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American Degeneracy

Michael Lobel on Confederate memorials and the history of “degenerate art."
by Michael Lobel via Art Forum on June 27, 2020
An image of Bob Dylan performing with a spotlight on him.

Tangled Up in Bob Stories: A Dylan Reading List

The author reflects on his own journey with Dylan, and shares some of his favorite pieces of Dylanology.
by Aaron Gilbreath via Longreads on June 24, 2020

When Was Toilet Paper Invented and What Did People Use Before?

As coronavirus becomes an ever-increasing threat to our lives, there seems to be one thing that people around the world cannot go without the most.
by Jonny Wilkes via History Extra on March 12, 2020

The Domestication of the Garage

J.B. Jackson’s 1976 essay on the evolution of the American garage displays his rare ability to combine deep erudition with eloquent and plainspoken analysis.
by Jeffery Kastner, John Brinckerhoff Jackson via Places Journal on February 1, 2020
Newspaper clipping of article titled the rise and fall of facts.

The Rise and Fall of Facts

Tracing the evolution and challenges of fact-checking in journalism.
by Colin Dickey via Columbia Journalism Review on December 6, 2019

What Maketh a Man

How queer artist J.C. Leyendecker invented an iconography of twentieth-century American masculinity.
by Tyler Malone via Lapham’s Quarterly on June 10, 2019

Rihanna Reveals the Story Behind her Latest Collection’s Imagery

How the 1960s Black Is Beautiful movement inspired her latest Fenty fashion collection.
by Sarah Mower via Vogue on May 29, 2019
Illustration of video of Columbine shooters

20 Years Later, Columbine Is The Spectacle The Shooters Wanted

Searching for meaning in the shooters’ infamous “basement tapes.”
by Andy Warner via The Nib on April 17, 2019

How a Small-Town Navy Vet Created Rock’s Most Iconic Surrealist Posters

The story of one of rock's most prolific poster artists.
by Ben Marks via Collectors Weekly on March 28, 2019

Does Journalism Have a Future?

In an era of social media and fake news, journalists who have survived the print plunge have new foes to face.
by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on January 22, 2019
Collage of paper clippings including headless a running man, an explosion where his head would be, and a jet flying alongside him.

Ante Up: The Scales of Power Seen Through Norman Podhoretz’s Eyes

In retrospect, it was peculiar but not surprising that the Jewish-American novel peaked early—halfway through the beginning, to be precise.
by Frank Guan via The Point on September 29, 2018

The Strange Decline of H.L. Mencken

No American writer has wielded such influence. So why is he so little known today?
by John Rossi via The American Conservative on July 9, 2018
illustration of orange groves with snow-capped mountains in the distance

The Dreams and Myths That Sold LA

How city leaders and real estate barons used sunshine and oranges to market Los Angeles.
by Hadley Meares via Curbed on May 24, 2018

Coming to Terms With Nature

Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters in the ’60s.
by Bill McKibben via The Nation on May 9, 2018
A man demonstrating television to another.

This Futuristic Color TV Set Concept From 1922 Was Way Ahead of Its Time

Back in the earliest days of imagining what TV looked like, the appliance was a magic technology.
by Matt Novak via Paleofuture on May 4, 2018

The Power of the Advice Columnist

From Benjamin Franklin to Quora, how advice has shaped Americans’ behavior and expectations of the world.
by Alexandra Molotkow via The New Republic on March 26, 2018
Plate stacked with sugar cookies.

The First Girl Scout Cookie Was Surprisingly Boring

No coconut, chocolate, or mint in sight.
by Anne Ewbank via Atlas Obscura on February 5, 2018
Braille Playboy

For Years, There Was Playboy for Blind People. A Republican Congressman Tried to Kill It

The government shouldn’t subsidize porn, he argued.
by Jessica Lipsky via Timeline on September 21, 2017

How Sears Industrialized, Suburbanized, and Fractured the American Economy

The iconic retail giant turned thrift into profit, but couldn’t keep pace with modern consumer culture.
by Vicki Howard via Zócalo Public Square on July 20, 2017
A young thomas edison poses next to a phonograph

How 19th Century Techno-Skeptics Ridiculed Thomas Edison

At his peak, newspapers loved to tease the inventor. They also feared him.
by Cara Giaimo via Atlas Obscura on February 28, 2017
Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe.
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Edgar Allan Poe and the Power of a Portrait

Edgar Allan Poe knew that readers would add their visual image of the author to his work to create a personality that informed their reading.
by Erin Blakemore, Kevin J. Hayes via JSTOR Daily on February 13, 2017
Furniture and carpet store in the 1789 Boston directory.
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Revolutionary Spirit

On the widespread boycotts of British-made goods in the American Colonies.
via BackStory on December 15, 2016
Godey's Lady's book cover, 1867.
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All Hale Thanksgiving

In the 1820s, Sarah Hale, a New England widow and the editor of Godey’s Ladies Book made it her mission to get Thanksgiving recognized as a national holiday.
via BackStory on November 15, 2016
Inez Milholland with her dog.

Let Us Mate

Proposal advice from Inez Milholland, originally published in the Chicago Day Book, 1916.
via Lapham’s Quarterly on January 3, 1916

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