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On W.E.B. Du Bois and the Disgraceful Treatment of Gold Star Mothers

On W.E.B. Du Bois and the Disgraceful Treatment of Gold Star Mothers

Chad L. Williams Considers the Symbolic Battles of World War I

By Chad L. Williams | April 4, 2023

Writing History Showed Me a New Way to View Climate Change

Writing History Showed Me a New Way to View Climate Change

Christopher de Bellaigue on the Flaws in Our Contemporary Climate Behavior

By Christopher de Bellaigue | April 3, 2023

Boyce Upholt: What Do Our Monuments Say About Who We Are?

Boyce Upholt: What Do Our Monuments Say About Who We Are?

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | April 3, 2023

On the Nested Worlds of Novelist Marina Warner

On the Nested Worlds of Novelist Marina Warner

Lucy Scholes Revisits Booker Shortlisted The Lost Father

By Lucy Scholes | April 3, 2023

Who Was the Man Behind Oscar Wilde’s Downfall?

Who Was the Man Behind Oscar Wilde’s Downfall?

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 3, 2023

Timothy Phillips on a 3,000-Mile Journey Through the End and Afterlife of the Cold War

Timothy Phillips on a 3,000-Mile Journey Through the End and Afterlife of the Cold War

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 3, 2023

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Michael Scott-Baumann Explains the Dual Histories of Israel and Palestine

By Keen On | April 3, 2023

How Octavia Butler’s Kindred Became a Novel

By Michael Silverblatt | March 31, 2023

The Lost King is a Jubilant Story of Historical Discovery and Overdue Recognition

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 31, 2023

FX’s <em>Great Expectations</em> Doesn’t Measure Up

FX’s Great Expectations Doesn’t Measure Up

Steven Knight’s Miniseries Makes Interesting Points About Empire and Womanhood, but They Get Lost in a Sea of Gratuitous Darkness

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 31, 2023

How Smell—the Most Underrated Sense—Was Overpowered By Our Other Senses

How Smell—the Most Underrated Sense—Was Overpowered By Our Other Senses

Ashley Ward on the Oft-Ignored and Much-Maligned Olfactory Sense

By Ashley Ward | March 29, 2023

How a War Over Eggs Marked the Early History of San Francisco

How a War Over Eggs Marked the Early History of San Francisco

Lizzie Stark on the Other 1848 Rush for Riches in California

By Lizzie Stark | March 29, 2023

Karl Schlogel Digs Up an Encyclopedic and Richly Detailed History of Everyday Life in the Soviet Union

Karl Schlogel Digs Up an Encyclopedic and Richly Detailed History of Everyday Life in the Soviet Union

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 28, 2023

Brian Lowery on the Myth of Rugged Individualism and What This Means for the America of the 2020s

Brian Lowery on the Myth of Rugged Individualism and What This Means for the America of the 2020s

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 28, 2023

Eli Merritt Offers Advice and Inspiration From World Leaders on How to Save Democracy From Demagogues Like Trump

Eli Merritt Offers Advice and Inspiration From World Leaders on How to Save Democracy From Demagogues Like Trump

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 28, 2023

From Eugenics to Targeted Advertising: The Dark Role of Data in Sorting Humanity

From Eugenics to Targeted Advertising: The Dark Role of Data in Sorting Humanity

Chris Wiggins and Matthew L Jones on the Origins of Big Data

By Chris Wiggins and Matthew L Jones | March 27, 2023

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