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On Learning About the Enslaved Men Who Dug South Carolina’s Lowcountry Canals

On Learning About the Enslaved Men Who Dug South Carolina’s Lowcountry Canals

Virginia McGee Richards on the Building of the New Cut Canal

By Virginia McGee Richards | April 10, 2026

On the Global Conspiracy to Make Childcare More Expensive

On the Global Conspiracy to Make Childcare More Expensive

Alex Mayyasi Considers the Impact of Technology and Inflation on Rising Childcare Costs

By Alex Mayyasi | April 8, 2026

The Extremist History Behind a Small American Town

The Extremist History Behind a Small American Town

Michael Edison Hayden on the Origins of White Supremacy Group VDARE

By Michael Edison Hayden | April 8, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Maurice Sendak’s <em>Where the Wild Things Are</em> is Published

This Week in Literary History: Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are is Published

Your Favorite and Ours

By Literary Hub | April 6, 2026

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | April 3, 2026

Living the Ex-Pat Life in Moscow at the End of the Soviet Empire

Living the Ex-Pat Life in Moscow at the End of the Soviet Empire

Simon Morrison Explores the Aftermath of the Collapse of Communism in Russia

By Simon Morrison | April 3, 2026

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In Praise of the Old WASP Elite (Because Dignified Hypocrisy is Better Than Garish Cruelty)

By Robert Leleux | April 3, 2026

How World War I Created the Army Olive Green We Know Today

By Kory Stamper | April 2, 2026

Before the “Smart” Era: What the Early Years of AI Reveal About Its Future

By Sarah Murray | April 2, 2026

If you read cursive, the Newberry has a job for you.

If you read cursive, the Newberry has a job for you.

By Brittany Allen | April 1, 2026

The History of the Young Lords of Chicago

The History of the Young Lords of Chicago

Hilda Vasquez Ignatin on the Revolutionary Latino Organizers of the 1960s and 70s

By Hilda Vasquez Ignatin | April 1, 2026

Frederick Jackson Turner’s Groundbreaking Frontier Thesis Was a Flop When He First Read It

Frederick Jackson Turner’s Groundbreaking Frontier Thesis Was a Flop When He First Read It

Megan Kate Nelson on the History of the American Frontier

By Megan Kate Nelson | April 1, 2026

Why is Bob Dylan hawking AI-generated historical fiction?!

Why is Bob Dylan hawking AI-generated historical fiction?!

By Brittany Allen | March 31, 2026

A Brief and Essential History of the Most Important Food Ever Invented: The Pickle

A Brief and Essential History of the Most Important Food Ever Invented: The Pickle

Paul van Ravestein and Monique Mulder Explore the Evolution of Fermentation Across the Ages

By Paul van Ravestein and Monique Mulder | March 31, 2026

19th-Century Blues: When Science Killed God and Made Some Englishmen Sad

19th-Century Blues: When Science Killed God and Made Some Englishmen Sad

Adrian McKinty on Richard Holmes’s The Boundless Deep

By Adrian McKinty | March 27, 2026

A new podcast from M. Gessen explores an ugly family secret.

A new podcast from M. Gessen explores an ugly family secret.

By Brittany Allen | March 26, 2026

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