How W.E.B. DuBois and James McCune Smith Helped Combat Medical Racism in America

How W.E.B. DuBois and James McCune Smith Helped Combat Medical Racism in America

Michelle A. Williams on Black Contributions to American
Public Health and Sociology

By Michelle A. Williams | February 4, 2026

Meet the Ancient Ancestor of Macaroni and Cheese—and Cook It Yourself

Meet the Ancient Ancestor of Macaroni and Cheese—and Cook It Yourself

Karima Moyer-Nocchi Offers a Recipe For a Sweet and Savory Ancient Roman Delicacy

By Karima Moyer-Nocchi | February 4, 2026

How Bertolt Brecht and Walter Benjamin Pioneered a New Way of Creating

How Bertolt Brecht and Walter Benjamin Pioneered a New Way of Creating

Katherine Hollander on Intellectual, Political and Artistic Collaboration Among the Exiled Mitarbeiter

By Katherine Hollander | February 4, 2026

11 Books That Confront and Interrogate the Violence of a Class Society

11 Books That Confront and Interrogate the Violence of a Class Society

From the Economic Hardship Reporting Project

By Ann Larson and Alissa Quart | February 3, 2026

This Week in Literary History: David Foster Wallace’s <em>Infinite Jest</em> Was Published

This Week in Literary History: David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest Was Published

And the Takes Began

By Literary Hub | February 2, 2026

What to read next if <em>The Testament of Ann Lee</em> was your favorite movie of 2025.

What to read next if The Testament of Ann Lee was your favorite movie of 2025.

By Brittany Allen | February 2, 2026

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Kim Kelly on the Difference Between a General Strike and a National Shutdown (And Why It Matters)

By Kim Kelly | January 31, 2026

Kim Kelly: Why the American Labor Movement Matters

By Kim Kelly | January 30, 2026

Requiem for Weimar: On Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s Berlin Shuffle

By Philip Boehm | January 30, 2026

What to read to understand the ICE phenomenon.

What to read to understand the ICE phenomenon.

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By Brittany Allen | January 29, 2026

Give a Nazi an Inch... And Other Important Lessons From Weimar, Germany

Give a Nazi an Inch... And Other Important Lessons From Weimar, Germany

Volker Ullrich on Wilhelm Frick’s Fascist Cultural Revolution

By Volker Ullrich | January 29, 2026

Inventing the American Revolution: On Thomas Paine’s Guide to Fighting Dictatorship

Inventing the American Revolution: On Thomas Paine’s Guide to Fighting Dictatorship

“How are free people supposed to stay free? One short answer: don’t trust anyone over thirty.”

By Matthew Redmond | January 29, 2026

How the Killing of George Floyd Reflects America's Repeated History of Racism and Police Brutality

How the Killing of George Floyd Reflects America's Repeated History of Racism and Police Brutality

Curtis Bunn on the Black Lives Matter Movement, the Watts Riots, and the City as Powder Keg

By Curtis Bunn | January 29, 2026

So, <em>Do</em> Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism?

So, Do Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism?

Kristen R. Ghodsee on the Tangle of Sex, Money, and Women’s Independence

By Kristen R. Ghodsee | January 29, 2026

How Big Data and the Surveillance State Collude to Undermine Immigrant Rights

How Big Data and the Surveillance State Collude to Undermine Immigrant Rights

César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández on Immigration Policing in the Digital Age

By César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández | January 29, 2026

SI SI SI SI SI: On Fascist Passions in Mussolini’s Italy

SI SI SI SI SI: On Fascist Passions in Mussolini’s Italy

Tia Glista Considers Mussolini: Son of the Century and The Silver Book

By Tia Glista | January 29, 2026

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