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Reading Radically: A Reading List of the 1960s and 70s Protest Movements to Understand Activism Today

Reading Radically: A Reading List of the 1960s and 70s Protest Movements to Understand Activism Today

Jessica Shattuck Recommends Cathy Wilkerson, James Kunen, Abe Peck, and More

By Jessica Shattuck | May 13, 2024

Invisible Women: On the Victorian Custom of Cutting Mothers Out of Portraits

Invisible Women: On the Victorian Custom of Cutting Mothers Out of Portraits

Ellen O’Connell Whittet Considers the Photographic Evidence of Maternal Erasure

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | May 10, 2024

“Intentional Neglect.” On the Creation of Nationalized Child Protection in Victorian England

“Intentional Neglect.” On the Creation of Nationalized Child Protection in Victorian England

Heather Montgomery Explores the Early Days of the NSPCC

By Heather Montgomery | May 8, 2024

How Black Female Jazz Performers Confronted a Racist and Misogynistic World

How Black Female Jazz Performers Confronted a Racist and Misogynistic World

Larry Tye on the Triumphs and Struggles of 20th-Century Jazz Women

By Larry Tye | May 7, 2024

What World War I Trench Art Tells Us About Its Creators

What World War I Trench Art Tells Us About Its Creators

Ann Hood on Commemorating the Fallen and Unknown Soldiers of the Great War

By Ann Hood | May 7, 2024

Inside the Occupation of Columbia’s Hamilton Hall, 1968 Version

Inside the Occupation of Columbia’s Hamilton Hall, 1968 Version

From Charles Kaiser’s “1968 in America”

By Charles Kaiser | May 3, 2024

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“Crazy with the poison of Vietnam in my lungs.” Paul Auster on the ’68 Columbia protests.

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How Silk Helped the Armies of Genghis Khan Conquer Asia

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We Made This Economy, and We Can Remake It: Natalie Foster on Building a Better America

We Made This Economy, and We Can Remake It: Natalie Foster on Building a Better America

From the Author of “The Guarantee: Inside the Fight for America’s Next Economy”

By Natalie Foster | April 29, 2024

Verso and other publishers are offering free ebooks in solidarity with pro-Palestine campus protests.

Verso and other publishers are offering free ebooks in solidarity with pro-Palestine campus protests.

By James Folta | April 26, 2024

From Austen to Larkin: Why Writers Could Be More Prone to Hypochondria

From Austen to Larkin: Why Writers Could Be More Prone to Hypochondria

Caroline Crampton Considers the Intersection of Creative Pursuits and Health Anxiety

By Caroline Crampton | April 26, 2024

How P.T. Barnum Brought Beluga Whales to New York City

How P.T. Barnum Brought Beluga Whales to New York City

Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy on Museum Ethics and Animal Welfare in 19th Century America

By Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy | April 25, 2024

What a Series of Killings in Rural Georgia Revealed About Early 20th-Century America

What a Series of Killings in Rural Georgia Revealed About Early 20th-Century America

Earl Swift on the Continuing Regime of Racial Terror in the Post-Civil War American South

By Earl Swift | April 25, 2024

What Makes a Wonder? On the Human Need to Map Out Monumental Greatness

What Makes a Wonder? On the Human Need to Map Out Monumental Greatness

Bettany Hughes Considers the Creation and Construction of the Ancient World

By Bettany Hughes | April 25, 2024

Crash Again, Crash Better: A Brief History of Failed Attempts at Human Flight

Crash Again, Crash Better: A Brief History of Failed Attempts at Human Flight

Joe Fassler Ponders Our Innate Desire to Rise Above It All

By Joe Fassler | April 24, 2024

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