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Race and Spectacle in the Circuses of Gilded Age America

Race and Spectacle in the Circuses of Gilded Age America

Jacob Dorman on Circus Orientalism and Racial Othering

By Jacob Dorman | March 12, 2020

Trump Threatened Iranian Cultural Sites. This Is What They Look Like.

Trump Threatened Iranian Cultural Sites. This Is What They Look Like.

Terence Ward on Iran's Stunning UNESCO Heritage Locations

By Terence Ward | March 12, 2020

Yan Lianke: What Happens After Coronavirus?

Yan Lianke: What Happens After Coronavirus?

On Community Memory and Repeating Our Own Mistakes

By Yan Lianke | March 11, 2020

The Fraught and Risky Business of Spotting a Historical Fake

The Fraught and Risky Business of Spotting a Historical Fake

Nathan Rabb on What He Learned From His Father's Bookshelf

By Nathan Rabb | March 11, 2020

How, Exactly, Do Our Brains Construct Reality?

How, Exactly, Do Our Brains Construct Reality?

Will Storr on the Neuroscience Behind the World We See

By Will Storr | March 11, 2020

On Terminal Pain and the Origins of the End-of-Life Movement

On Terminal Pain and the Origins of the End-of-Life Movement

Gerald Posner on Cicely Saunders, the UK Nurse-Turned-Physician

By Gerald Posner | March 11, 2020

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How Dairy Lunchrooms Became Alternatives to the NYC Saloon 'Free Lunch.'

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The Roots of Anti-Racist, Anti-Fascist Resistance in the US

The Roots of Anti-Racist, Anti-Fascist Resistance in the US

Robin D.G. Kelley on the Predecessors to Antifa

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What's the Point of Plants that Make Us Feel High?

What's the Point of Plants that Make Us Feel High?

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Inside a Progressive Hotbed in Early 20th-Century New York

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Charles Dickens really, really hated his fanboy Hans Christian Andersen.

Charles Dickens really, really hated his fanboy Hans Christian Andersen.

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How J. Edgar Hoover Used the Power of Libraries for Evil

How J. Edgar Hoover Used the Power of Libraries for Evil

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Sixteen in Queens and in Love With Lord Alfred Douglas

Sixteen in Queens and in Love With Lord Alfred Douglas

Dylan Byron on the Self-Discovery of Early Literary Love

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Tim Bakken on the Self-Deluded Hubris at the Heart of the American Military

Tim Bakken on the Self-Deluded Hubris at the Heart of the American Military

A Tale as Old as West Point

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