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What Does “Fascist” Actually Mean?

What Does “Fascist” Actually Mean?

Alberto Toscano on the Cycles of Fascism

By Alberto Toscano | October 25, 2023

Why Toni Morrison Left Publishing

Why Toni Morrison Left Publishing

Dan Sinykin on Black Editors, White Publishers, and Beloved

By Dan Sinykin | October 24, 2023

How Anne Boleyn Captured Our Collective Imagination

How Anne Boleyn Captured Our Collective Imagination

John Guy and Julia Fox on the Death and Afterlife of Tudor England's Most Famous Queen

By John Guy and Julia Fox | October 23, 2023

What is Left Unsaid: How Some Words Do—Or Don't—Make It Into Print

What is Left Unsaid: How Some Words Do—Or Don't—Make It Into Print

Sarah Ogilvie on Alexander John Ellis, the Man Behind the Oxford English Dictionary

By Sarah Ogilvie | October 23, 2023

On the Artisanal Craft of Making a Globe

On the Artisanal Craft of Making a Globe

Peter Ellerby, the Founder of the World's Only Truly Bespoke Makers of Globes, On How It's Done

By Peter Bellerby | October 23, 2023

How the Stoics Dealt With FOMO

How the Stoics Dealt With FOMO

Four Lessons For, It Turns Out, A Not “Very Modern Problem”

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Masha Gessen and Nathan Thrall on The Whole Story of Israel and Palestine

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Abby Smith Rumsey on What We Should Remember (And Forget) About History

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How the Lessons of “Lady Doctors” of the 19th Century Helped Write a Contemporary Novel

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The Revolution Will Be Televised: How Mass Media Made Mass Protest

The Revolution Will Be Televised: How Mass Media Made Mass Protest

Vincent Bevins on the History and Development of Contemporary Social Movements

By Vincent Bevins | October 18, 2023

How the Iron Horse Spelled Doom for the American Buffalo

How the Iron Horse Spelled Doom for the American Buffalo

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Aleksandar Hemon on Living at the End of Time

Aleksandar Hemon on Living at the End of Time

On Conclusions

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Faith, Power, and Survival: What Ruled Life in Early-Medieval England

Faith, Power, and Survival: What Ruled Life in Early-Medieval England

David Mitchell Considers the Less-Than-Illustrious Origins of the English Crown

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No One Ever Said It: On the Long History of "Ye Olde" in English

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The President and the Psychoanalyst: What Sigmund Freud Saw in Woodrow Wilson

The President and the Psychoanalyst: What Sigmund Freud Saw in Woodrow Wilson

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What A Long History of Terror Tells Us About Modern France

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