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Abby Smith Rumsey on What We Should Remember (And Forget) About History

Abby Smith Rumsey on What We Should Remember (And Forget) About History

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 19, 2023

How the Lessons of “Lady Doctors” of the 19th Century Helped Write a Contemporary Novel

How the Lessons of “Lady Doctors” of the 19th Century Helped Write a Contemporary Novel

Ritu Mukerji on the Life of Ann Preston and the Enduring Power of Medical Fiction

By Ritu Mukerji | October 18, 2023

The Revolution Will Be Televised: How Mass Media Made Mass Protest

The Revolution Will Be Televised: How Mass Media Made Mass Protest

Vincent Bevins on the History and Development of Contemporary Social Movements

By Vincent Bevins | October 18, 2023

How the Iron Horse Spelled Doom for the American Buffalo

How the Iron Horse Spelled Doom for the American Buffalo

Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns on General Custer, Buffalo Bill and Grand Duke Alexis

By Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns | October 16, 2023

Aleksandar Hemon on Living at the End of Time

Aleksandar Hemon on Living at the End of Time

On Conclusions

By Aleksander Hemon | October 12, 2023

Faith, Power, and Survival: What Ruled Life in Early-Medieval England

Faith, Power, and Survival: What Ruled Life in Early-Medieval England

David Mitchell Considers the Less-Than-Illustrious Origins of the English Crown

By David Mitchell | October 11, 2023

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No One Ever Said It: On the Long History of "Ye Olde" in English

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The President and the Psychoanalyst: What Sigmund Freud Saw in Woodrow Wilson

By Patrick Weil | October 9, 2023

What A Long History of Terror Tells Us About Modern France

By Nabila Ramdani | October 6, 2023

How Recycled American Batteries Pollute Communities Around the World

How Recycled American Batteries Pollute Communities Around the World

From James Morton Turner's Cundill Prize-Nominated Charged

By James Morton Turner | October 6, 2023

Understanding Zora Neale Hurston's Loneliness

Understanding Zora Neale Hurston's Loneliness

Richard Deming on Hurston's 1942 autobiography, Dust Tracks on a Road

By Richard Deming | October 5, 2023

The (Not So) Lost Buddhisms of India

The (Not So) Lost Buddhisms of India

From Douglas Ober's Cundill Prize-Nominated Dust on the Throne

By Douglas Ober | October 5, 2023

On the Multifaceted Women Who Inspired Saint Augustine

On the Multifaceted Women Who Inspired Saint Augustine

From Kate Cooper's Cundill Prize-Nominated Queens of a Fallen World

By Kate Cooper | October 4, 2023

The Italian Monk Who Foresaw Europe's Obsession With Eugenics

The Italian Monk Who Foresaw Europe's Obsession With Eugenics

From Mackenzie Cooley's Cundill Prize-Nominated The Perfection of Nature

By Mackenzie Cooley | October 3, 2023

How US Intelligence Agencies Hid Their Most Shameful Experiments

How US Intelligence Agencies Hid Their Most Shameful Experiments

Matthew Connelly on Human Cost of Secret Science

By Matthew Connelly | October 2, 2023

“Come and Take It”: How the Aftermath of Sandy Hook Led to More AR-15s Being Sold Than Ever Before

“Come and Take It”: How the Aftermath of Sandy Hook Led to More AR-15s Being Sold Than Ever Before

On American Gun Makers and Social Media Conspiracies

By Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson | October 2, 2023

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