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When Disability Rights Activists Staged a 25-Day Sit-in at a Government Building (Alongside the Black Panthers)

When Disability Rights Activists Staged a 25-Day Sit-in at a Government Building (Alongside the Black Panthers)

Judith Heumann and Kristen Joiner Recount a History-Making Protest

By Judith Heumann and Kristen Joiner | July 2, 2021

What Makes America a Nation? (And If It Isn’t, What Could?)

What Makes America a Nation? (And If It Isn’t, What Could?)

George Packer on This Uncertain Union of Strangers

By George Packer | July 2, 2021

The Century of <em>Captain America</em>: A Brief History of a Beloved Comic

The Century of Captain America: A Brief History of a Beloved Comic

Roy Thomas on the Rise of an Iconic Illustrated Figure

By Roy Thomas | July 2, 2021

Original Sin and Roman Cults: Ava Reid on the Divine Inspirations of Her New Novel

Original Sin and Roman Cults: Ava Reid on the Divine Inspirations of Her New Novel

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | July 2, 2021

The Hard Intimacies of COVID-19: Documenting a Pandemic Year

The Hard Intimacies of COVID-19: Documenting a Pandemic Year

Isadora Kosofsky and Suzanne Koven, for The Longest Year: 2020+

By Isadora Kosofsky and Suzanne Koven | July 1, 2021

How Humans Have (Unintentionally) Influenced the Evolution of Wild Animals and the Environment

How Humans Have (Unintentionally) Influenced the Evolution of Wild Animals and the Environment

Emma Marris on Our Relationships with—and Responsibilities Toward—the Planet’s Wild Animals

By Emma Marris | July 1, 2021

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Was the Mosquito the Greatest Aircraft of the Second
World War?

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | July 1, 2021

Charles Dickens worried his own writing was so powerful it would scare him and his friends to death.

By Walker Caplan | June 30, 2021

What Lord of the Flies got wrong: the kids are actually alright.

By Jonny Diamond | June 30, 2021

How the Prophetic Fiction of Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Exposed the Dangers of Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

How the Prophetic Fiction of Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Exposed the Dangers of Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

Margot Livesey on Address Unknown and the Dangers of Communal Mythology

By Margot Livesy | June 30, 2021

When Activist Poets Took Over a Tiny California Town

When Activist Poets Took Over a Tiny California Town

Uncovering a Unique Chapter in the History of American Poetry

By Lytle Shaw | June 30, 2021

Need a writing soundtrack? Listen to James Baldwin’s record collection in Spotify playlist form.

Need a writing soundtrack? Listen to James Baldwin’s record collection in Spotify playlist form.

By Walker Caplan | June 29, 2021

Now you can sleep amongst shelves of Jane Austen first editions at Henry Austen's townhouse.

Now you can sleep amongst shelves of Jane Austen first editions at Henry Austen's townhouse.

By Walker Caplan | June 28, 2021

"We basically flipped it." Take a look at the newly redesigned Truman Presidential Library.

By Walker Caplan | June 28, 2021

Hope, Joy and Rage: One Year Ago at Occupy City Hall

Hope, Joy and Rage: One Year Ago at Occupy City Hall

Angela Rose Brussel Documents the Protests of Summer 2020

By Angela Rose Brussel | June 28, 2021

Solving the Mystery of My Father’s Journalistic Shorthand and Discovering... The Beatles?

Solving the Mystery of My Father’s Journalistic Shorthand and Discovering... The Beatles?

Richard Sanger on the Surprises and Banalities Hidden in “Pitman” Notations

By Richard Sanger | June 28, 2021

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