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On the Great Secret-Keepers<br> of History

On the Great Secret-Keepers
of History

Do Archivists Have Political Motivations Too?

By Courtney Taylor | November 21, 2019

When a City Goes Bankrupt: A Brief History of Detroit c. 2010

When a City Goes Bankrupt: A Brief History of Detroit c. 2010

“The country cannot prosper if its cities are decaying.”

By Jodie Adams Kirshner | November 21, 2019

American Diplomacy After Benghazi

American Diplomacy After Benghazi

On Chris Stevens and the Risks Taken by Ambassadors Abroad

By Paul Richter | November 20, 2019

Vodka Shots with Stalin: On the Dinner That Changed the War

Vodka Shots with Stalin: On the Dinner That Changed the War

Serhii Plohky on the WWII Allied Plans for the Air

By Serhii Plokhy | November 20, 2019

Malcolm Garcia Documents the Lives of America's Have-Nots

Malcolm Garcia Documents the Lives of America's Have-Nots

A Conversation with the No-Nonsense Journalist Who Goes
Beyond the Mainstream News

By Dale Maharidge | November 20, 2019

Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Fiction Award

Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Fiction Award

Jacqueline Woodson, Valeria Luiselli, Miriam Toews, and More

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Reading Albert Woodfox's Solitary While Being Detained at Guantánamo

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The American Tradition of Anti-Black Vigilantism

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How Donald Trump's Narcissism Masks His Extreme Insecurity

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Adriano Olivetti, Industrialist, Typewriter King... Antifascist?

Adriano Olivetti, Industrialist, Typewriter King... Antifascist?

On Espionage and Resistance in World War II Italy

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Terry Tempest Williams on William Merwin and Becoming an Environmental Activist

Terry Tempest Williams on William Merwin and Becoming an Environmental Activist

In Conversation with Will Schwalbe on But That's Another Story

By But That's Another Story | November 18, 2019

Holding the Line Between Democracy and Tyranny: Anonymous Sources

Holding the Line Between Democracy and Tyranny: Anonymous Sources

John Freeman on the Power of the Whistleblower

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The Magazine Explaining America to the French

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On François Busnel's Mission to Chronicle the Trump Era

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Rebecca F. Kuang on Violence, History, and Writing a Female Warrior

Rebecca F. Kuang on Violence, History, and Writing a Female Warrior

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Remembering the Moments Before the Charlie Hebdo Attack

Remembering the Moments Before the Charlie Hebdo Attack

Survivor Philippe Lançon on Memory and Fate in the Wake of Violence

By Philippe Lançon | November 14, 2019

The Elusive Lure of Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

The Elusive Lure of Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

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