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Retrieval
Lady Liberty in Restoration Italy? Crime, Counterfeit, and Carbonari Revolutionary Politics
Following Napoleon’s fall, international secret societies emerged promoting dissent from absolutist forms of power and sharing ideologies and iconographies.Age of Revolutions -
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Olympic Games
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Obituary
The Massive Cultural Changes That Made Dr. Ruth Possible
Dr. Ruth left a legacy of sexual candor and the need to defend pleasure as a universal right—a conversation that is more relevant today than ever.Made by History -
Discovery
Jared Kushner’s Grandparents Relied on Aid and Shelter as Refugees, Documents Show
Kushner was a top official in a Trump administration that sharply restricted immigration and refugee admissions. His grandparents were Holocaust refugees.Retropolis -
Q&A
The Racist, Xenophobic History of "Excited Delirium"
A new book takes on a diagnosis invented to cover up police killings: that men of color are “combusting as a result of their aggressiveness.”Mother Jones -
Book Review
The Peculiar Legacy of E.E. Cummings
Revisiting his first book, "The Enormous Room," a reader can get a sense of everything appealing and appalling in his work.The Nation -
Argument
The Supreme Court Fools Itself
The Roberts Court has made the current crisis of American democracy perpetual.The Atlantic
From the HNN Archive
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Age Before Duty
What role does age play in determining the status of equals? -
Overexposed
What happened to privacy when Americans gained easy access to cameras in the Gilded Age? -
Why Aren’t Libraries Saving These Gossip Rags?
To reconstruct the story of queer America, we need to open up its tabloids. -
No Place to Make a Vote of Thanks
On the long tradition of Black third-party activism. -
Afraid of an Inspiring Olympics Story
How Europe reacted when Ethiopia tried to join the famed global sporting tradition at the 1924 Paris Olympics. -
Mastering the Art of Reading an Old Recipe
For every moment of historical significance, there is a figure — often hidden — who fed the figures we do remember.