A brief literary history of May Day.

A brief literary history of May Day.

Happy International Worker's Day!

By Brittany Allen | May 1, 2025

Portraits of Power: Inside the Legacy Left by Ancient Rome’s Most Famous Emperors

Portraits of Power: Inside the Legacy Left by Ancient Rome’s Most Famous Emperors

Tom Holland on the Lasting Influence of “The Lives of the Caesars”

By Tom Holland | May 1, 2025

Unfree Minds: How Nazi Germany Perfected the Art of Inducing Fear

Unfree Minds: How Nazi Germany Perfected the Art of Inducing Fear

Charlotte Beradt on the Effects of Totalitarian Terror on the Human Psyche

By Charlotte Beradt | May 1, 2025

How Baseball Shaped Black Communities in Reconstruction-Era America

How Baseball Shaped Black Communities in Reconstruction-Era America

Gerald Early on the Early History of Black Participation in America's Pastime

By Gerald Early | May 1, 2025

Darkest Nights: On the Literal Dreams of German Jews During Hitler’s Rise to Power

Darkest Nights: On the Literal Dreams of German Jews During Hitler’s Rise to Power

Zoe Roth Puts Charlotte Beradt’s “The Third Reich of Dreams” in the Context of Our Current Reality

By Zoe Roth | April 30, 2025

How London’s Great Plague Planted the Seeds For Future Scientific Advancements

How London’s Great Plague Planted the Seeds For Future Scientific Advancements

Thomas Levenson on the Dubious Yet Important Science of 17th-Century Medicine

By Thomas Levenson | April 30, 2025

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Tracing the Journey of World War II's Stolen and Looted Objects

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75 Years Ago, The Martian Chronicles Legitimized Science Fiction

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Uncovering the Forgotten: The Struggle For Trans History, From Nazi Germany to Today

Uncovering the Forgotten: The Struggle For Trans History, From Nazi Germany to Today

Milo Todd on Writing Historical Fiction in an Era of Alternative Facts

By Milo Todd | April 28, 2025

What Can a 17th-Century English Doctor Teach Us About Embracing Uncertainty?

What Can a 17th-Century English Doctor Teach Us About Embracing Uncertainty?

Cutter Wood on Thomas Browne and the Joys of Exploring What We Don't Know

By Cutter Wood | April 28, 2025

Nanny As Nuisance: How Caregivers Disrupt the Fiction of the Nuclear Family

Nanny As Nuisance: How Caregivers Disrupt the Fiction of the Nuclear Family

Hannah Zeavin Explores the Class, Racial and Gender Dynamics of Childcare in the United States

By Hannah Zeavin | April 25, 2025

Time to re-read <em>The Masses</em>, the 1910s literary magazine crushed by government censorship.

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Five incredible books edited by Toni Morrison.

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“The Question Project.” On John Dunton and the World’s First Advice Column

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Mary Beth Norton Explores the 17th-Century English Origins of a Major Cultural Phenomenon

By Mary Beth Norton | April 24, 2025

How the Rattlesnake Almost Became an Emblem of a Nascent America

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Stephen S. Hall on the Centuries-Long Historical Evolution of a Serpentine Symbol

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