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On Waking Up As an American During the Fall of the Soviet Union

On Waking Up As an American During the Fall of the Soviet Union

Jamison Firestone Remembers the Moments Leading Up to the Collapse of the World’s Largest Communist State

By Jamison Firestone | June 22, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” is Published

This Week in Literary History: Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” is Published

By one "Geoffrey Crayon"

By Literary Hub | June 22, 2026

Mail Between Heaven and Earth: On Japan’s Post Office For Letters to the Dead

Mail Between Heaven and Earth: On Japan’s Post Office For Letters to the Dead

Sally Hayden Explores the Ways We Cope With Loss in Times of Crisis

By Sally Hayden | 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

Resistance Against Apartheid Started Young

Resistance Against Apartheid Started Young

Lynda Schuster on the Soweto Uprising in 1970s South Africa

By Lynda Schuster | June 16, 2026

On Time, Pain and the Labor Process: Considering the History of Midwifery

On Time, Pain and the Labor Process: Considering the History of Midwifery

Erin Maglaque Examines Her Own Experience of Giving Birth in the Context of What Has Come Before

By Erin Maglaque | June 16, 2026

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A Global Journey: Understanding Centuries of Black Exclusion and Erasure in Healthcare

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On the Rise of Reluctant Heterosexuality

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Five 70s-era queer magazines to revisit this Pride Month.

By Brittany Allen | June 15, 2026

American Patriotism Has Always Privileged the Hopes of the Future Over the Sins of the Present

American Patriotism Has Always Privileged the Hopes of the Future Over the Sins of the Present

Dominic Erdozain on the Contradictions at the Heart of Thomas Jefferson’s United States

By Dominic Erdozain | June 15, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Dante Alighieri is Named Prior of Florence

This Week in Literary History: Dante Alighieri is Named Prior of Florence

(Shortly Before Being Exiled from the City for Life)

By Literary Hub | June 15, 2026

Who Were the Mayflower Puritans? (And Did You Know They Came From a Town Called “Scrooby”?)

Who Were the Mayflower Puritans? (And Did You Know They Came From a Town Called “Scrooby”?)

David S. Reynolds on the Political and Religious Motivations For the Pilgrims’ Journey to America

By David S. Reynolds | June 12, 2026

What Ancient Writers Understood About Bees

What Ancient Writers Understood About Bees

Jared Marcel Pollen Considers the Roll of the Honeybee in Classical Literature

By Jared Marcel Pollen | June 12, 2026

Andrea Wulf Considers the Rare Humanity of an Eighteenth-Century Naturalist

Andrea Wulf Considers the Rare Humanity of an Eighteenth-Century Naturalist

The Remarkable Life and Times of George Forster

By Andrea Wulf | June 11, 2026

The King of Cheese Has a Long and Famous History

The King of Cheese Has a Long and Famous History

Danielle Callegari on the Historical Significance of Parmigiano Reggiano

By Danielle Callegari | June 11, 2026

The Man Who Killed the Last Eastern Elk in America—And Was Proud of It

The Man Who Killed the Last Eastern Elk in America—And Was Proud of It

Andrew Moore on “The Seneca Bear Hunter” Jim Jacobs and the End of the Wild, Rugged East Coast

By Andrew Moore | June 10, 2026

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