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“I Feel Like a Feather Floating in the Atmosphere.” How Thoreau Reckoned with the Loss of His Brother

“I Feel Like a Feather Floating in the Atmosphere.” How Thoreau Reckoned with the Loss of His Brother

Robert D. Richardson on the Writers’ Grief-Stricken Observations

By Robert D. Richardson | January 25, 2023

How a Group of Black Activists Inspired Solidarity and Struggle in Mississippi

How a Group of Black Activists Inspired Solidarity and Struggle in Mississippi

Dan Berger on Freedom Summer in the Segregationist Heart of the Deep South

By Dan Berger | January 25, 2023

Watching the Films of Weimar Germany to Understand Our Increasingly Fascistic Present

Watching the Films of Weimar Germany to Understand Our Increasingly Fascistic Present

“My dive into Weimar Germany taught me that authoritarianism doesn’t always follow a linear path.”

By Travis Mushett | January 25, 2023

George McCalman’s Illustrated Black American History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen

George McCalman’s Illustrated Black American History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 25, 2023

“The Future Belonged to the Showy and the Promiscuous.” How Edith Wharton Foresaw the 21st Century

“The Future Belonged to the Showy and the Promiscuous.” How Edith Wharton Foresaw the 21st Century

Emily J. Orlando on the Writer’s Enduring Relevance and Foresight

By Emily J. Orlando | January 24, 2023

Access For Whom? On Gaining Permission to Narrate Egypt’s Past

Access For Whom? On Gaining Permission to Narrate Egypt’s Past

Alan Mikhail Navigates Bureaucracy and Identity in the Egyptian National Archives

By Alan Mikhail | January 23, 2023

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Jamie Figueroa: Prophecies of Possibility and a Ripening of the Next World

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On the Life of George Kennan, Divided Between the United States and the Soviet Union

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Why All Creatures Great and Small is About So Much More Than a Charming Country Vet

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Debunking the Coconut Myth: An Economist Breaks Down a Fundamental Misunderstanding of the Cause of Poverty in Poor Countries

Debunking the Coconut Myth: An Economist Breaks Down a Fundamental Misunderstanding of the Cause of Poverty in Poor Countries

Ha-Joon Chang on the Truth about the "Robinson Crusoe Economy"

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How Scientists Diagnosed King Tut Thousands of Years After His Death

How Scientists Diagnosed King Tut Thousands of Years After His Death

Dale Greenwalt on the Detection of Ancient Diseases

By Dale Greenwalt | January 18, 2023

How Writing Against Empire Helps Heal Its Enduring Wounds

How Writing Against Empire Helps Heal Its Enduring Wounds

Tsitsi Dangarembga on the Brutal Legacy of Colonial Conquest

By Tsitsi Dangarembga | January 18, 2023

WATCH: Tom Crewe and Colm Tóibín on the Joyful History of Gay Life

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The Future President and the Novelist: When Norman Mailer Met John F. Kennedy

The Future President and the Novelist: When Norman Mailer Met John F. Kennedy

Richard Bradford on Political Mythmaking and Self-Delusion

By Richard Bradford | January 17, 2023

How It Took a Diverse Coalition to Truly Fight for Reproductive Freedom in America

How It Took a Diverse Coalition to Truly Fight for Reproductive Freedom in America

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