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On this Krampus Night, revisit the scariest Christmas book of all.

On this Krampus Night, revisit the scariest Christmas book of all.

By James Folta | December 5, 2025

How Indigenous West African Communities Resisted the European Slave Trade

How Indigenous West African Communities Resisted the European Slave Trade

“It was clear to African populations that self-reliance was the only way to survive predatory imperial states.”

By Sudhir Hazareesingh | December 5, 2025

Give Me Independence: On 1776, the Pivotal Year For What Would Become America

Give Me Independence: On 1776, the Pivotal Year For What Would Become America

Edward J. Larson Considers the Impact and Legacy of the American Revolutionary Cause

By Edward J. Larson | December 5, 2025

The Radical Write: How a Medieval Catholic Mystic Inspired My Debut Novel

The Radical Write: How a Medieval Catholic Mystic Inspired My Debut Novel

Janet Rich Edwards on Marguerite Porete and the Power of Unconventional Faith

By Janet Rich Edwards | December 3, 2025

How It Feels to Watch a Civil War Unfold From the Comfort of Your Living Room

How It Feels to Watch a Civil War Unfold From the Comfort of Your Living Room

Tareq Baconi on the Experience of Repeated Exile For His Palestinian Refugee Family

By Tareq Baconi | December 3, 2025

Why We All Make Sacrifices to the Human-Created God Called “The Economy”

Why We All Make Sacrifices to the Human-Created God Called “The Economy”

Sven Beckert on the Rise of Capitalism As Both an Economic System and a Way of Life

By Sven Beckert | December 1, 2025

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The Enduring Comedy Legacy of Sid Caesar

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By Natan Last | November 25, 2025

On the Sweeping Supreme Court Decision That Led to Widespread High School Censorship

By Kate Eichhorn | November 25, 2025

When England Tried to Tame Ireland’s Unruliest Province

When England Tried to Tame Ireland’s Unruliest Province

Anna Whitelock on the Creation of the Ulster Plantation and Great Britain’s Early History of Colonialism

By Anna Whitelock | November 25, 2025

Nothing Better Than a Whole Lot of Books: In Praise of Bibliomania

Nothing Better Than a Whole Lot of Books: In Praise of Bibliomania

Ed Simon Considers the Many Different Ways an Obsession Can Manifest

By Ed Simon | November 24, 2025

What Our Continual Desire For Transformation Reveals About Ourselves

What Our Continual Desire For Transformation Reveals About Ourselves

Oren Harman Explores the Philosophical and Literary Side of Metamorphosis

By Oren Harman | November 24, 2025

The Innocenti: The Renaissance-Era Orphanage in Florence

The Innocenti: The Renaissance-Era Orphanage in Florence

Joseph Luzzi on the Abandoned Children of 1400s Italy

By Joseph Luzzi | November 24, 2025

Creating New Tongues: On Language as Adaptation and Resistance

Creating New Tongues: On Language as Adaptation and Resistance

Maria B. Olujic Considers the Role of Neologisms and Idioms in Croatia’s Linguistic Landscape

By Maria B. Olujic | November 24, 2025

Here’s what’s making us happy <em> this </em> week.

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | November 21, 2025

On the Many—and Contradictory—Histories of Mt. Rushmore

On the Many—and Contradictory—Histories of Mt. Rushmore

Matthew Davis Explores the Contested Meanings Behind a Famous American Monument

By Matthew Davis | November 21, 2025

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