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The History of Adoption
May 17, 2022Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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Feminism
Anarchafeminism
May 16, 2022Chiara Bottici
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History
How My Grandmother Ceased to Be African
May 11, 2022Shivani Somaiya
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The Arts
How We Remember Leads Us to What We Remember
May 10, 2022Miko Yoshida
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Politics
What Are We Defending When We Defend Democracy?
March 31, 2022James Miller
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Politics
Why We Should Rethink the Distinction Between “Institutional” and “Contentious” Politics
March 30, 2022Elisabeth Clemens
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Politics
The Growing Power of American Social Movements
March 29, 2022William Galston
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Politics
What Freud Would Say About Left-Wing Infighting
February 15, 2022Todd Gitlin
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Podcast
The History of Emoji
February 9, 2022Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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Literature
Decolonizing Daniel Defoe
February 9, 2022Anna Neill
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Activism
Why Activists Matter to Constitutional Change
February 2, 2022Sam Klug
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Democracy
The Phantom of the “Greatest Generation”
January 26, 2022Mitchell Abidor

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