Dirk van Laak examines the legacies of major infrastructure projects, shedding light on the complex relationship between political agendas, technological dreams, and public discontent.
Dirk van Laak | Jan 30
On Milan Hausner, the Sadská clinic, and the rise and fall of LSD psychotherapy behind the Iron Curtain.
Ross Crockford | Jan 2
Jeff Fuhrer, author of “The Myth That Made Us,” examines the false narratives about meritocracy and post-racism that shaped the nation’s identity.
Jeff Fuhrer | Oct 10, 2023
The science of viruses, born out of the 20th century's deadliest pandemic, launched medical thinking in a dramatically new direction, saving countless lives in the decades to come.
Richard Conniff | Jul 6, 2023
In 12th-century Paris, a Scottish monk wrote a biblical commentary and inadvertently invented architectural drawing as we know it.
Karl Kinsella | Jun 12, 2023
A track record of successful progressive investments has been refracted through decades of bad data, bad statistics, bad analysis, and propaganda.
Nate G. Hilger | May 8, 2023
An excerpt from the celebrated 19th-century photographer's memoir "When I Was a Photographer."
Félix Nadar | Feb 6, 2023
Architect and poet Paolo Belardi traces the many conditions and situations that have inspired extraordinary ideas across the arts and sciences.
Paolo Belardi | Jan 26, 2023
How Lebanon’s brutal civil war aborted a grand vision of social reform and the expansion of mental health care.
Joelle M. Abi-Rached | Jan 19, 2023
A poetic history of descents, both real and fictional.
William Firebrace | Jan 16, 2023