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How Artists Navigate the Interplay of Authority and Freedom

How Artists Navigate the Interplay of Authority and Freedom

Jed Perl on the Creative Life

By Jed Perl | January 12, 2022

On the Hidden Fight Inside the Federal Reserve That Reshaped American Economic Life

On the Hidden Fight Inside the Federal Reserve That Reshaped American Economic Life

Christopher Leonard on the 2010 Policy That Widened the Gulf Between Rich and Poor

By Christopher Leonard | January 12, 2022

How Our Social Emotions Laid the Foundation for Functioning Societies

How Our Social Emotions Laid the Foundation for Functioning Societies

Leonard Mlodinow Considers the Purpose of Shame, Admiration, Jealousy and More

By Leonard Mlodinow | January 12, 2022

Life and Death Among the Vanished in the Himalayas’ Parvati Valley

Life and Death Among the Vanished in the Himalayas’ Parvati Valley

Harley Rustad on the Mystery of the Disappeared

By Harley Rustad | January 11, 2022

How Stolen Cultural Artifacts Made Their Way to a Major Museum

How Stolen Cultural Artifacts Made Their Way to a Major Museum

Stefan Koldehoff and Tobias Timm on Art and Crime

By Stefan Koldehoff and Tobias Timm | January 11, 2022

A Glimpse Inside the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries

A Glimpse Inside the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries

From Switzerland, Germany, Italy, and Beyond

By Georg Ruppelt | January 10, 2022

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No Sympathy for Horrid Women: On the History of George V and the Demands of the Suffragettes

By Jane Ridley | January 7, 2022

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What Did Gossip Culture Look Like Before the Internet?

Julia Kelly Examines a Lost Tradition

By Julia Kelly | January 7, 2022

The full list of writers nominated for the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature includes just one woman.

The full list of writers nominated for the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature includes just one woman.

By Walker Caplan | January 6, 2022

How Dreams Have Shaped the Evolution of Humanity

How Dreams Have Shaped the Evolution of Humanity

Sidarta Ribeiro Guests on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | January 6, 2022

On the time J.R.R. Tolkien refused to work with Nazi-leaning publishers.

On the time J.R.R. Tolkien refused to work with Nazi-leaning publishers.

By Walker Caplan | January 5, 2022

This is just a reminder that Albert Camus named his cat Cigarette, because of course he did.

This is just a reminder that Albert Camus named his cat Cigarette, because of course he did.

By Emily Temple | January 4, 2022

On the Many Miracles of Aretha Franklin

On the Many Miracles of Aretha Franklin

Zandria F. Robinson Searches for “Repair and Restoration”

By Zandria F. Robinson | January 4, 2022

The Usefulness of Anger in Justice Work

The Usefulness of Anger in Justice Work

Hawa Allan on Transforming “Vulnerability into Power”

By Hawa Allan | January 4, 2022

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