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Unlocking Reason: How the Deaf Created Their Own System of Communication

Unlocking Reason: How the Deaf Created Their Own System of Communication

Moshe Kasher Explores Deaf History, Language and Education as the Hearing Child of a Deaf Adult

By Moshe Kasher | January 22, 2024

The Cult of the Hustle: Why We All Want to Become Our Own Boss

The Cult of the Hustle: Why We All Want to Become Our Own Boss

Benjamin C. Waterhouse on the Economic and Political Factors Behind the Current Gig Economy

By Benjamin C. Waterhouse | January 22, 2024

Why Are We Here? On the Philosophical Possibilities of “Cosmic Purpose”

Why Are We Here? On the Philosophical Possibilities of “Cosmic Purpose”

Philip Pullman, Philip Goff, and Nigel Warburton Ponder the Big Questions of Our Existence

By Philip Pullman, Philip Goff and Nigel Warburton | January 19, 2024

Nick Romeo on the Profound—and Scary—Influence of Economic Ideas

Nick Romeo on the Profound—and Scary—Influence of Economic Ideas

“It’s hard to imagine a group of businessmen aggressively lobbying against the physics curriculum at MIT.”

By Nick Romeo | January 19, 2024

Why We Should All Read <br>Hannah Arendt Now

Why We Should All Read
Hannah Arendt Now

Lyndsey Stonebridge on “The Origins of Totalitarianism” and the Failure of Democracy

By Lyndsey Stonebridge | January 18, 2024

Theater of the Mind: How Radio Brought the World Into American Homes

Theater of the Mind: How Radio Brought the World Into American Homes

Paul J. Nahin on News and Entertainment in the Time Before Television

By Paul J. Nahin | January 17, 2024

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How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Rose Up and Won an Underdog Political Victory

By Joshua Green | January 11, 2024

Karl Marlantes on Chronicling the Early Cold War Years

By Jane Ciabattari | January 9, 2024

Permanent Newness: Surrealism at 100

By Mark Polizzotti | January 9, 2024

Motherhood Is Antarctica: On the Underexplored Landscape of Postpartum Loneliness

Motherhood Is Antarctica: On the Underexplored Landscape of Postpartum Loneliness

Marie Doezema Explores the Icy Wilderness of New Parenthood in a Pandemic

By Marie Doezema | January 8, 2024

Epistolary Gossip: On the History and Morality of the “Poison Pen” Letter

Epistolary Gossip: On the History and Morality of the “Poison Pen” Letter

Emily Cockayne Considers the Gendered Dynamics Behind the Written Anonymous Complaint

By Emily Cockayne | January 8, 2024

Conversations with the Long-Dead: My Literary Friendship with Margaret Cavendish

Conversations with the Long-Dead: My Literary Friendship with Margaret Cavendish

Francesca Peacock on the More Fanciful Aspects of Writing a Biography

By Francesca Peacock | January 3, 2024

We Are All Witches: Elizabeth Willis and Nancy Bowen on the Contemporary Echoes of Centuries-Old Fears

We Are All Witches: Elizabeth Willis and Nancy Bowen on the Contemporary Echoes of Centuries-Old Fears

E. Tracy Grinnell Talks to the Poet-Artist Team Behind Spectral Evidence

By E. Tracy Grinnell | December 21, 2023

How Long Will <em>Schindler’s List</em> Endure as a Public Memorial to The Holocaust?

How Long Will Schindler’s List Endure as a Public Memorial to The Holocaust?

Paul Morton Revisits Spielberg’s Controversial Film, 30 Years Later

By Paul Morton | December 20, 2023

Mythologized Impartiality: A Conversation About the Supreme Court's Checkered Past and Future

Mythologized Impartiality: A Conversation About the Supreme Court's Checkered Past and Future

Daniel Kiel and Lori Ringhand Speak with Stanford University Press

By Literary Hub | December 20, 2023

A Look Inside the 17th-Century Witch Trials of the Arctic Circle

A Look Inside the 17th-Century Witch Trials of the Arctic Circle

Chelsea Iversen Asks: What If Northern Norway’s Accused Witches Fought Back?

By Chelsea Iversen | December 19, 2023

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