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Humans: A Monstrous History

A History Through Monsters

A history of how humans have created monsters... and what these monsters tell us about humanity's present and future.

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Animal History

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  • The Enduring Relevance—and Inspiring Optimism—of Thomas Carlyle’s Writings

    It has been surprisingly easy for Victorian scholars to overlook Thomas Carlyle in recent years as an unfashionable “Victorian sage.”  But in his time, in George Eliot’s description, Carlyle was like an oak leaving fertile acorns of ideas that would grow and spread with good influence.
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  • Labor Can Go on the Offensive and Defeat Trumpism

    Our best bet for beating back and defeating Trumpism lies in a revitalized labor movement. But can workers and unions continue their forward momentum under the new administration?
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  • A Fascinating Case of Forgery

    The first in-depth look at the history and legacies of forgeries in Chinese art.
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  • Charles Darwin’s Living Legacy

    Even today we find that some biology teachers fail to emphasize this key dimension of the life sciences for fear of backlash, or worse because they personally do not accept the validity of evolution.
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