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Ibram X. Kendi is resurrecting the country's first abolitionist newspaper for 2021.

Ibram X. Kendi is resurrecting the country's first abolitionist newspaper for 2021.

By Vanessa Willoughby | March 17, 2021

Vivian Gornick on the Magnetism of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Vivian Gornick on the Magnetism of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Looking Back at the "Wild and Elusive" Poet

By Vivian Gornick | March 17, 2021

Ozzy, Mötley, Poison... On the Sacred Role of the Hair Metal Ballad

Ozzy, Mötley, Poison... On the Sacred Role of the Hair Metal Ballad

When in Doubt, Slow it Down

By Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock | March 17, 2021

How Would the Publishing World Respond to <em>Lolita</em> Today?

How Would the Publishing World Respond to Lolita Today?

Jenny Minton Quigley on the Novel Her Father Published

By Jenny Minton Quigley | March 16, 2021

Judgement Day at America’s First Blockbuster Murder Trial

Judgement Day at America’s First Blockbuster Murder Trial

Tobey Pearl on the Trial of the Plymouth Colonists Who Murdered
an Indigenous Man

By Tobey Pearl | March 16, 2021

Charles Darwin’s Great Uncertainty: Decoding the Age of Our Planet

Charles Darwin’s Great Uncertainty: Decoding the Age of Our Planet

Paul Sen on the Unlikely Relationship Between Thermodynamics
and Evolution

By Paul Sen | March 16, 2021

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In the Mississippi Woods Where the Southern Myth Ends

By W. Ralph Eubanks | March 16, 2021

Women Who Fly: Talking to Nona Hendryx About Afrofuturist Histories

By Emily Lordi | March 16, 2021

What the Left Gets Wrong About Capitalism and Racism

By Keen On | March 16, 2021

On that time John Wilkes Booth and his brothers starred in <em>Julius Caesar.</em>

On that time John Wilkes Booth and his brothers starred in Julius Caesar.

By Walker Caplan | March 15, 2021

On Mutual Aid, the Archive, and Uncovering the History of Black Brotherhood

On Mutual Aid, the Archive, and Uncovering the History of Black Brotherhood

Fatima Shaik Considers Her Search Through Economie Journals

By Fatima Shaik | March 15, 2021

How Gay Activists in 1980s NYC Rallied Police to Their Side

How Gay Activists in 1980s NYC Rallied Police to Their Side

On the Creation of the Anti-Violence Project

By Elon Green | March 15, 2021

Liberation at 30,000 Feet: On the Freedom of Early Airline Stewardesses

Liberation at 30,000 Feet: On the Freedom of Early Airline Stewardesses

Sarah Menkedick Examines the False Choice Between Femininity and Power

By Sarah Menkedick | March 12, 2021

Unearthing the Stories of Those Who Escaped Auschwitz

Unearthing the Stories of Those Who Escaped Auschwitz

Victoria Shorr Finds the Heavy Weight of History in Her Own Family

By Victoria Shorr | March 12, 2021

The Women Who Pioneered Bicycling as a Feminist Sport

The Women Who Pioneered Bicycling as a Feminist Sport

Maxine Friedman on Maria E. Ward, the Author of Bicycling for Ladies

By Maxine Friedman | March 12, 2021

Samantha Rose Hill Reconsiders Hannah Arendt's Thoughts on Hope, a Year into COVID-19

Samantha Rose Hill Reconsiders Hannah Arendt's Thoughts on Hope, a Year into COVID-19

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on
The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | March 12, 2021

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