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In American Empire, You’re Either Invading or Being Invaded

In American Empire, You’re Either Invading or Being Invaded

Steven W. Thrasher on the Pernicious Narratives That Fuel the Status Quo

By Steven W. Thrasher | October 3, 2024

How the Future Henry V Began His Royal Career

How the Future Henry V Began His Royal Career

Dan Jones on the Palace Intrigue Behind the Late 14th-Century Battle For England's Throne

By Dan Jones | October 3, 2024

What the Supreme Court Can Learn From a 14th-Century Italian City-State

What the Supreme Court Can Learn From a 14th-Century Italian City-State

Liesl Schillinger on the Cautionary Art—and Good Governance—of Siena’s “Golden Age”

By Liesl Schillinger | October 3, 2024

The Price of “Progress.” On Development, Displacement and Dictatorship in the Amazon

The Price of “Progress.” On Development, Displacement and Dictatorship in the Amazon

José Henrique Bortoluci Explores Familial and Collective Memory of Authoritarian Rule in Brazil

By José Henrique Bortoluci | October 1, 2024

Attention Austen fans: Now you can have tea with Lizzy Bennet, IRL.

Meet the bot that's bewitched us, body and...soul?

By Brittany Allen | September 30, 2024

Pilsner Goes to America: How Beer Got Big in the 19th Century

Pilsner Goes to America: How Beer Got Big in the 19th Century

Jeffrey M. Pilcher Tracks the Transatlantic Development of Pilsners and Lagers from Central Europe to the Americas

By Jeffrey M. Pilcher | September 30, 2024

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Freedom and Responsibility: Why Earth’s Survival Depends on All of Us

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Sunil Amrith on the Imperative Need to Understand the Long History of Human Impact on the Environment

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Why Everything We Think We Know About Spies Is Wrong

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Elyse Graham Explores the Mundane Yet Dangerous World of Espionage During the Second World War

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How Racist Policies Destroyed Public Housing and Created the American Suburbs

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Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis on the Systematic Post-War Displacement of Communities of Color

By Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis | September 25, 2024

The Forgotten Female Novelist Who Foresaw Ecology, Environmentalism, and Realist Fiction

The Forgotten Female Novelist Who Foresaw Ecology, Environmentalism, and Realist Fiction

John MacNeill Miller on Harriet Martineau’s Prescient Vision of Humanity

By John MacNeill Miller | September 25, 2024

What Organized Labor Movements Today Need to Learn from the Cold War Era’s Failures

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Jeff Schuhrke on Creating a Global Working-Class Movement

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