How Local and Federal Laws Disenfranchised a Generation of Black Homeowners

How Local and Federal Laws Disenfranchised a Generation of Black Homeowners

Bernadette Atuahene on the Lasting Material and Psychological Impact of Racist Post-War Housing Policies

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Will Humanity Ever Fully Include the Nonhuman World in Its Moral Circle?

Will Humanity Ever Fully Include the Nonhuman World in Its Moral Circle?

Jeff Sebo on Our Attempts to Measure Intrinsic Value

By Jeff Sebo | January 29, 2025

Humanity’s Claustrophobia: How Technology and Globalization Created a World in Crisis

Humanity’s Claustrophobia: How Technology and Globalization Created a World in Crisis

Robert D. Kaplan Reflects on Globalization’s Shifting Definitions in the Age of Social Media

By Robert D. Kaplan | January 29, 2025

How an Obscure German Noblewoman Influenced the Way Anne Frank Wrote Her Diary

How an Obscure German Noblewoman Influenced the Way Anne Frank Wrote Her Diary

Biographer Ruth Franklin on the Value of a Careful Eye and Fresh Perspective

By Ruth Franklin | January 29, 2025

How Literature Predicted and Portrayed the Atom Bomb

How Literature Predicted and Portrayed the Atom Bomb

Dorian Lynskey on Pierrepoint B. Noyes, H.G. Wells, and the “Superweapons” of Early Science-Fiction

By Dorian Lynskey | January 28, 2025

How Black and White America Reacted to Maya Angelou’s <em>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings</em>

How Black and White America Reacted to Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Scott W. Stern on the Reception of an American Classic and the Birth of a Renaissance of Black Women Writers

By Scott W. Stern | January 28, 2025

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Democracy vs. Autocracy, Cooperation vs. Conflict: How World War II Was Won

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Hal Brands Explores the Differing Strategies, Systems and Worldviews of the Axis and the Allies

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An Understanding Ear: How Martha Goddard Became An Advocate For Victimized Women

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Pagan Kennedy on the Activist Awakening of the Woman Who Helped Develop the Rape Kit

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The Unsolved Tale of a British Slave Ship’s Uprising and Shipwreck

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James H. Sweet on the Mysteries of the “Black Prince” and the Complex History of Anticolonial Mutinies

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How the Islamic Golden Age Helped Create Modern Mathematics

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Beyond <em>Brown</em>: How the Failure of Desegregation in the North Reveals America's Lingering Racial Fault Lines

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Michelle Adams on the Ongoing Legal Struggle For Educational and Racial Equality Across the United States

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