On Atlanta’s Essential Role in the Making of American Hip-Hop

On Atlanta’s Essential Role in the Making of American Hip-Hop

Joe Coscarelli Considers the City’s Alternating History of Oppression and Opportunity

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What It Was Like to Be a Jew in Lincoln’s Civil War Army

What It Was Like to Be a Jew in Lincoln’s Civil War Army

Adam Mendelsohn in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 7, 2022

Four Ukrainian Writers on Literature, Solidarity, and the Future of Justice

Four Ukrainian Writers on Literature, Solidarity, and the Future of Justice

“I believe in our truth, and the truth is on our side.”

By Chytomo Staff | November 7, 2022

Why Can’t America Escape Its Racist Past?

Why Can’t America Escape Its Racist Past?

Ellis Cose in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 7, 2022

Inside <em>High Noon</em>: Why the 1952 Classic is as Relevant Today as It Was 70 Years Ago

Inside High Noon: Why the 1952 Classic is as Relevant Today as It Was 70 Years Ago

John Mulholland in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 7, 2022

Tutankhamun’s Royal Mom and Dad: On Egypt’s Golden Couple

Tutankhamun’s Royal Mom and Dad: On Egypt’s Golden Couple

Colleen and John Darnell in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 4, 2022

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History, Conflict, and Myth-Making in the Cityscape of Berlin

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Ousmane Power-Green on Bringing His Daughter to Alabama

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A Brief Oral History of Rakim and the Golden Age of Hip-Hop

A Brief Oral History of Rakim and the Golden Age of Hip-Hop

Jonathan Abrams on Lyricism and Mixing In Your Own Story

By Jonathan Abrams | November 3, 2022

How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex

How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex

Samantha Cole in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 3, 2022

Accumulated Memory: Ken Burns on the Intersection of Individual Intimacy and National Narrative

Accumulated Memory: Ken Burns on the Intersection of Individual Intimacy and National Narrative

“Rhymes of race, freedom, innovation, politics, war, leadership, prejudice, art, and scandal recur vividly and insistently.”

By Ken Burns | November 2, 2022

Reading Langston Hughes’s Wartime Reporting From the Spanish Civil War

Reading Langston Hughes’s Wartime Reporting From the Spanish Civil War

Matthew F. Delmont on How Black Americans Warned the World of Fascism

By Matthew F. Delmont | November 2, 2022

How California is Pioneering the Reform of the American Criminal Justice System

How California is Pioneering the Reform of the American Criminal Justice System

Lenore Anderson in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 2, 2022

The 18th-Century China Question: The Perils of Translating Between Qing China and the British Empire

The 18th-Century China Question: The Perils of Translating Between Qing China and the British Empire

Henrietta Harrison in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 2, 2022

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