From Florentine Orphan to French Princess: The Early Years of Catherine de Medici

From Florentine Orphan to French Princess: The Early Years of Catherine de Medici

Estelle Paranque on a Tumultuous Childhood and a High-Stakes Betrothal

By Estelle Paranque | December 22, 2022

How World War II Pacifists Laid the Foundation for Future Struggles

How World War II Pacifists Laid the Foundation for Future Struggles

Daniel Akst on the Unconventional Origins of the Modern Antiwar Movement

By Daniel Akst | December 21, 2022

Literary Fanmail: The Letters of Harold Bloom and James Merrill

Literary Fanmail: The Letters of Harold Bloom and James Merrill

Heather Cass White Unearths the Correspondence Between a Poet and His Faithful Reader

By Heather Cass White | December 20, 2022

Reading Ezra Pound in the Neofascist Age of Trump

Reading Ezra Pound in the Neofascist Age of Trump

Tom Rea Confronts Fascism, Past and Present

By Tom Rea | December 20, 2022

Meet the Nonconformist Designer Who Revolutionized 1960s Fashion

Meet the Nonconformist Designer Who Revolutionized 1960s Fashion

Federico Chiara on How Ken Scott Turned the Runway Into a Stage

By Federico Chiara | December 19, 2022

What Happened to the Rare Books Brought Aboard the <em>Titanic</em>?

What Happened to the Rare Books Brought Aboard the Titanic?

Emma Smith on Transatlantic Book Collecting in the Early 20th Century

By Emma Smith | December 19, 2022

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How a Group of Intellectual Outcasts Broke Barriers in Early 20th-Century London

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How Community Organizers and Business Leaders Came Together to Improve Bedford-Stuyvesant

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How Victorian England Put Men on the Moon... Or Not

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Iwan Rhys Morus on 19th-Century Fantasies of the Future

By Iwan Rhys Morus | December 14, 2022

The Lingering Weight of Race and Policing in One Cincinnati Neighborhood

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Nick Swartsell on Mount Auburn’s Rice Street

By Nick Swartsell | December 14, 2022

An Indelible City, Indelibly Marked: On Hong Kong’s History of Resistance

An Indelible City, Indelibly Marked: On Hong Kong’s History of Resistance

Jerrine Tan Reads Louisa Lim’s Indelible City

By Jerrine Tan | December 13, 2022

How Hollywood Made J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI Into the Mythical “G-Men”

How Hollywood Made J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI Into the Mythical “G-Men”

On the PR Campaign That Changed the Modern FBI

By Beverly Gage | December 12, 2022

The Earl and the Pharaoh: From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery of Tutankhamun

The Earl and the Pharaoh: From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery of Tutankhamun

The Countess of Carnarvon in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 12, 2022

What the Early 20th-Century War on Radical Workers Tells Us About the Struggle Between Labor and Capital in America Today

What the Early 20th-Century War on Radical Workers Tells Us About the Struggle Between Labor and Capital in America Today

Ahmed White in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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Shame, Silence, and Family Secrets: How Enduring Antisemitism Created False Identities

Shame, Silence, and Family Secrets: How Enduring Antisemitism Created False Identities

Margaret K. Nelson on Concealing and Unearthing Hidden Jewish Heritage

By Margaret K. Nelson | December 9, 2022

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