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Did You Know Mapmakers Used to Make Up Fake Towns in Order to Catch Plagiarists?

Did You Know Mapmakers Used to Make Up Fake Towns in Order to Catch Plagiarists?

Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman Consider the Techniques Cartographers Use to Prevent Counterfeiting

By Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman | November 18, 2025

How Philly Businessman Albert Barnes Changed the Life of “Unsellable” Expressionist Artist Chaim Soutine

How Philly Businessman Albert Barnes Changed the Life of “Unsellable” Expressionist Artist Chaim Soutine

Celeste Marcus on the Barnes‘ Massive Soutine Acquisition in the Early 1900s

By Celeste Marcus | November 18, 2025

What Set Off the Showdown at the O.K. Corral? An Anti-Gun Law

What Set Off the Showdown at the O.K. Corral? An Anti-Gun Law

Mark Lee Gardner on the Impact of 19th-Century Gun Control on Cowboy Culture

By Mark Lee Gardner | November 18, 2025

What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket

What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket

Or, We Used to Have Fun Online

By Literary Hub | November 17, 2025

Caught Between Empires: On the Fate of the Amur Tiger

Caught Between Empires: On the Fate of the Amur Tiger

“For 170 years, tiger numbers have fallen and risen on both sides of the border as feelings toward these creatures have evolved...”

By Jonathan C. Slaght | November 14, 2025

Celebration and Struggle: On the Life and Work of Alice Childress

Celebration and Struggle: On the Life and Work of Alice Childress

Eve Dunbar Considers the Creative, Professional and Manual Labor of Black Women in America

By Eve Dunbar | November 13, 2025

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Emma Darwin on Writing About Her Family and Finding Inspiration in Artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder

By Emma Darwin | November 12, 2025

What Does It Mean to be Human? (According to Philosopher Alexandre Kojève)

By Boris Groys | November 11, 2025

The History of the Relentless, Decades-Long Siege on the People of Gaza

The History of the Relentless, Decades-Long Siege on the People of Gaza

“The average young Gazan measures his age by how many of those wars we survived.”

By Muhammad Shehada | November 10, 2025

How the Rise of Fascism Impacted the 1938 FIFA World Cup

How the Rise of Fascism Impacted the 1938 FIFA World Cup

Jonathan Wilson Explores the Political—and Personal—Upheaval at the Intersection of Politics and Sport

By Jonathan Wilson | November 7, 2025

Why the American Revolution Was a World War in All But Name

Why the American Revolution Was a World War in All But Name

Richard Bell Explores the Transnational Nature of America's Fight For Independence

By Richard Bell | November 7, 2025

Want to understand the Zohran phenomenon? Here's a mini reading list.

Want to understand the Zohran phenomenon? Here's a mini reading list.

A link-heavy primer for the curious comrades.

By Brittany Allen | November 6, 2025

The NYC Mayor Fiction Canon (or why Adams should probably write a crime thriller).

The NYC Mayor Fiction Canon (or why Adams should probably write a crime thriller).

By James Folta | November 6, 2025

Abel Ferrara Starred in His First Feature, a Mob-Backed Porno

Abel Ferrara Starred in His First Feature, a Mob-Backed Porno

The Acclaimed Director Looks Back on the Start of His Legendary Career

By Abel Ferrara | November 6, 2025

A Brief History of American Socialism

A Brief History of American Socialism

Michael Kazin on the Socialism’s Far-Reaching Influence on American Thought

By Michael Kazin | November 5, 2025

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