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On Indigenous Rebellion as a Precursor to the American Revolution

On Indigenous Rebellion as a Precursor to the American Revolution

Sarah M.S. Pearsall Discusses the Bloody History of Pontiac‘s War

By Sarah M. S. Pearsall | May 26, 2026

The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders

The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders

Claudia Verhoeven on the Convoluted Notions of Time in the Manson Family

By Claudia Verhoeven | May 26, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Ira Aldridge Debuts as Othello on the London Stage

This Week in Literary History: Ira Aldridge Debuts as Othello on the London Stage

A Literary Trailblazer

By Literary Hub | May 26, 2026

Does Xi Jinping Really Think China is Athens and the US is Sparta? And is Trump Getting Any of This?

Does Xi Jinping Really Think China is Athens and the US is Sparta? And is Trump Getting Any of This?

Andrew Bayliss Wonders Why the Chinese Leader Keeps Bringing Up the “Thucydides Trap”?

By Andrew Bayliss | May 22, 2026

America’s First War on Drugs Was Also a War on Jazz

America’s First War on Drugs Was Also a War on Jazz

Lisa E. Davis on the Historical Anti-Black Crusade of Law Enforcement and the White Cultural Establishment

By Lisa E. Davis | May 22, 2026

What Happens When Billionaires Control the Media?

What Happens When Billionaires Control the Media?

Nick Romeo Looks to Aldous Huxley and Gore Vidal for Clues About Where We’re Headed

By Nick Romeo | May 21, 2026

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“Faithless and Foolish.” How a Young George Washington Failed Upward Into an Unpaid Internship

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On Copaganda, Pinkwashing, and the Time I Almost Became an NYPD Cop

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On Authenticity, Acquisition, and the Secret Lives of Objects

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This Week in Literary History: James Joyce and Marcel Proust Meet for the First (and Only) Time

This Week in Literary History: James Joyce and Marcel Proust Meet for the First (and Only) Time

Is a "Meet Ugly" a Thing?

By Literary Hub | May 18, 2026

What’s Next For Nation-States? On the Past, Present and Future of the World As We Know It

What’s Next For Nation-States? On the Past, Present and Future of the World As We Know It

Rana Dasgupta Considers Old and New Possibilities For the Organization of Geopolitical Power

By Rana Dasgupta | May 18, 2026

Who to Blame For the Rise of the Yuppie? Investment Banks, Obviously

Who to Blame For the Rise of the Yuppie? Investment Banks, Obviously

Dylan Gottlieb on How Financialization Remade Corporate America and Wall Street

By Dylan Gottlieb | May 15, 2026

The Turk and The Whore, America’s First Reality TV Couple (c. 1630)

The Turk and The Whore, America’s First Reality TV Couple (c. 1630)

Alan Mikhail on the Early Origins of the American Family Who Settled in What We Now Know as New York

By Alan Mikhail | May 14, 2026

When the Librarians Fought the Archivists Over Who Gets the Declaration of Independence

When the Librarians Fought the Archivists Over Who Gets the Declaration of Independence

Michael Auslin on the Final Battle to Control the Declaration of Independence

By Michael Auslin | May 13, 2026

On the Early—and Unlikely Friendship—of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

On the Early—and Unlikely Friendship—of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

Jim Rasenberger Considers the Early Congressional Alliance of the Revolutionary War

By Jim Rasenberger | May 13, 2026

On the Particular Joys of Etymology and Polyglot Prose

On the Particular Joys of Etymology and Polyglot Prose

Geoffrey D. Morrison on Learning and Teaching Languages As a Fiction Writer

By Geoffrey D. Morrison | May 12, 2026

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