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How Texas Was Born of Revolution and Settler-Colonialism

How Texas Was Born of Revolution and Settler-Colonialism

Sam W. Haynes on the Indigenous Origins of Continental America's Largest State

By Sam W. Haynes | May 5, 2022

How Everyone—Left and Right—Has Misrepresented the History of Texas

How Everyone—Left and Right—Has Misrepresented the History of Texas

Sam W. Haynes in Conversation With Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 5, 2022

<em>Guerre</em>, a Louis-Ferdinand Celine manuscript once thought lost, will be published in France.

Guerre, a Louis-Ferdinand Celine manuscript once thought lost, will be published in France.

By Jonny Diamond | May 4, 2022

The Girl Who Left, The Woman Who Stayed: Finding Georgia O’Keeffe in a Small Southern Town

The Girl Who Left, The Woman Who Stayed: Finding Georgia O’Keeffe in a Small Southern Town

Megan Mayhew Bergman on Where We Find Our Home

By Megan Mayhew Bergman | May 4, 2022

Why We Turn to Myths to Untangle Old Problems

Why We Turn to Myths to Untangle Old Problems

Jennifer Saint on Feminist Retellings of Ancient Stories

By Jennifer Saint | May 4, 2022

Struggling with Disaster—and Language—in the Hebrew Bible

Struggling with Disaster—and Language—in the Hebrew Bible

From Season 3 of The Cosmic Library Podcast

By The Cosmic Library | May 3, 2022

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Why Robert Hanssen Was America’s Most Damaging Spy

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Lis Wiehl in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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Robert Kuttner on the Rooseveltian Origins of Biden’s Economic Recovery Plan

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The Real-Life Heroines of an Outrageous Era: A Gilded Age Reading List

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Why Much of the World Sees US Power in Ukraine with Doubt and Dread

Why Much of the World Sees US Power in Ukraine with Doubt and Dread

This Week on Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon

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“We don’t want charity. We want jobs!” At the Intersection of the Labor and Disability Rights Movements

“We don’t want charity. We want jobs!” At the Intersection of the Labor and Disability Rights Movements

Kim Kelly on the Disabled Miners Who Fought for Legal Protection

By Kim Kelly | April 27, 2022

Was George Eliot Wrong to Think Books Could Make People Better?

Was George Eliot Wrong to Think Books Could Make People Better?

Pamela Erens on Middlemarch and the Moral Value of Fiction

By Pamela Erens | April 26, 2022

How the Disappearance of the Dinosaurs Created an Hospitable World for Humans

How the Disappearance of the Dinosaurs Created an Hospitable World for Humans

Riley Black on the Causes and Consequences of the Great Extinction

By Riley Black | April 26, 2022

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