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Why Are We Fascinated by Strange Faces?

Why Are We Fascinated by Strange Faces?

Namwali Serpell Considers the "Smiling Disease" Exhibit, the Elephant Man, Michael Jackson, and Cleopatra

By Namwali Serpell | September 29, 2020

Funeral in Effigy for the Statue of a Klansman Confederate General

Funeral in Effigy for the Statue of a Klansman Confederate General

Connor Towne O’Neill on Reckoning with Monuments and Memory at a Tennessee University

By Connor Towne O'Neill | September 29, 2020

On Wild Salmon, Hockey Dreams and Life in the Saanich Homeland

On Wild Salmon, Hockey Dreams and Life in the Saanich Homeland

Blaine Wilson: "Our name is what brings us alive, what ties us to our land."

By Sara Sinclair | September 29, 2020

The Black Women Who Led the Fight for Decolonization in the French Empire

The Black Women Who Led the Fight for Decolonization in the French Empire

Annette Joseph-Gabriel Guests on Time to Eat the Dogs

By Time to Eat the Dogs | September 29, 2020

On the Liberation Struggles of the <br>Soviet Refuseniks

On the Liberation Struggles of the
Soviet Refuseniks

Natan Sharansky Recalls the Global Effort to Get Russian Jews to Israel

By Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy | September 29, 2020

The Racist History and Political Ends of Taking Children

The Racist History and Political Ends of Taking Children

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | September 29, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Why Does Everyone in America Think They’re Middle Class?

By David R. Roediger | September 28, 2020

Navigating Literary Censorship—and Worse—in Iran

By Amir Ahmadi Arian | September 28, 2020

The Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics, September Edition

By Book Marks | September 28, 2020

Why Did Renaissance Europeans See Merpeople Everywhere?

Why Did Renaissance Europeans See Merpeople Everywhere?

Vaughn Scribner on Made-Up Monsters in the
Age of Imperial Conquest

By Vaughn Scribner | September 28, 2020

<em>Language Keepers</em>: Compiling the First Ever Wukchumni Dictionary

Language Keepers: Compiling the First Ever Wukchumni Dictionary

A New Six-Part Series From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | September 28, 2020

Scenes From a Vigil: New York City Mourns the Loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Scenes From a Vigil: New York City Mourns the Loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Gratitude and Grief: Photographs by Rachel Cobb

By Rachel Cobb | September 25, 2020

Pesticides, Incendiaries... How US Chemical Companies Endeared Themselves to the Public

Pesticides, Incendiaries... How US Chemical Companies Endeared Themselves to the Public

Frank A. Von Hippel on the Time the "Chemical Warfare Service" Rebranded as the "Chemical Peace Service"

By Frank A. von Hippel | September 25, 2020

How the US-Soviet Relationship Shaped Eisenhower's Presidency

How the US-Soviet Relationship Shaped Eisenhower's Presidency

Tim Weiner on the Early Years of the Cold War

By Tim Weiner | September 25, 2020

On Alternative Forms of Communal Care and Expanded Kinship Circles

On Alternative Forms of Communal Care and Expanded Kinship Circles

The Care Collective Explain "Families of Choice"

By The Care Collective | September 25, 2020

Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., on the Urgency of James Baldwin's Lessons

Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., on the Urgency of James Baldwin's Lessons

From The Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengräber

By The Quarantine Tapes | September 24, 2020

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