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Richard Rorty
An Ethics for Today

Richard Rorty is famous, maybe even infamous, for his philosophical nonchalance. His groundbreaking work not only rejects all theories of truth but also dismisses modern epistemology and its preoccupation…

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Orville Schell
Inside China's Secret Prisons

In 1991, the China analyst and journalist Orville Schell worked on an in-depth 60 Minutes investigation of the People's Republic of China's vast "reform through labor" prison camp system, reveal…

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Andy Secher
Trilobites A to Z

Trilobites are among the most remarkable lifeforms ever to exist. First emerging 521 million years ago, these organisms--animals with highly developed eyes, sturdy walking legs, and protective outer shell…

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Andrew Silverman
The Resilient Pediatric Brain

A toddler wobbles strangely after a seemingly minor fall in the tub. A five-year-old, once delighted by her crayons, loses the ability to name her favorite colors. A teenager becomes convinced that his pa…

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Richard Jean So
Fast Culture, Slow Justice

In the summer of 2020, Black Lives Matter became the largest social movement in American history. As millions of people took to the streets, countless more went on Twitter, Instagram, Wattpad, and other o…

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Jessie Speer
Bulldozed

California sits at the epicenter of the US housing catastrophe. Across the state, unhoused people have banded together to build shantytowns and encampments, providing autonomy and communal care they can r…

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Sarah Stanford-McIntyre
Natural Risk

Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism

The longest-running oil-producing region in Texas, the Permian Basin fueled the state's transformation from agricultural backwater to extractive powerhouse in the middle of the twentieth century. During t…

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Jill Stauffer
Temporal Privilege

We all inhabit a range of temporalities, but some ways of rendering time have greater power to determine the course of events. In an Indigenous land claims case, settlers' linear conception of history is …

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David Sterritt
The Films of Alfred Hitchcock

Long renowned as the "master of suspense," Alfred Hitchcock is one of the rare filmmakers to achieve both a critical reputation for cinematic artistry and enduring popularity with everyday movie…

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Nguyen Tai,
Face to Face with the CIA

In late 1970, South Vietnamese forces captured a man who, they soon discovered, was no ordinary prisoner. The highest-ranking North Vietnamese officer taken captive during the war, Nguyễn Tài ran an exten…

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Evan Thompson
When Death Comes

We have never known more about the biology of death, but we have never been more removed from the experience of dying. Science on its own cannot illuminate the darkness. Only in partnership with philosoph…

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Xiaofei Tian
Writing Empire and Self

China's early medieval period, from the fifth through the early seventh century, from the Northern and Southern Dynasties through the unified Sui, was a time of political fragmentation, military strife, a…

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Tarvez Tucker
The Brain at Twilight

What happens in the brain on the brink of death? One person's last words might be lucid, revealing deep-seated thoughts and emotions. Another person might be brought to intensive care and never awaken. El…

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Tarvez Tucker
The Brain at Twilight

What happens in the brain on the brink of death? One person's last words might be lucid, revealing deep-seated thoughts and emotions. Another person might be brought to intensive care and never awaken. El…

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Dan Turello
Connection

No Limits

"Thrilling and fun. From Aristotle and Dante to Bono and adrienne maree brown, Dan Turello takes us to a wonderland where technology meets ideas." -- Azar Nafisi, New York Times best-selling aut…

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Venkat Venkatasubramanian
Emergence as Harmony

Emergent phenomena arise when complex systems exhibit properties that are absent in their constituent parts. They span scales and disciplines, from the collective intelligence of bird flocks in biology to…

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Ethan Warren
I'm Glad I'm Not Me

Bob Dylan's art and image are at once rivetingly iconic and eternally elusive. Yet one aspect of his career remains underexplored: his appearances and depictions on screen. Since the mid-1960s, Dylan has …

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Ethan Warren
I'm Glad I'm Not Me

Bob Dylan's art and image are at once rivetingly iconic and eternally elusive. Yet one aspect of his career remains underexplored: his appearances and depictions on screen. Since the mid-1960s, Dylan has …

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Robert Wyss
The Man Who Built the Sierra Club

David Brower (1912-2000) was a central figure in the modern environmental movement. His leadership, vision, and elegant conception of the wilderness forever changed how we approach nature. In many ways, h…

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Nick Yablon
From the Skyscraper to the Wildflower

Throughout 1905, an amateur photographer dedicated himself to capturing Broadway, from the bottom of Manhattan to the top. In sun, rain, and snow, at dawn and late at night, C. G. Hine depicted buildings …

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