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Toppled: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall

Toppled: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall

Paul Vidich on the Timeline of a Historic Night

By Paul Vidich | November 8, 2019

How Lou Sullivan's Journals Enrich the History of Trans Literature

How Lou Sullivan's Journals Enrich the History of Trans Literature

Callum Angus on Sullivan's Recently Released Diaries, AIDS, Transitioning, and More

By Callum Angus | November 8, 2019

On Harriet Tubman's Final Escape Mission

On Harriet Tubman's Final Escape Mission

A November Snowstorm and a Last-Minute Change of Plans

By Erica Armstrong Dunbar | November 8, 2019

Inside the Early Struggles of the Women Who Built Disney

Inside the Early Struggles of the Women Who Built Disney

Nathalia Holt on What It Took to Break Into Animation in the 1930s

By Nathalia Holt | November 8, 2019

The Reporter Who Went Undercover at an Asylum

The Reporter Who Went Undercover at an Asylum

Nellie Bly Committed Herself to the Infamous Blackwell Island Asylum Just to Get the Story

By Susannah Cahalan | November 7, 2019

On Frank Lloyd Wright, Ernest Hemingway, and the Art of Omission

On Frank Lloyd Wright, Ernest Hemingway, and the Art of Omission

What Does the “Iceberg Theory” Look Like Applied to Architecture?

By Paul Hendrickson | November 6, 2019

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What Comes Before Woke? On the History of Sleep as a Form of Protest

By Franny Nudelman | November 6, 2019

The Gay Activists Who Fought the American Psychiatric Establishment

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The Terrifying Power of a Single Book

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Lindy West on Breaking the Silence Around Abortion

Lindy West on Breaking the Silence Around Abortion

“When reproductive freedom becomes a class privilege, the human rights of our political body are negated.”

By Lindy West | November 5, 2019

How Did a Single Desk in the Senate Become a Focal Point for American Progressivism?

How Did a Single Desk in the Senate Become a Focal Point for American Progressivism?

Sherrod Brown on the Unlikely History of Desk 88

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A Century Before Springsteen, Stephen Crane Chronicled Asbury Park

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Crane Wrote in a Perfect Blend of Idealism, Cynicism, and Wariness

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Cookbooks Are So Much More Than Recipes and Photographs

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Creepy Stories (and More) from Victor LaValle and Benjamin Percy

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<em>A Most Rare Compendium</em>: <br> An 18th-Century Guide to Magical Treasure Hunting?

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