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The Slow Build Up to the American Revolution

The Slow Build Up to the American Revolution

T. H. Breen on the Philosophies Behind America's War for Independence

By T. H. Breen | September 23, 2019

The Long Legacy of America's Militarist, Racist Demagoguery

The Long Legacy of America's Militarist, Racist Demagoguery

From the Vietnam War to the Resurrection of the Confederate Flag

By Greg Grandin | September 20, 2019

Walking with the Ghosts of Black<br> Los Angeles

Walking with the Ghosts of Black
Los Angeles

Ismail Muhammad: "You can’t disentangle blackness and California."

By Ismail Muhammad | September 20, 2019

In Search of Hysteria: The Man Who Thought He Could Define Madness

In Search of Hysteria: The Man Who Thought He Could Define Madness

On Jean-Martin Charcot, Dark Star of 19th-Century Neurology

By Allan H. Ropper and Brian Burrell | September 20, 2019

Reckoning with the Slave Empires of WWII

Reckoning with the Slave Empires of WWII

James Walvin on the Forced Labor of
Concentration Camps and Gulags

By James Walvin | September 20, 2019

The Problem of Germany's Post-War Internal Refugees

The Problem of Germany's Post-War Internal Refugees

On the So-Called "Expellees" of Eastern Europe

By Peter Gatrell | September 20, 2019

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On the Snarky Poem That Got Its Author Murdered

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On Alma Mahler, Muse and Mistress of Fin-de-Siecle Vienna

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Faster Than We Thought: What Stories Will Survive Climate Change?

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September 10, 2001 at the World Trade Center's Windows on the World

September 10, 2001 at the World Trade Center's Windows on the World

Life in New York City on the Eve of History

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The Inspired Vengeance of Mythic Icelandic Women

The Inspired Vengeance of Mythic Icelandic Women

Kassandra Montag on Learning to Write Blunt, Unabashed Characters

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A Legendary Publishing House's Most Infamous Rejection Letters

A Legendary Publishing House's Most Infamous Rejection Letters

When Faber & Faber’s T.S. Eliot Passed on George Orwell (and More)

By Toby Faber | September 12, 2019

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