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Josephine Livingstone

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A noose hanging in front of the Capitol.

Why America Loves the Death Penalty

A new book frames this country’s tendency toward state-sanctioned murder as a unique cultural inheritance.
by Josephine Livingstone via The New Republic on January 11, 2021

University History Departments Have a Race Problem

The alt-right is appropriating medieval studies and classical scholarship. What can academics do to stop them?
by Josephine Livingstone via The New Republic on October 25, 2017

Hugh Hefner Was Never The Star of Playboy

Perhaps the only true generalization to make about Hefner is that he is given too much credit for his role in American history.
by Josephine Livingstone via The New Republic on September 29, 2017

Racism, Medievalism, and the White Supremacists of Charlottesville

The weekend's demonstrators were the latest in a long line of American racists to ally themselves with an imagined Middle Ages.
by Josephine Livingstone via The New Republic on August 15, 2017
Rows of typewriters in front of computers

How Literature Became Word Perfect

Before the word processor, perfect copy was the domain of the typist—not the literary genius.
by Josephine Livingstone via The New Republic on May 2, 2016
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