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A More Imperfect Union: How Differing National Visions Divided the North and the South

A More Imperfect Union: How Differing National Visions Divided the North and the South

Alan Taylor on the Fragile Facade of Republicanism in 19th Century America

By Alan Taylor | May 21, 2024

What Happens When You Live Strictly According to the Original Constitution in Present Day New York City?

What Happens When You Live Strictly According to the Original Constitution in Present Day New York City?

In Which A.J. Jacobs Carries a Musket Around Manhattan

By A.J. Jacobs | May 16, 2024

What Comes For Us All: Read Elias Canetti on the Many Guises of Death

What Comes For Us All: Read Elias Canetti on the Many Guises of Death

On Those Who End Life and Those Whose Lives End

By Elias Canetti | May 16, 2024

The Yinzers of Glasgow: On the Scottish Origins of Pittsburgh’s Unique Dialect

The Yinzers of Glasgow: On the Scottish Origins of Pittsburgh’s Unique Dialect

Ed Simon Demystifies and Reclaims Pittsburghese

By Ed Simon | May 15, 2024

“I Enjoy It Somethin’ Terrible.” Studs Terkel Talks to Babe Secoli About Her Work as a Supermarket Checker

“I Enjoy It Somethin’ Terrible.” Studs Terkel Talks to Babe Secoli About Her Work as a Supermarket Checker

From “Working,” the Classic Oral History of Americans' Working Lives

By Studs Terkel | May 15, 2024

Kiyo Sato on Japanese American Incarceration’s Language of Dehumanization

Kiyo Sato on Japanese American Incarceration’s Language of Dehumanization

“Here’s the truth: I am now called a non-alien, stripped of my constitutional rights.”

By Kiyo Sato | May 15, 2024

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How Black Female Jazz Performers Confronted a Racist and Misogynistic World

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Ann Hood on Commemorating the Fallen and Unknown Soldiers of the Great War

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Inside the Occupation of Columbia’s Hamilton Hall, 1968 Version

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How the German State Haphazardly Prosecuted Nazi War Criminals

How the German State Haphazardly Prosecuted Nazi War Criminals

Tobias Buck on Collective Complicity and Transitional Justice in Post-War Germany

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“Crazy with the poison of Vietnam in my lungs.” Paul Auster on the ’68 Columbia protests.

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How Silk Helped the Armies of Genghis Khan Conquer Asia

How Silk Helped the Armies of Genghis Khan Conquer Asia

Aarathi Prasad on the Cultural and Scientific History of a Most Versatile Material

By Aarathi Prasad | May 1, 2024

We Made This Economy, and We Can Remake It: Natalie Foster on Building a Better America

We Made This Economy, and We Can Remake It: Natalie Foster on Building a Better America

From the Author of “The Guarantee: Inside the Fight for America’s Next Economy”

By Natalie Foster | April 29, 2024

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