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On Living in Manipulative Systems (and Why We Shouldn't Blame Others For Falling Into The Trap)

On Living in Manipulative Systems (and Why We Shouldn't Blame Others For Falling Into The Trap)

Jacob Ward Considers Our Free Will (Or Lack Thereof)

By Jacob Ward | January 27, 2022

A Brief History of Mass-Manufactured Clothing

A Brief History of Mass-Manufactured Clothing

Sofi Thanhauser on the Early Days of Ready-to-Wear

By Sofi Thanhauser | January 27, 2022

Why We Need to Revisit Old Myths to Create New Ones

Why We Need to Revisit Old Myths to Create New Ones

Michael Bazzett on How We Learn from Ancient Stories

By Michael Bazzett | January 27, 2022

<em>We Have Ways of Making You Talk</em> on the Mafia, the Midway, and the War in the Pacific

We Have Ways of Making You Talk on the Mafia, the Midway, and the War in the Pacific

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | January 27, 2022

We’re All Just Extras Here: Wandering the Back Streets of Old Hollywood

We’re All Just Extras Here: Wandering the Back Streets of Old Hollywood

David L. Ulin Traces a Season of Displacement in Old Los Angeles

By David L. Ulin | January 26, 2022

Imani Perry on Writing the Story of the American South

Imani Perry on Writing the Story of the American South

The Author of South to America Discusses the Space Between Public and Personal Narratives

By Corinne Segal | January 26, 2022

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The Parkmaker and the Formgiver: On the Creative Friendship That Reshaped the American Streetscape

By Hugh Howard | January 26, 2022

David S. Rudolf on the Dark Side of America’s Criminal Justice System

By Keen On | January 26, 2022

On the Pioneering Black Female Lawyer Who Took Racism to Court

By Tomiko Brown-Nagin | January 26, 2022

Edith Wharton’s groundbreaking Pulitzer was originally meant for Sinclair Lewis.

Edith Wharton’s groundbreaking Pulitzer was originally meant for Sinclair Lewis.

By Walker Caplan | January 25, 2022

How American Authors Helped Push an Agenda of “Temperance”

How American Authors Helped Push an Agenda of “Temperance”

Carl Erik Fisher on the "Drunkard" Character and Early Prohibitionist Campaigns

By Carl Erik Fisher | January 25, 2022

On the Spiritual and Historical Significance of “Divine Footprints”

On the Spiritual and Historical Significance of “Divine Footprints”

Francesca Stavrakopoulou Looks Closely at Religious Texts

By Francesca Stavrakopoulou | January 25, 2022

Read Arthur Miller’s steamy love letter to Marilyn Monroe.

Read Arthur Miller’s steamy love letter to Marilyn Monroe.

By Walker Caplan | January 24, 2022

How <em>Paris is Burning</em> Left an Indelible Mark on Pop Culture

How Paris is Burning Left an Indelible Mark on Pop Culture

Ricky Tucker on the Magic of Queer Blackness

By Ricky Tucker | January 24, 2022

As a kid, George Orwell practiced black magic on a bully—and it worked.

As a kid, George Orwell practiced black magic on a bully—and it worked.

By Walker Caplan | January 21, 2022

The Complicated History of the <em>Black Joke</em>, the Ship That Battled the Slave Trade

The Complicated History of the Black Joke, the Ship That Battled the Slave Trade

A.E. Rooks on the Ongoing Repercussions of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

By A.E. Rooks | January 21, 2022

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