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On the Indian Revolutionaries Who Plotted to Overthrow the British Raj From America

On the Indian Revolutionaries Who Plotted to Overthrow the British Raj From America

Scott Miller Explores the Diverse Communities of Students and Laborers Who Sought Independence From Colonial Rule

By Scott Miller | October 29, 2025

Crafting a Documentary Poetics of Resistance in the Shadow of State Violence

Crafting a Documentary Poetics of Resistance in the Shadow of State Violence

“In situations in which the story of people is being smothered by institutions of power, adversarial documents can provide an opening.”

By Teresa Dzieglewicz | October 29, 2025

On the Mysteries, Real and Imagined, Surrounding Christopher Columbus

On the Mysteries, Real and Imagined, Surrounding Christopher Columbus

Matthew Restall on the Familiar Political Battleground of Columbus

By Matthew Restall | October 13, 2025

The Island of Pirates: Raharimanana on Madagascar’s Revolutions, Past and Present

The Island of Pirates: Raharimanana on Madagascar’s Revolutions, Past and Present

“These young people, Gen Z Madagascar, will bring down entire paradigms of thought.”

By Raharimanana | October 9, 2025

No North, No South: The Tragically Unfulfilled Promise of Korea’s Asian Spring

No North, No South: The Tragically Unfulfilled Promise of Korea’s Asian Spring

From Kornel Chang’s Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “A Fractured Liberation”

By Kornel Chang | September 19, 2025

How Photographer Frank S. Matsura Challenged White America’s Hegemonic View of the West

How Photographer Frank S. Matsura Challenged White America’s Hegemonic View of the West

Glen Mimura on the Groundbreaking Work of the Japanese Photographer Who Made Washington State His Home

By Glen Mimura | September 11, 2025

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How Amaranth Influenced Indigenous Culture and Cooking in the American Southwest

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By Michael Shaikh | June 25, 2025

Liberating Lit: Iryn Tushabe on Writing Stories of African Black Queer Joy Under Oppression

Liberating Lit: Iryn Tushabe on Writing Stories of African Black Queer Joy Under Oppression

The Author of “Everything Is Fine Here” Recalls a Seminal “This American Life” Episode

By Iryn Tushabe | June 13, 2025

Bad Curls, Bad Character: <br>The Charged Meaning of Hair in 19th-Century America

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Sarah Gold McBride on Race in the United States, Tresses as Culture, and the Field of “Whiskerology”

By Sarah Gold McBride | June 9, 2025

Monica Macansantos on Finding Her Voice and Reuniting with Her Father Through Used Books

Monica Macansantos on Finding Her Voice and Reuniting with Her Father Through Used Books

The Author of “Returning to My Father’s Kitchen” Recalls Visiting Book Markets in the Philippines

By Monica Macansantos | May 15, 2025

An Indigenous Theory of Water: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson on Rivers as Teachers

An Indigenous Theory of Water: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson on Rivers as Teachers

The Author of "Theory of Water" Offers Some Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg Spirituality

By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson | May 8, 2025

Poet, Mystic, Warrior, Visionary: Reimagining the Life and Art of an Aztec Ruler Lost in Myth

Poet, Mystic, Warrior, Visionary: Reimagining the Life and Art of an Aztec Ruler Lost in Myth

Ilan Stavans Resurrects Nezahualcóyotl from Fragments of Fact and Fiction

By Ilan Stavans | March 27, 2025

Looking the Palestinian in the Eye

Looking the Palestinian in the Eye

Nicki Kattoura on Mohammed El-Kurd’s “Perfect Victims”

By Nicki Kattoura | February 12, 2025

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