June 5, 2019

Life on the Margins in a Kingdom of Cartels

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On the Rise and Fall of Mexico's Narco Empire

By Dan Werb | June 5, 2019

Jill Lepore on Early American Ideas of Nationalism

Jill Lepore on Early American Ideas of Nationalism

"Inevitably, the age of national bootblacks and national oyster houses and national blacksmiths produced national history books."

By Jill Lepore | June 4, 2019

On the Role of Black Women in the Struggle for Suffrage

On the Role of Black Women in the Struggle for Suffrage

Kate Clarke Lemay Curates 'Portraits of Persistence' at the National Portrait Gallery

By Kate Lemay | June 4, 2019

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