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How a 19th-Century German Anthropologist Planted the Roots for Nazi Racial Theories

How a 19th-Century German Anthropologist Planted the Roots for Nazi Racial Theories

Adam Kuper on Gustav Klemm and the Fraught History of Cultural Institutions in Europe

By Adam Kuper | April 17, 2024

The Woman With the Mysterious Illness Behind Freud’s Famous “Talking Cure”

The Woman With the Mysterious Illness Behind Freud’s Famous “Talking Cure”

Gabriel Brownstein on the Long Tradition of Men Misdiagnosing Women’s Maladies

By Gabriel Brownstein | April 17, 2024

What Christiane Amanpour—and the Rest of Us—Can Learn From Palestinian Journalists in Gaza

What Christiane Amanpour—and the Rest of Us—Can Learn From Palestinian Journalists in Gaza

Steven W. Thrasher on the Myth of the “Independent Journalist”

By Steven W. Thrasher | April 16, 2024

Earth? Really? On Why Aliens Would Probably Skip Visiting Our Planet

Earth? Really? On Why Aliens Would Probably Skip Visiting Our Planet

Lisa Kaltenegger Considers Carl Sagan, Alien Equations, and How Sci-Fi Can Help Us Imagine Extraterrestrial Life

By Lisa Kaltenegger | April 16, 2024

How Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon Forged a Literary and Romantic Bond

How Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon Forged a Literary and Romantic Bond

Michael Korda on the Creative and Sentimental Camaraderie Between Two Soldier Poets

By Michael Korda | April 16, 2024

Premonition in the West Bank: Ben Ehrenreich on Life in the Village of Burin

Premonition in the West Bank: Ben Ehrenreich on Life in the Village of Burin

“Sometimes you hear an echo of a sound that has not yet been voiced, of a shot that has not yet been fired.”

By Ben Ehrenreich | April 15, 2024

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Cutting Class: On the Myth of the Middle Class Writer

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How Colonial Powers Fought for Economic Dominance in North America

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Hampton Sides on Britain’s Generations-Long Search for the Northwest Passage

By Hampton Sides | April 15, 2024

A syllabus for fans of <em>You Must Remember This.</em>

A syllabus for fans of You Must Remember This.

By Brittany Allen | April 12, 2024

How Deregulation Destroyed Indie Rock Across America

How Deregulation Destroyed Indie Rock Across America

Tom Maxwell on the Corporate Capture of Regional Radio Stations

By Tom Maxwell | April 12, 2024

More Than “Friendless” or “Fallen...” Giving Voice to the Women Who Misbehaved in History

More Than “Friendless” or “Fallen...” Giving Voice to the Women Who Misbehaved in History

Kelly E. Hill on Women Defying Societal Norms in the Nineteenth Century

By Kelly E. Hill | April 12, 2024

What Obituaries Can Tell Us About How the World Views Artists

What Obituaries Can Tell Us About How the World Views Artists

Jim Moske Explores the Met Archives For Posthumous Stories Lost to Time

By Jim Moske | April 11, 2024

A Woman Out of Time: Rebecca Solnit on Mary Shelley’s Dystopian Sci-Fi Novel <em>The Last Man</em>

A Woman Out of Time: Rebecca Solnit on Mary Shelley’s Dystopian Sci-Fi Novel The Last Man

In Praise of a Truly Innovative Writer

By Rebecca Solnit | April 9, 2024

When a 24-Year-Old Ian Fleming Went to Moscow to Cover a “Show” Trial

When a 24-Year-Old Ian Fleming Went to Moscow to Cover a “Show” Trial

“Russia is ruled by an army of executioners with the Lubyanka as the headquarters of death.”

By Nicholas Shakespeare | April 9, 2024

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