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‘The First Eight’: Jim Clyburn reflects on Reconstruction, civil rights, and todayIn this interview, Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina discusses the connection he sees between today’s politics and the eras of Reconstruction and Jim Crow.
How comedian Roy Wood Jr. became a ‘Man of Many Fathers’With his new book, “The Man of Many Fathers: Life Lessons Disguised as a Memoir,” comedian Roy Wood Jr. may be taking on his heaviest discussion thus far: parenting.
‘The law didn’t respect them’: How the US deported thousands of citizens 100 years agoIn her new book, Marla A. Ramírez examines the reverberating consequences of a push to deport ethnic Mexicans, many of whom were U.S. citizens, during the Great Depression.
In the memoir ‘Joyride,’ Susan Orlean turns her investigative eye inwardTo this master of narrative nonfiction, something extraordinary is waiting under every rock, beckoning her to look closer.
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‘There is an inner poet in all of us.’ Laureate Arthur Sze on poetry as discovery.Arthur Sze, the new U.S. poet laureate, hopes you’ll take time to read a poem today – slowly. Within it, he says in an interview, are words and phrases that can be “seeds that nurture you.”
‘What it is to be human’: Poet Ada Limón reflects on curiosity and connectionIn her latest book, “Startlement: New and Selected Poems,” Ada Limón explores how questioning can lead to a place of truth.
‘A spectrum of hope’: A science writer puts life under a microscopeIn “Super Natural,” Alex Riley explores how species evolved to thrive in the most extreme climates on Earth.
Malcolm X sought a solution to racism. His words ring powerfully today.In “Nobody Can Give You Freedom,” Kehinde Andrews analyzes Malcolm X’s speeches and lays out his political theories.
Alaska beckoned. A young adventurer trades screen time for wilderness savvy.Ben Weissenbach found himself tamed by the Alaskan wilderness, schooled by skilled outdoorspeople, and rescued from hubris by an eagerness to learn.
How Monopoly games rescued POWs from German prison campsIn “Monopoly X,” Philip E. Orbanes explores the ingenuity and resourcefulness behind the creation of special game boards with hidden tools.
Everyone’s doom-scrolling about the AI apocalypse. This book stays down to Earth.Adam Becker, author of “More Everything Forever,” says tech titans are trying to decide the future of humanity. Here’s what their techno-domination narratives miss.
Robert Smalls’ Civil War bravery jumps off the page. A new comic captures his legacy.Can a new graphic novel help cement the legacy of Robert Smalls? The little-known Civil War figure caught the attention of a Hollywood writer and producer, who says that telling Smalls’ story could “change lives.”
A biographer profiles Rose Valland, who secretly tracked Nazi art theftsMichelle Young’s biography of Rose Valland examines how a museum archivist was able to strike a blow against Nazis' art looting in occupied France.
‘Freedom Season’ uplifts the struggle for dignity and citizenshipHistorian Peniel Joseph’s “Freedom Season” raises up the work of Black activists seeking a more just society in the pivotal year of 1963.
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