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An illustration of the activist Howard Zinn building the frame of a wall that resembles an American flag; with the square window frame using blue wood, and the wall frame using red wood.

Did Howard Zinn Tell Too Simple a Story About American History?

As a new biography makes clear, A People’s History of the United States arose from a life of deep and admirable commitment, but it has many gaps.

An illustration of a young man stands before a fork in the road that diverges into two possible consequential paths for the future of our species with technology: on the left, the road to AI hell and sci-fi dystopia; and on the right, the hopeful utopian future of AI abundance and global cooperation.

Jacob Bacharach

Adopt AI or Die?

In his new book The God Test, Robert Wright proposes that humanity is facing both a singular opportunity and an epochal threat.

Daniel Felsenthal

The Jewish Radicals Who Wanted Equality for All

A street scene from Vilna, where the Bund was founded in the 1890s

Daniel Felsenthal

The Jewish Radicals Who Wanted Equality for All

Books & the Arts

Sam Reid as Lestat De Lioncourt in Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat

The Extraordinary Fandom of The Vampire Lestat

AMC’s TV adaptation of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles is an all-consuming spectacle.

An episodic image from the TV show "Lord of The Flies" starring Noah Flemyng as Sam, Cassius Flemyng as Eric, and David McKenna as Piggy"

Surviving With Little House on the Prairie and Lord of the Flies

Both shows tell the truth about what it means to grow up in an often inhospitable world.