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Friedrich Engels Predicted Modern Gentrification 150 Years Ago

Friedrich Engels Predicted Modern Gentrification 150 Years Ago

P.E. Moskowitz Wonders What Makes a City “Valuable”?

By P.E. Moskowitz | September 9, 2025

The Rise of Spiritualism (and Séances) After the First World War

The Rise of Spiritualism (and Séances) After the First World War

Alice Vernon on Preserving Memory During Periods of Global Grief

By Alice Vernon | September 8, 2025

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

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

By Brittany Allen | September 5, 2025

The WWI Battle That Never Ended: Finding Unexploded Mines in Verdun’s Fields

The WWI Battle That Never Ended: Finding Unexploded Mines in Verdun’s Fields

Michael Jerome Plunkett on France's De-miners and Discoveries While Writing a War Novel

By Michael Jerome Plunkett | September 5, 2025

A New Translation of <em>Grave of the Fireflies</em> Commemorates 80 Years Since the End of WWII

A New Translation of Grave of the Fireflies Commemorates 80 Years Since the End of WWII

Ginny Tapley Takemori on the Realities of War and Translating for a New Audience

By Ginny Tapley Takemori | September 4, 2025

Are Americans Being Conditioned to Accept Delayed Elections?

Are Americans Being Conditioned to Accept Delayed Elections?

For Aron Solomon, Warning Signs Are Flashing Everywhere

By Aron Solomon | September 3, 2025

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Emily Wilson Explores The Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World

By Emily Wilson | September 3, 2025

Howling Into the Wind: On 41 years of Writing About the Abuses of the Immigration System

By Daniel A. Olivas | September 3, 2025

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | August 29, 2025

Here's Obama's 2025 summer reading list.

Here's Obama's 2025 summer reading list.

A "close" read of the president's beach reads.

By Brittany Allen | August 27, 2025

The Paddystinians of Belfast: On the Palestinian Solidarity Movement in Northern Ireland

The Paddystinians of Belfast: On the Palestinian Solidarity Movement in Northern Ireland

Philip Metres Examines the Close Bonds of Occupation

By Philip Metres | August 27, 2025

How the Oslo Accords Fragmented Palestine and Uprooted a People

How the Oslo Accords Fragmented Palestine and Uprooted a People

Revisiting a Turning Point in the History of Israel’s Occupation

By Literary Hub | August 27, 2025

The Enduring Legacy of Eleanor Bumpurs, Murdered by the NYPD For Resisting Eviction

The Enduring Legacy of Eleanor Bumpurs, Murdered by the NYPD For Resisting Eviction

“Gender and femininity have never shielded Black women and girls from unfettered anti-Blackness or police violence.”

By LaShawn Harris | August 27, 2025

How to Think About the Future, With a Little Help From Science Fiction

How to Think About the Future, With a Little Help From Science Fiction

Nick Foster Explores the Relationship Between Sci-Fi and Our Conception of the Future

By Nick Foster | August 26, 2025

How Ancient Receipts Ushered in the Dawn of the Written Word

How Ancient Receipts Ushered in the Dawn of the Written Word

Moudhy Al-Rashid on the Earliest Forms of Writing

By Moudhy Al-Rashid | August 26, 2025

C-SPAN is starting a (very

C-SPAN is starting a (very "patriotic") book club.

By Brittany Allen | August 25, 2025

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