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How Politicians Use the Civil Rights Movement to Obscure Ongoing Racism

How Politicians Use the Civil Rights Movement to Obscure Ongoing Racism

On the Uses and Misuses of History, by Conservatives and Liberals Alike

By Jeanne Theoharis | February 2, 2018

Capturing the Artists, Hustlers, and Junkies of 1960s Pittsburgh

Capturing the Artists, Hustlers, and Junkies of 1960s Pittsburgh

How the Blues Inspired Playwright August Wilson

By Mark Whitaker | February 1, 2018

On the Death of JFK and the Birth of Lyndon Johnson's

On the Death of JFK and the Birth of Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society"

When History Changes in an Instant

By Joshua Zeitz | February 1, 2018

A New Generation of Pakistani Women is Changing the Face of the Workforce

A New Generation of Pakistani Women is Changing the Face of the Workforce

Saadia Zahidi on an Unlikely Prestige Job in Islamabad

By Saadia Zahidi | February 1, 2018

T.J. Stiles: How Do We Explain This National Tragedy? This Trump?

T.J. Stiles: How Do We Explain This National Tragedy? This Trump?

On 400 Years of Tribalism, Genocide, Expulsion, and Imprisonment

By T.J. Stiles | January 31, 2018

Let's Talk About the Fantasy of the Writer's Lifestyle

Let's Talk About the Fantasy of the Writer's Lifestyle

The Undying Trope of Glamorous Decay is Basically an Anthropologie Catalog

By Rosalie Knecht | January 31, 2018

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How the Oldest of the Old Taught Me to Choose Happiness

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During World War II, Literature Reigned Supreme

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A Brief Visual History of Virginia Woolf's Book Covers

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