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Longread
Tales From an Attic
Suitcases once belonging to residents of a New York State mental hospital tell the stories of long-forgotten lives.The American Scholar -
Explainer
Eyes on the Farm Bill!
Congress’s periodic battles over the Farm Bill often pass unnoticed, but the document effectively determines what, how, and how much we eat.New York Review of Books -
Film Review
What James Baldwin Saw
A documentary that follows the writer’s late-in-life journey to the South chronicles his vision for Black politics in a post–Civil Rights era world.The Nation -
TV Review
The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth Goes On
A new television miniseries depicts the pursuit of Lincoln’s killer. But the public appetite for tales about the chase began even as it was happening.The New Yorker -
Profile
The Atomic Bomb, Exile and a Test of Brotherly Bonds: Robert and Frank Oppenheimer
A rift in thinking about who should control powerful new technologies sent the brothers on diverging paths. For one, the story ended with a mission to bring science to the public.Knowable Magazine -
Q&A
Generating the Age of Revolutions
Age of Revolutions was happy to interview Nathan Perl-Rosenthal about his new book, entitled 'The Age of Revolutions and the Generations Who Made It.'Age of Revolutions -
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Moving Pictures
Tracing the history of Americans' relationships with the silver screen, from film's earliest days to the cinematic creations of our own times.