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On the West’s Demonization of Ancient Persia

On the West’s Demonization of Ancient Persia

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Unmasks the Philhellenic Myths That Made Europe

By Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones | April 14, 2022

How a Mundane Anthropologist and Bureaucrat Helped Contribute to American Settler Colonialism

How a Mundane Anthropologist and Bureaucrat Helped Contribute to American Settler Colonialism

Alicia Puglionesi on Spending Time With History's Malevolent Minor Characters

By Alicia Puglionesi | April 14, 2022

Samantha Hunt on the Wild Delirium of Loving Language

Samantha Hunt on the Wild Delirium of Loving Language

“Being a human is extraordinary.”

By Samantha Hunt | April 13, 2022

The High Stakes of Textbooks: On the Necessity of Complex, Inclusive History Lessons

The High Stakes of Textbooks: On the Necessity of Complex, Inclusive History Lessons

Elizabeth Alexander on Resisting the Siren Song of Triumphal Black History

By Elizabeth Alexander | April 12, 2022

How the Toxic Waters of Niagara Falls Poisoned a Community

How the Toxic Waters of Niagara Falls Poisoned a Community

Keith O'Brien on Outrage and Resilience In Upstate New York

By Keith O'Brien | April 12, 2022

How Indigenous Societies Fought to Preserve Their Blended Gender Identities in the Face of Colonialism

How Indigenous Societies Fought to Preserve Their Blended Gender Identities in the Face of Colonialism

Gregory D. Smithers on Anticolonialism and Resistance to Binaries

By Gregory D. Smithers | April 12, 2022

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How the Hebrew Bible Poses Fundamental Questions About Language

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By Kenton Rambsy | April 11, 2022

Behind the Scenes of ACT UP’s Groundbreaking Kissing Doesn’t Kill Campaign

By Jack Lowery | April 11, 2022

Blacks and Jews: Fifty-Five Years After James Baldwin’s “Negroes Are Anti-Semitic Because They’re Anti-White”

Blacks and Jews: Fifty-Five Years After James Baldwin’s “Negroes Are Anti-Semitic Because They’re Anti-White”

Terrence L. Johnson and Jacques Berlinerblau Dissect a Classic American Polemic, Still Relevant Today

By Jacques Berlinerblau and Terrence L. Johnson | April 9, 2022

Putin’s Attack on Ukraine is an Attack on Its Language: Poetry by Kateryna Kalytko

Putin’s Attack on Ukraine is an Attack on Its Language: Poetry by Kateryna Kalytko

“Defend yourself to your last breath—and whatever you do / don’t let them near you.”

By Literary Hub | April 8, 2022

What Comes After Neoliberalism? And Is It Worse?

What Comes After Neoliberalism? And Is It Worse?

Andrew Keen on the Alarming Political Realities of Hungarian Nationalism

By Andrew Keen | April 8, 2022

Tracing the Ancestry of the Earliest Enslaved Ndongo People

Tracing the Ancestry of the Earliest Enslaved Ndongo People

Clyde W. Ford on a Story Born in Blood

By Clyde W. Ford | April 8, 2022

The Many Wars Within the Last Great War

The Many Wars Within the Last Great War

Richard Overy on the Second World War Made and the Fall of Global Empires

By Richard Overy | April 8, 2022

“Somehow This Madness Must Cease.” Revisiting MLK Jr.’s Sermon Against the Vietnam War

“Somehow This Madness Must Cease.” Revisiting MLK Jr.’s Sermon Against the Vietnam War

This Week on Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon

By Open Source | April 8, 2022

How Racial Bias Facilitated the US Child Welfare System’s Targeting of Black Communities

How Racial Bias Facilitated the US Child Welfare System’s Targeting of Black Communities

Dorothy Roberts on the Policing of Black Families

By Dorothy Roberts | April 7, 2022

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