Six Essential Texts That Explain the Historical Importance of the German Peasants’ War

Six Essential Texts That Explain the Historical Importance of the German Peasants’ War

Cundill Prize Finalist Lyndal Roper Recommends Friedrich Engels, Peter Blickle, Gerd Schwerhoff and More

By Lyndal Roper | October 23, 2025

How Christopher Columbus’s Brutal Enslavement of Indigenous Caribbeans Set the Tone For the “New” World

How Christopher Columbus’s Brutal Enslavement of Indigenous Caribbeans Set the Tone For the “New” World

Imaobong Umoren on the Violent History of the Colonized Caribbean

By Imaobong Umoren | October 23, 2025

What the Fascist Tech Bros Get Wrong About Prometheus

What the Fascist Tech Bros Get Wrong About Prometheus

James Folta on the Dark Folly of the
American Colossus Foundation

By James Folta | October 22, 2025

Return to <em>Jesus Land</em>: Exposing the Institutionalized Cruelty of the “Troubled Teen Industry”

Return to Jesus Land: Exposing the Institutionalized Cruelty of the “Troubled Teen Industry”

Deirdre Sugiuchi on the Adaptation of a
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By Deirdre Sugiuchi | October 22, 2025

Cursed Mountains and Deathly Lakes: When Nature Is Explained By Myth

Cursed Mountains and Deathly Lakes: When Nature Is Explained By Myth

Adrienne Mayor Explores the Folklore and Legends Behind Natural Phenomena From Across the World

By Adrienne Mayor | October 22, 2025

On the Simple Life of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Philosophy as “Neverending Therapy”

On the Simple Life of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Philosophy as “Neverending Therapy”

Anthony Gottlieb Considers Wittgenstein’s Famous Family and His Revolutionary Approach to Philosophical Questions

By Anthony Gottlieb | October 22, 2025

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From Martinique to New York: On the Trailblazing Career of Paulette Nardal

From Martinique to New York: On the Trailblazing Career of Paulette Nardal

Keisha N. Blain Considers the Pioneering Black Women Who Fought For Human Rights On a Global Stage

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Vajra Chandrasekera has won the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.

Vajra Chandrasekera has won the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.

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A federal judge just dismissed an Ohio teacher’s fight against book bans.

A federal judge just dismissed an Ohio teacher’s fight against book bans.

Karen Cahall was suspended for keeping four LGBTQ+ books in her classroom library.

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Dear Tech Evangelists: Have You Tried “Move Slow and Make Things”?

Dear Tech Evangelists: Have You Tried “Move Slow and Make Things”?

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Dear Bill: Letters From a Young John Updike to His Editor, William Maxwell

Dear Bill: Letters From a Young John Updike to His Editor, William Maxwell

“Elizabeth keeps falling down the steep stairs here. Send the checks. I need the money.”

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“Yet Famine Was Still Famine.” On the Struggle to Find Food and Clean Water in Gaza

“Yet Famine Was Still Famine.” On the Struggle to Find Food and Clean Water in Gaza

Noor Alyacoubi Recounts Starvation and Survival in Palestine

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Five Classic Books Every Basketball Lover Should Read

Five Classic Books Every Basketball Lover Should Read

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