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In the Room Where German Tycoons Agreed to Fund Hitler’s Rise To Power

In the Room Where German Tycoons Agreed to Fund Hitler’s Rise To Power

David de Jong on Hermann Göring’s Meeting with Some of Nazi Germany's Wealthiest Businessmen

By David de Jong | April 22, 2022

Arundhati Roy on Religious Nationalism, Dissent, and the Battle Between Myth and History

Arundhati Roy on Religious Nationalism, Dissent, and the Battle Between Myth and History

“Our hopes have been cauterized, our imaginations infected.”

By Arundhati Roy | April 21, 2022

How the Transcendentalists Shaped American Art, Philosophy and Spirituality

How the Transcendentalists Shaped American Art, Philosophy and Spirituality

Dominic Green on the Legacies of Whitman, Thoreau, Tyndale, and More

By Dominic Green | April 21, 2022

Why This Era of Global Change Demands New Language

Why This Era of Global Change Demands New Language

Audrey Schulman on the Limits of Scientific Terminology

By Audrey Schulman | April 21, 2022

On the Absolute Pleasure of British Historical Reality TV Shows

On the Absolute Pleasure of British Historical Reality TV Shows

Colleen Hubbard Couldn’t Have Written Her Novel Without the BBC’s Historic Farm Series

By Colleen Hubbard | April 21, 2022

Imagining the Lives of the Aviators Who Inspired William Faulkner

Imagining the Lives of the Aviators Who Inspired William Faulkner

Taylor Brown on Looking to the Past (Which Isn't Even Past)

By Taylor Brown | April 21, 2022

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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

By Vanessa Hua | April 20, 2022

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

By Nicole Yunger Halpern | April 18, 2022

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

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

Joseph Weisberg in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | April 18, 2022

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