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How Small-Town Newspapers Ignored Local Lynchings

How Small-Town Newspapers Ignored Local Lynchings

Sherilynn A. Ifill on Justice (and Its Absence) in the 1930s

By Sherilynn A. Ifill | September 26, 2018

The Mysterious Case of a Mongolian Murder That Might Have Been...

The Mysterious Case of a Mongolian Murder That Might Have Been...

Leonid Yuzefovich Follows a Footnote Across 100 Years and 1,000 Miles

By Leonid Yuzefovich | September 20, 2018

Who Exactly Was the Original Jezebel?

Who Exactly Was the Original Jezebel?

How Women's Power Was First Linked to Sexuality and Deception

By Wednesday Martin | September 20, 2018

Acting While Black in the Civil Rights Era

Acting While Black in the Civil Rights Era

On the Challenges Facing Black TV Actors in the 1960s

By Ann duCille | September 17, 2018

The Political Drama That Almost Grounded Project Apollo

The Political Drama That Almost Grounded Project Apollo

"We don’t know a damn thing about the surface of the Moon."

By John Logsdon | September 13, 2018

Telling the Unlikely Story of an Auschwitz Survivor

Telling the Unlikely Story of an Auschwitz Survivor

Heather Morris on the Final Years of Lale Sokolov

By Heather Morris | September 5, 2018

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On the Cruelty and Tenderness of Isaac Babel

On the Cruelty and Tenderness of Isaac Babel

Jerome Charyn Meets the Daughter of a Master

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Have We Ever Had Enough Time to Read?

Have We Ever Had Enough Time to Read?

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Ralph Ellison: Coming of Age During the Rise of the KKK

Ralph Ellison: Coming of Age During the Rise of the KKK

Black Life in Oklahoma City, Between the Wars

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One of the Greatest Archeological Mysteries of All Time

One of the Greatest Archeological Mysteries of All Time

On the Discovery of China's Hidden Warriors

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On the Eerie Prescience of a Nazi-Era Diarist

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Victor Klemperer and Relearning the Lessons of History

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The Vietnam War Deserters Who Sought Asylum in Sweden

The Vietnam War Deserters Who Sought Asylum in Sweden

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Literary Fascists of the 1930s, Great and Small

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From Hamsun to Wolfe to the Creator of a Kid's Book About Otters

By Julia Boyd | August 2, 2018

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