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The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books About Why the Civil War Was Fought

The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books About Why the Civil War Was Fought

Tom Zoellner on the Antebellum Precedent of Trump-Era Censorship

By Tom Zoellner | June 3, 2026

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in June

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in June

From Natural Histories of American Megafauna to Domestic Memoirs of Parenting While Trans, This Month Has Something For Everyone

By Literary Hub | June 2, 2026

The Digital Economy is Destroying Our Lives and Our Planet—and AI is Only Going to Make It Worse

The Digital Economy is Destroying Our Lives and Our Planet—and AI is Only Going to Make It Worse

Matthew Cole Raises the Alarm

By Matthew Cole | May 28, 2026

How World War I Foretold Our Current Age of Competing Nationalisms

How World War I Foretold Our Current Age of Competing Nationalisms

Odd Arne Westad on the Lessons We Haven't Learned From the Devastation of the Great War

By Odd Arne Westad | May 27, 2026

On Indigenous Rebellion as a Precursor to the American Revolution

On Indigenous Rebellion as a Precursor to the American Revolution

Sarah M.S. Pearsall Discusses the Bloody History of Pontiac‘s War

By Sarah M. S. Pearsall | May 26, 2026

Does Xi Jinping Really Think China is Athens and the US is Sparta? And is Trump Getting Any of This?

Does Xi Jinping Really Think China is Athens and the US is Sparta? And is Trump Getting Any of This?

Andrew Bayliss Wonders Why the Chinese Leader Keeps Bringing Up the “Thucydides Trap”?

By Andrew Bayliss | May 22, 2026

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What Happens When Billionaires Control the Media?

By Nick Romeo | May 21, 2026

An Exile’s Guide to Losing a Country

By Ece Temelkuran | May 21, 2026

How Donald Trump and His Allies Seek to Remake American Schools in Their Own Image

By Alison Kinney | May 21, 2026

“Faithless and Foolish.” How a Young George Washington Failed Upward Into an Unpaid Internship

“Faithless and Foolish.” How a Young George Washington Failed Upward Into an Unpaid Internship

H.W. Brands on the Early Career of Our First President

By H.W. Brands | May 20, 2026

Why Everyone is Talking About Salome These Days

Why Everyone is Talking About Salome These Days

Leslie Baird on Exploring Enduring Questions of Patriarchy and Feminine Agency Through Fiction

By Leslie Baird | May 20, 2026

Sally Rooney will publish a Hebrew translation of <em>Intermezzo</em> with a BDS-friendly publisher.

Sally Rooney will publish a Hebrew translation of Intermezzo with a BDS-friendly publisher.

By Brittany Allen | May 19, 2026

On Copaganda, Pinkwashing, and the Time I Almost Became an NYPD Cop

On Copaganda, Pinkwashing, and the Time I Almost Became an NYPD Cop

Steven W. Thrasher Examines the Alluring Idea of the “Good Black Cop”

By Steven W. Thrasher | May 19, 2026

On the Run and Underground: When Your Mom’s on the FBI’s Most Wanted List

On the Run and Underground: When Your Mom’s on the FBI’s Most Wanted List

Zayd Ayers Dohrn Remembers a Childhood Spent in Hiding With His Parents

By Zayd Ayers Dohrn | May 19, 2026

Translator Beware: On the Myth of the Finicky English Reader

Translator Beware: On the Myth of the Finicky English Reader

Anton Hur Discusses the Future of Literary Translation

By Anton Hur | May 18, 2026

Writing in Exile: Why Russian Dissident Literature Demands Our Attention

Writing in Exile: Why Russian Dissident Literature Demands Our Attention

Katherine Kelaidis on the Russian Writers Defying Putin's Regime from Abroad

By Katherine Kelaidis | May 18, 2026

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