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

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

“What glowed at me with such potency that I would willingly immerse myself for all the months of writing slog?”

By Emma Darwin | November 12, 2025

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

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

Boris Groys on the Nothingness of Human Existence

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

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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

By Abel Ferrara | November 6, 2025

A Brief History of American Socialism

By Michael Kazin | November 5, 2025

What Donald Trump’s Isolationism Means For America—and the World

What Donald Trump’s Isolationism Means For America—and the World

Michael McFaul on the Challenges Facing the Liberal International Order From Outside and From Within

By Michael McFaul | November 5, 2025

The Succession Crisis of Queen Elizabeth I

The Succession Crisis of Queen Elizabeth I

Tracy Borman on the Altered Manuscript Depicting the Naming of Queen Elizabeth’s Heir

By Tracy Borman | November 4, 2025

How Two Nuns and a Jesuit Might Persuade You to Finally Download that Dating App

How Two Nuns and a Jesuit Might Persuade You to Finally Download that Dating App

Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita on the “Close Friendship” Between 16th-Century Nun Sor Juana Inés and Vicereine María Luisa

By Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita | November 4, 2025

How Israel’s “Forgotten” 1956 Occupation of Gaza Echoes In Its Actions Today

How Israel’s “Forgotten” 1956 Occupation of Gaza Echoes In Its Actions Today

Anne Irfan on the Repetition of History and How the Past Informs the Present

By Anne Irfan | November 3, 2025

Lyndal Roper’s <em>Summer of Fire and Blood</em> has won the 2025 Cundill History Prize.

Lyndal Roper’s Summer of Fire and Blood has won the 2025 Cundill History Prize.

By James Folta | October 31, 2025

Corporeal Punishment: On Body Horror, That Most Human of Stories

Corporeal Punishment: On Body Horror, That Most Human of Stories

Tyler Malone Explores the Uncanny Valley Between the Body and the Self

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2025

Why Do Countless Cultures Believe the Dead Walk Among Us?

Why Do Countless Cultures Believe the Dead Walk Among Us?

John Blair on the Dangerous Dead in Society

By John Blair | October 31, 2025

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