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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

<em>Gun Island</em> and the Stories That Emerge on a Changing Planet

Gun Island and the Stories That Emerge on a Changing Planet

Torsa Ghosal on Amitav Ghosh, Samanta Schweblin, and Others

By Torsa Ghosal | September 19, 2019

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When Leonard Bernstein Played Cultural Diplomat in 1960s Japan

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On the Reclamation of Australian Aboriginal and Native American Identity

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On the Snarky Poem That Got Its Author Murdered

By Emily Temple | September 17, 2019

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

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

lived out of her time."">Cate Haste Considers the Legacy of "a modern woman who
lived out of her time."

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

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Omar El Akkad on Our Obligation to Preserve Memories

By Omar El Akkad | September 16, 2019

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

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Life in New York City on the Eve of History

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The Inspired Vengeance of Mythic Icelandic Women

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Kassandra Montag on Learning to Write Blunt, Unabashed Characters

By Kassandra Montag | September 13, 2019

A Brief History of Mostly Terrible Campaign Biographies

A Brief History of Mostly Terrible Campaign Biographies

“No harm if true; but, in fact, not true.” (Buckle Up for 2020)

By Jaime Fuller | September 12, 2019

A Legendary Publishing House's Most Infamous Rejection Letters

A Legendary Publishing House's Most Infamous Rejection Letters

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The Eerily Prescient Lessons of<br> <em>Darkness at Noon</em>

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