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This 1874 New York Herald Feature Sent Manhattanites Running for Their Lives

James Gordon Bennett Jr.'s most eccentric public service announcement.
by Hampton Sides via Slate on July 24, 2014
Former Lehman Brothers Chief Executive Richard Fuld.

The Financial World and the Magical Elixir of Confidence

The financial world is a theatrical production, abundantly lubricated by that magical elixir of illusionists: confidence.
by Matt Seybold via Aeon on February 19, 2018
Walter Lippmann on the ocean liner Conte di Savoia.

Walter Lippmann’s Phantom Publics

Arguably no American journalist wielded as much influence as Walter Lippmann did in the 20th century. But what did he do with that power?
by Gerald Howard via The Nation on October 15, 2025
Engin Cezzar and James Baldwin in a dining room.

Bad Reviews

The FBI reads James Baldwin.
via Lapham’s Quarterly on September 15, 2025
A photograph of the battlefield at Antietam.
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A Remote Reality

Depictions of Antietam couldn’t possible capture the magnitude of the battle’s horror.
by Stephen Budiansky via HNN on September 3, 2024
A Chicago Cubs pitcher warms up.

An "Old-Fashioned Pitchers' Duel" Didn't Always Mean What You Think

A deep dive into the historical context and changing meanings of a time-honored term.
by Lauren Theisen via Defector on September 14, 2023
The Great Fire of 1835, illustrated in burning buildings and fleeing citizens

New York City: The Great Fire of 1835

On the evening of 16 December 1835, a fire broke out near Wall Street. It swept away 674 buildings and though devastation seemed absolute, citizens quickly rebuilt.
by Daniel S. Levy via OUPblog on February 25, 2022
Fauci speaking at a White House podium with Trump glaring behind him
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Trump’s Campaign Against Fauci Ignores the Proven Path for Defeating Pandemics

When medicine and journalism defeated cholera.
by David T. Z. Mindich via Made By History on July 22, 2020

An Inflammation of Place

On the symptoms and spread of Newyorkitis.
by Charlee Dyroff via Lapham’s Quarterly on February 10, 2020

In 1930s New York, the Mayor Took on the Mafia by Banning Artichokes

Gangs and mafiosos have a long history with food crime.
by Mark Hay via Atlas Obscura on January 17, 2020
Vintage photograph of condom testing, depicting a table full of condoms blown up like balloons, and two men inspecting them.

Margaret Sanger's Bold, Gutsy Response to a 1929 Raid on a Birth Control Clinic

A feminist rant for the ages.
by Margaret Sanger via The New Republic on May 1, 1929

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