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Lesson From the Old New Deal: What Economic Recovery Might Look Like in the 21st Century

Lesson From the Old New Deal: What Economic Recovery Might Look Like in the 21st Century

Kate Aronoff Draws a Direct Line From 1934 to the Green New Deal of Today

By Kate Aronoff | April 23, 2021

Chillnobyl: Throwing a Rave Deep in Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone

Chillnobyl: Throwing a Rave Deep in Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone

“When they closed the Zone it became a dead end. It’s good to see young people here!”

By Darmon Richter | April 23, 2021

Everything you need to know about this week’s manufactured Jane Austen controversy.

Everything you need to know about this week’s manufactured Jane Austen controversy.

By Walker Caplan | April 22, 2021

Reading the History of Manhattan in Its Diagrams, Maps, and Graphics

Reading the History of Manhattan in Its Diagrams, Maps, and Graphics

Take a Look Inside Antonis Antoniou and Steven Heller's Collection Decoding Manhattan

By Antonis Antoniou & Steven Heller | April 22, 2021

Fatima Bhutto on Channeling the Fearlessness of Malcolm X

Fatima Bhutto on Channeling the Fearlessness of Malcolm X

“I learned how to be lonely from a young age.”

By Fatima Bhutto | April 22, 2021

Steve Ballinger on Removing the Remains of War, Nearly 80<br> Years On

Steve Ballinger on Removing the Remains of War, Nearly 80
Years On

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | April 22, 2021

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How the Sinister Study of Eugenics Legitimized Forced Sterilization in the United States

By Audrey Clare Farley | April 22, 2021

Mass Graves and 21st-Century Slavery: On the Dangerous Plight of Migrants

By Emmanuel Mbolela | April 22, 2021

Gilded Age Parties Were Even Wilder Than You Can Imagine

By Renée Rosen | April 22, 2021

Megan Rosenbloom on the History of Books Bound in Human Skin

Megan Rosenbloom on the History of Books Bound in Human Skin

This Week from the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | April 22, 2021

Alyssa Collins has been awarded the Octavia E. Butler Fellowship.

Alyssa Collins has been awarded the Octavia E. Butler Fellowship.

By Walker Caplan | April 21, 2021

The University of Cape Town’s African Studies Library, ravaged by wildfire, needs your help.

The University of Cape Town’s African Studies Library, ravaged by wildfire, needs your help.

By Walker Caplan | April 21, 2021

Walkin’ While Dead: On Black Horror and Wesley Brown’s <em>Tragic Magic</em>

Walkin’ While Dead: On Black Horror and Wesley Brown’s Tragic Magic

Erica Vital-Lazare Reads the Present in a Novel of the Past

By Erica Vital-Lazare | April 21, 2021

Native Spaces: Tracing the History of California Indians and Sacred Land

Native Spaces: Tracing the History of California Indians and Sacred Land

Damon B. Akins and William J. Bauer Jr. on the Huchiun Ohlone People of the East Bay

By Damon B. Akins and William J. Bauer, Jr. | April 21, 2021

Monstrosity Plucked From Garbage Can: On Mae West’s early career as a controversial playwright.

Monstrosity Plucked From Garbage Can: On Mae West’s early career as a controversial playwright.

By Walker Caplan | April 20, 2021

How a Queer Couple Masterminded a Nazi Resistance Campaign

How a Queer Couple Masterminded a Nazi Resistance Campaign

The Story of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore

By Jeffrey H. Jackson | April 20, 2021

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