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How a Group of Fearless American Women Defied Convention to Defeat the Nazis

How a Group of Fearless American Women Defied Convention to Defeat the Nazis

Becky Aikman on the “Atta-Girls,” the Pilots Who Chased Adventure During the Second World War

By Becky Aikman | May 8, 2025

Remembering the Unacknowledged Sacrifices of the Red Army’s Female Snipers

Remembering the Unacknowledged Sacrifices of the Red Army’s Female Snipers

Shelly Sanders on the Brave Women Silenced By the Country They Fought to Protect

By Shelly Sanders | May 8, 2025

From the French Resistance to the Horrors of Hiroshima: Eight Globe-Spanning Books on World War II

From the French Resistance to the Horrors of Hiroshima: Eight Globe-Spanning Books on World War II

Natasha Lester Recommends Ariel Lawhon, Emma Pei Yin, Anne Sebba, and More

By Natasha Lester | May 8, 2025

The Schomburg Library is turning 100 this year—and throwing an <em>epic</em> rager.

The Schomburg Library is turning 100 this year—and throwing an epic rager.

By Brittany Allen | May 7, 2025

Poet of the Queer Brotherhood: How William Blake Influenced Oscar Wilde’s Circle

Poet of the Queer Brotherhood: How William Blake Influenced Oscar Wilde’s Circle

Philip Hoare on Paul Nash, W. Graham Robertson, “De Profundis,” and More

By Philip Hoare | May 7, 2025

An Immodest Proposal: How Britain’s Relentless Imperialism Created the Irish Potato Famine

An Immodest Proposal: How Britain’s Relentless Imperialism Created the Irish Potato Famine

Padraic X. Scanlan on Jonathan Swift, Colonization, and Dispossession

By Padraic X. Scanlan | May 7, 2025

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Portraits of Power: Inside the Legacy Left by Ancient Rome’s Most Famous Emperors

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Tom Holland on the Lasting Influence of “The Lives of the Caesars”

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Unfree Minds: How Nazi Germany Perfected the Art of Inducing Fear

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Charlotte Beradt on the Effects of Totalitarian Terror on the Human Psyche

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How Baseball Shaped Black Communities in Reconstruction-Era America

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