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The Real Story Behind the Creation <br>of the Atomic Bomb

The Real Story Behind the Creation
of the Atomic Bomb

Demystifying Robert Oppenheimer

By Aaron Tucker | April 22, 2019

Historical Fiction Can Be As<br> Urgent As the News

Historical Fiction Can Be As
Urgent As the News

Joshua Furst: History Doesn't Need to be Boring

By Joshua Furst | April 16, 2019

The Forgotten Massacre of Chinese Immigrants During<br> the Mexican Revolution

The Forgotten Massacre of Chinese Immigrants During
the Mexican Revolution

Julián Herbert Chronicles an Unsung Outrage

By Julián Herbert | April 16, 2019

The CIA Scheme That Brought <br><em>Doctor Zhivago</em> to The World

The CIA Scheme That Brought
Doctor Zhivago to The World

It Went All the Way to the Top

By Rebecca Renner | April 12, 2019

8 Books That Define and Defy the Canon of Hip Hop Literature

8 Books That Define and Defy the Canon of Hip Hop Literature

From Coast to Coast, Old School to New

By Will Ashon | April 12, 2019

My Jewish Grandfather, Handpicked by Hitler to Curate the Museum of Extinct Races?

My Jewish Grandfather, Handpicked by Hitler to Curate the Museum of Extinct Races?

Bram Presser on Unraveling the Unlikeliest of Family Histories

By Bram Presser | April 11, 2019

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When LeRoi Jones Went on
The Merv Griffin Show

By Harmony Holiday | April 11, 2019

Not-So-Good Guys with Guns: On the Origins of the NRA

By Igor Volsky | April 10, 2019

Falling in Love with Malcolm X—and His Mastery of Metaphor

By Mateo Askaripour | April 10, 2019

In the Aftermath of Civil War, a Writing Workshop Aims for Peace

In the Aftermath of Civil War, a Writing Workshop Aims for Peace

Sarah Hoenicke on Finding Paths to Healing in Sri Lanka

By Sarah Hoenicke | April 9, 2019

The Wrong Kind of Redemption: A Civil War That Never Ended

The Wrong Kind of Redemption: A Civil War That Never Ended

Philip Dray on Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s New Book and the “Glorious Failure” of Reconstruction

By Philip Dray | April 8, 2019

Angela Davis on Protest, 1968, and Her Old Teacher, Herbert Marcuse

Angela Davis on Protest, 1968, and Her Old Teacher, Herbert Marcuse

Read from Marcuse's Graphic Biography by Nick Thorkelson, edited by Paul Buhle and Andrew T. Lamas

By Literary Hub | April 3, 2019

Édouard Louis: On the Youth My <br>Father Never Really Had

Édouard Louis: On the Youth My
Father Never Really Had

From Who Killed My Father

By Edouard Louis | April 2, 2019

On the Putin System: How a Dictator Maintains His Power

On the Putin System: How a Dictator Maintains His Power

Grigory Yavlinsky Considers Power and Corruption in Contemporary Russia

By Grigory Yavlinsky | April 2, 2019

Religious Cult, Force for Civil Rights, or Both?

Religious Cult, Force for Civil Rights, or Both?

On Father and Mother Divine, and the Peace Mission Movement

By Adam Morris | March 28, 2019

A Brief History of That Most Noble Tuber, the Potato

A Brief History of That Most Noble Tuber, the Potato

Rebecca Earle Brings a Little Humanity to a Humble Vegetable

By Rebecca Earle | March 28, 2019

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