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A reparative mini-reading list, in honor of America’s 250th.

A reparative mini-reading list, in honor of America’s 250th.

Here's what to read while you really consider the country's legacy.

By Brittany Allen | July 6, 2026

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in July

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in July

Featuring Books by Cal Flyn, Eyal Weitzman, Michael Cunningham, and More

By Literary Hub | July 2, 2026

Here’s the Frederick Douglass Speech to Revisit This July 4th

Here’s the Frederick Douglass Speech to Revisit This July 4th

Robert S. Levine Explains Why It’s Not the Most Obvious One

By Robert S. Levine | July 2, 2026

A Constitutional Question: Do American Presidents Have the Power to Declare War?

A Constitutional Question: Do American Presidents Have the Power to Declare War?

Jill Lepore Considers a Vietnam-Era Precedent to a Timely Presidential Problem

By Jill Lepore | July 1, 2026

The Bible is now required reading for Texas public school students.

The Bible is now required reading for Texas public school students.

By Brittany Allen | June 30, 2026

What to Do When Your Activism Leads to Threats From the Powerful

What to Do When Your Activism Leads to Threats From the Powerful

Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer on Political Dissent and the Stages of Fear

By Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer | June 30, 2026

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Natalie Adler Talks to Sarah Schulman About AIDS History and Dykes Around Town

By Sarah Schulman | June 29, 2026

On the First—and, So Far, Only—Book Ban Case Ever Heard by the Supreme Court

By Anthony Aycock | June 25, 2026

My Mother’s Voice:
Messages From Tehran

By Shohreh Laici | June 24, 2026

On One of America’s Great Conspiracy Theorists (and His Yankees vs. Cowboys Theory of History)

On One of America’s Great Conspiracy Theorists (and His Yankees vs. Cowboys Theory of History)

Andrew McKenzie-McHarg Revisits the Grandfather of Rational Paranoia, Carl Oglesby

By Andrew McKenzie-McHarg | June 24, 2026

Are Elder Millennial Women in America Ok? A Historical Accounting

Are Elder Millennial Women in America Ok? A Historical Accounting

Sarah Flocken on What It Means to Be Trapped in Endless Cycles of Belief and Cynicism

By Sarah Flocken | June 23, 2026

On Integrating Unions and Finding “Good White People” in Midcentury Minnesota

On Integrating Unions and Finding “Good White People” in Midcentury Minnesota

Justin Ellis Explores the Labor History of Minneapolis’s Multi-Ethnic Working Class

By Justin Ellis | June 23, 2026

Five Anti-Colonial Travel Narratives You Should Read Before Your Next Trip

Five Anti-Colonial Travel Narratives You Should Read Before Your Next Trip

Terria Smith Recommends Tété-Michel Kpomassie, Noé Álvarez, Jamaica Kincaid and More

By Terria Smith | June 23, 2026

How to Put an End to Problem of American Gerontocracy (in the Nicest Possible Way)

How to Put an End to Problem of American Gerontocracy (in the Nicest Possible Way)

Samuel Moyn Thinks Maybe We Should Take Better Care of Our Aging Citizens

By Samuel Moyn | June 18, 2026

“Don’t Let Nobody Ever Call You That.” Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor on Finding Confidence in Her Blackness

“Don’t Let Nobody Ever Call You That.” Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor on Finding Confidence in Her Blackness

Navigating the Reality of American Racism with a World-Famous Father

By Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor | June 17, 2026

What is the Future of Ethnic Studies?

What is the Future of Ethnic Studies?

Aaron Boehmer on the Crisis in Academia and George Lipsitz’s Ethnic Studies at the Crossroads

By Aaron Boehmer | June 17, 2026

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