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A Historian of Economic Crisis on the World After COVID-19

A leading expert on financial crises explains how the pandemic is upending economic orthodoxy and raising the stakes of the 2020 election.

by Eric Levitz, Adam Tooze via Intelligencer on August 7, 2020

A graphic featuring a plane dropping particles upon crouching people and a man looking into a microscope.

The Great Germ War Cover-Up

When Nicholson Baker searched for the truth about biological weapons, he found a fog of redaction.

by Daniel Immerwahr via The New Republic on July 13, 2020

How the Black Death Radically Changed the Course of History

A look at the economic changes that occured after the Black Death in Europe and what that could mean for the aftermath of Covid-19.

by Steve LeVine via Medium on April 2, 2020

The ‘Revolution of ’89’ Did Not Initiate a New Era of History

Though significant, the end of the Cold War was not nearly as significant a turning point as President George H.W. Bush suggested it would be in 1990.

by Andrew J. Bacevich via The Nation on January 13, 2020

The Most Dangerous American Idea

No belief in the history of the US has been more threatening to democracy than the certainty that only white people are fit for self-government.

by Adam Serwer via The Atlantic on August 5, 2019

The Life of Afong Moy, the First Chinese Woman in America

Contending with the orientalist fears and fantasies of a young nation.

by Nancy E. Davis via Literary Hub on August 2, 2019

A page of Trump's first proposed budget, focusing on International Programs (2017).

The New Arms Race: American Businesses vs. China’s Government Money

How we outsourced foreign aid to private companies.

by Brandon Kirk Williams via Made By History on December 10, 2018

Drawing of a prisoner with his head in his hands, viewed from behind a fence

Guantánamo Bay is Still Open. Still. STILL!

41 men are still being held without charges, without a way to leave, without homes to return to.

by Sarah Mirk, Jess Parker via The Nib on January 17, 2018

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