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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
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