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What are the chances that, in 2024, a new book could fundamentally reorient how we understand America’s founding? Jonathan Gienapp, a historian at Stanford, has written such a book in “Against ...

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert and conservation strategist who is co-founder of the nonprofit ...

She says she doesn’t care much about old books, with a few exceptions: a falling-apart copy of “The Black Book,” compiled by ...

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A year ago, Nadya Williams made a decision many of her colleagues didn’t quite understand: She decided to walk away from a ...

Exclusive: A star of Gary Dauberman's Salem's Lot explains shares why a major character change in the Stephen King adaptation ...

Arendt maintained that our ‘common sense’ depends on our good will and curiosity, our adventurous enjoyment of testing ...

Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck would encourage us to champion a “growth mindset,” which allows for beliefs to ...

Books open new worlds for children—that’s the heart of the Scripps Howard Fund’s annual "If You Give a Child a Book" campaign ...