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Forgiving the Unforgivable: Geronimo's Descendants Seek to Salve Generational Trauma

Forgiving the Unforgivable: Geronimo's Descendants Seek to Salve Generational Trauma

Traveling to the Heart of Mexico for a Ceremonia del Perdón

By Anna Badkhen | November 21, 2017

How Forgotten Trailblazer Marjorie Hillis Helped Women Live Alone

How Forgotten Trailblazer Marjorie Hillis Helped Women Live Alone

Joanna Scutts on the Moment She Discovered the Original "Extra Woman"

By Joanna Scutts | November 20, 2017

A Holy Terror, A Common Scold, and the First Feminist Blogger

A Holy Terror, A Common Scold, and the First Feminist Blogger

On the Trial of Anne Royall, Godmother to the Muckrakers

By Jeff Biggers | November 10, 2017

From Midcentury Confessional Poetry to Reality TV

From Midcentury Confessional Poetry to Reality TV

How Did "Confession" Become a Dirty Word?

By Christopher Grobe | November 9, 2017

The Ugandan Reporter Shedding Light on the Lives of Missing Children

The Ugandan Reporter Shedding Light on the Lives of Missing Children

How Gladys Kalibbala Found her Journalistic Calling

By Jessica Yu | November 8, 2017

The Women Who Shaped Vladimir Lenin

The Women Who Shaped Vladimir Lenin

He Took Them As Seriously in Political Matters As He Did Men

By Victor Sebestyen | November 7, 2017

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How Lord Byron Invented the Wild Horse

By Susanna Forrest | November 3, 2017

Writing Poetry Under Stalin: Samizdat and Memorization

By Martin Puchner | November 2, 2017

10 Must-Read Histories of the Palestine-Israel Conflict

By Ian Black | November 2, 2017

Muhammad Ali, Author of

Muhammad Ali, Author of "The Greatest Book of All Time"?

The Early 1970s were Hard Times for an American Icon

By Jonathan Eig | November 1, 2017

Literary Witches, From Angela Carter to Zora Neale Hurston

Literary Witches, From Angela Carter to Zora Neale Hurston

Celebrating the Radical Creativity of Five Beloved Writers

By Taisia Kitaiskia and Katy Horan | October 31, 2017

Against the

Against the "Melting Pot" Metaphor

On Arguments Over Americanization and Homogenized Culture

By Mike Wallace | October 30, 2017

The Secret Literary History of Some of Your Favorite Colors

The Secret Literary History of Some of Your Favorite Colors

Yellow Books, L. Frank Baum's Emerald, and The Color Purple

By Kassia St. Clair | October 27, 2017

Uncovering the History of Slavery in Detroit

Uncovering the History of Slavery in Detroit

"We Owe it to Them, and Ourselves, to Bear Close Witness"

By Tiya Miles | October 27, 2017

The Enslaved Man Who Escaped George Washington—Twice

The Enslaved Man Who Escaped George Washington—Twice

How 30,000 Enslaved People Gained Freedom by
Defecting to the British

By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | October 24, 2017

A Pilgrimage to the World's Most Famous Manuscript

A Pilgrimage to the World's Most Famous Manuscript

Coming Face to Face with the Book of Kells

By Christopher de Hamel | October 24, 2017

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