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Did Bob Cratchit really make more than an American on minimum wage?

Did Bob Cratchit really make more than an American on minimum wage?

By James Folta | December 11, 2025

Marion Winik on Marrying a Gay Man, Telling Secrets, and Writing Fiction Versus Nonfiction

Marion Winik on Marrying a Gay Man, Telling Secrets, and Writing Fiction Versus Nonfiction

“I did my best to present Tony in a way that would make readers fall in love with him just as I had, and forgive his mistakes, just as I did.”

By Marion Winik | December 10, 2025

A Young Woman and Her Literary Dreams, Caught in the Churn of German History

A Young Woman and Her Literary Dreams, Caught in the Churn of German History

Catharina Coenen on the Impact of Germany's Turbulent 20th Century on Her Grandmother’s Life

By Catharina Coenen | December 8, 2025

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | December 5, 2025

On this Krampus Night, revisit the scariest Christmas book of all.

On this Krampus Night, revisit the scariest Christmas book of all.

By James Folta | December 5, 2025

How Indigenous West African Communities Resisted the European Slave Trade

How Indigenous West African Communities Resisted the European Slave Trade

“It was clear to African populations that self-reliance was the only way to survive predatory imperial states.”

By Sudhir Hazareesingh | December 5, 2025

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How It Feels to Watch a Civil War Unfold From the Comfort of Your Living Room

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Why We All Make Sacrifices to the Human-Created God Called “The Economy”

Why We All Make Sacrifices to the Human-Created God Called “The Economy”

Sven Beckert on the Rise of Capitalism As Both an Economic System and a Way of Life

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The Enduring Comedy Legacy of Sid Caesar

The Enduring Comedy Legacy of Sid Caesar

David Margolick on Keeping Caesar‘s Memory Alive and the Comedians He Inspired

By David Margolick | December 1, 2025

How Crossword Puzzles Underwrote Three of America’s Major Publishers

How Crossword Puzzles Underwrote Three of America’s Major Publishers

Natan Last on the Unlikely Origins of Simon & Schuster, Random House and Farrar, Straus and Giroux

By Natan Last | November 25, 2025

On the Sweeping Supreme Court Decision That Led to Widespread High School Censorship

On the Sweeping Supreme Court Decision That Led to Widespread High School Censorship

Kate Eichhorn Explores the Systematic Erasure of Political Speech in Yearbooks

By Kate Eichhorn | November 25, 2025

When England Tried to Tame Ireland’s Unruliest Province

When England Tried to Tame Ireland’s Unruliest Province

Anna Whitelock on the Creation of the Ulster Plantation and Great Britain’s Early History of Colonialism

By Anna Whitelock | November 25, 2025

Nothing Better Than a Whole Lot of Books: In Praise of Bibliomania

Nothing Better Than a Whole Lot of Books: In Praise of Bibliomania

Ed Simon Considers the Many Different Ways an Obsession Can Manifest

By Ed Simon | November 24, 2025

What Our Continual Desire For Transformation Reveals About Ourselves

What Our Continual Desire For Transformation Reveals About Ourselves

Oren Harman Explores the Philosophical and Literary Side of Metamorphosis

By Oren Harman | November 24, 2025

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