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    Activism

    How a Group of Revolutionary Anti-Racist Activists Planned to Fight the Klan in North Carolina

    By Aran Shetterly  October 10, 2024
    The Hub

    Mary Bennet is getting her own show.

    By Brittany Allen  October 9, 2024
    Political History

    The Invisible Women, Immigrants, and Poor Americans of The Great Depression

    By Dana Frank  October 9, 2024
    Economics

    The Real Tomb Raiders: How Freeports Enabled International Art Theft

    By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian  October 9, 2024
    Folklore

    Five Books That Showcase the Fascinating Landscape of European Folklore

    By Ben Edge  October 9, 2024
    Family Stories

    Secrets of Los Alamos: How Family Stories Can Help Inform Historical Fiction

    By Rachel Robbins  October 9, 2024
    Entertainment

    How American Jews Created a Place For Themselves in Show Business

    By Richard Bernstein  October 9, 2024
    The Issues: 2024

    The Issues 2024: Going Deep on the Problem of Income Inequality

    By Literary Hub  October 8, 2024
    The Issues: 2024

    10 Best Books for Understanding American Class

    By Literary Hub  October 8, 2024
    Cars

    The “People’s Car.” How Nazi Germany Created the Volkswagen Beetle

    By Witold Rybczynski  October 8, 2024
    Book Bans

    “Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas.” The Incendiary Power of Literature in an Era of Censorship

    By Kenneth C. Davis  October 8, 2024
    Mythology

    Translating the Ancient Language of The Vetala Tales

    By Douglas J. Penick  October 7, 2024
    Palestine

    On the Dangerous Weaponization of Antisemitism Against Pro-Palestine Protests

    By Enzo Traverso  October 4, 2024
    Social Movements

    Animal Rights Are Women’s Rights: Why British Suffragettes Went Vegetarian

    By Elsa Richardson  October 4, 2024
    Slavery

    The Systemic Sexual Violence Hidden in Plain Sight During America’s Slave Trade

    By Kali Gross  October 4, 2024
    Nationalism

    In American Empire, You’re Either Invading or Being Invaded

    By Steven W. Thrasher  October 3, 2024
    European History

    How the Future Henry V Began His Royal Career

    By Dan Jones  October 3, 2024
    Art History

    What the Supreme Court Can Learn From a 14th-Century Italian City-State

    By Liesl Schillinger  October 3, 2024
    Authoritarianism

    The Price of “Progress.” On Development, Displacement and Dictatorship in the Amazon

    By José Henrique Bortoluci  October 1, 2024
    The Hub

    Attention Austen fans: Now you can have tea with Lizzy Bennet, IRL.

    By Brittany Allen  September 30, 2024
    Food History

    Pilsner Goes to America: How Beer Got Big in the 19th Century

    By Jeffrey M. Pilcher  September 30, 2024
    Moral Panics

    Life Imitates Art: On The Sorrows of Young Werther, Moral Panic and the Power of Books

    By Ed Simon  September 27, 2024
    Antiquities

    How Evangelical Christians Seek to Influence American Politics Through… Bible Museums?

    By Roberta Mazza  September 27, 2024
    Alternative Medicine

    How an Eccentric Doctor Began His Quest For Utopia in Weimar Berlin

    By Abbott Kahler  September 26, 2024
    Literary History

    An Expat’s Homebase: How the Iconic Village Voice Bookshop in Paris Launched Lit Mags

    By Odile Hellier  September 26, 2024
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