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The History of Riga’s “Little Nuremberg” Trial

The History of Riga’s “Little Nuremberg” Trial

Linda Kinstler on Paranoia and Justice in Soviet-Occupied Latvia

By Linda Kinstler | August 23, 2022

A Brief Political—and Personal—History of Gay Bathhouses

A Brief Political—and Personal—History of Gay Bathhouses

Rasheed Newson on Sexually Accommodating Spaces as Community Hubs, and the Moral Panics That Destroyed Them

By Rasheed Newson | August 23, 2022

Marguerite Duras on Writing the Screenplay for Alain Resnais’s <em>Hiroshima Mon Amour</em>

Marguerite Duras on Writing the Screenplay for Alain Resnais’s Hiroshima Mon Amour

“We’re afraid. But ultimately, isn’t that necessary from time to time? Especially in film?”

By Marguerite Duras | August 22, 2022

How the French Revolution and the January 6 American Insurrection Are Bookends in the Struggle for Democracy

How the French Revolution and the January 6 American Insurrection Are Bookends in the Struggle for Democracy

Laura Mason in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | August 22, 2022

What the Slenderman Stabbing Tragedy Tells Us About the State of Mental Illness and Criminal Justice in America

What the Slenderman Stabbing Tragedy Tells Us About the State of Mental Illness and Criminal Justice in America

Kathleen Hale in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | August 22, 2022

How an Unlucky Texas Fisherman Stumbled Upon an Environmental Catastrophe

How an Unlucky Texas Fisherman Stumbled Upon an Environmental Catastrophe

Kirk Wallace Johnson on the Dark Side of America’s Gulf Coast

By Kirk Wallace Johnson | August 22, 2022

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How Vietnamese Immigrants on the Gulf Coast in the Seventies Successfully Fought Back Against the KKK

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