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Jun 18, 2024 · Now a federal holiday—an annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War—Juneteenth is a time to reflect on and honor Black freedom and equality, history and culture in the US. We’ve selected a list of must-read books that delve into those topics.
- Featured Excerpt: Happiness in Action
In this excerpt from the introduction to “Happiness in...
- A Veil of Silence
Amid the Catholic reforms of the sixteenth and seventeenth...
- Featured Excerpt: Happiness in Action
5 days ago · In The Unseen Truth, Sarah Lewis, the award-winning art historian and founder of Vision & Justice, exposes one of the most damaging lies in US history. There was a time when Americans were confronted with the fictions shoring up the nation’s racial regime and learned to disregard them. We asked her about this history and what she uncovered while researching the book.
Jul 1, 2024 · Celebrate what they’ve accomplished and prepare them for what’s next with these Greek and Latin classics from the Loeb Classical Library.
Jun 25, 2024 · In this excerpt from the introduction to “Happiness in Action,” Adam Adatto Sandel describes the ease with which we fall into an empty cycle of goal-oriented striving in our day-to-day lives—and how to overcome it.
6 days ago · In 2014, the Loeb Classical Library Foundation and Harvard University Press launched the digital Loeb Classical Library, described as "an interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing, virtual library of all that is important in Greek and Latin literature."
Jul 9, 2024 · Amid the Catholic reforms of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the number of women and girls housed in nunneries, reformatories, and charity homes grew rapidly throughout the city of Florence.
Jun 26, 2024 · A Ray of Light amid Middle East Devastation. Harvard’s Lisa Randall on Israeli and Palestinian Scientists Working Together. by Olivia Farrar.
