Reckoning with the History of Medical Racism: A Reading List

Reckoning with the History of Medical Racism: A Reading List

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The Chairman Had No Rhythm: What It Meant to Dance with Mao Zedong

The Chairman Had No Rhythm: What It Meant to Dance with Mao Zedong

Vanessa Hua Follows Echoes of History Around the Dance Floor

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Why the Evil Legacy of Nazi Billionaires Remains Very Much Alive in Germany Today

Why the Evil Legacy of Nazi Billionaires Remains Very Much Alive in Germany Today

David De Jong in Conversation With Andrew Keen

By Keen On | April 20, 2022

How Did Shakespeare Kill (And Heal) His Characters?

How Did Shakespeare Kill (And Heal) His Characters?

Kathryn Harkup on the Many Ways To Live and Die on the Elizabethan Stage

By Kathryn Harkup | April 19, 2022

An Inside Look at Judith Jones’ First Notes for Julia Child

An Inside Look at Judith Jones’ First Notes for Julia Child

From the Language of Cooking to Troubles with the Omelette

By Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz | April 19, 2022

On the Romance and Wonder of Victorian Science

On the Romance and Wonder of Victorian Science

Nicole Yunger Halpern in Praise of an Expansive, Fantastical Approach to Knowledge

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The Chilling Similarities Between Bush’s Invasion of Iraq and Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine

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How a Group of Concerned Citizens Sued the Government For Poisoning Them

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Elena Conis on The Origins of the Fight Against DDT

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On Louis XV, the Girls of Deer Park, and a Monarchy in Decline

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Eva Stachniak in Conversation with C. P. Lesley on the New Books Network

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On the West’s Demonization of Ancient Persia

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Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Unmasks the Philhellenic Myths That Made Europe

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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

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