The Alabama Landline That Keeps RingingAuburn University’s help desk is still answering the public’s calls 70 years on.
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How Is Bangladesh Preparing Farmers for Increasingly Salty Soil?Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi farmers are being trained to farm on soils getting saltier due to climate change
The Man Whose Discovery Changed What We Know About Human HistoryArchaeologist Michael Collins waited sixteen years to buy the land that he knew held 20,000-year-old secrets.
Lavish Gravesite Confirms Women’s Power in Ancient South AmericaThe Caral civilization flourished from 3000–1800 BCE.
Hair-splittingCapital:Critique of Political Economy, Vol. 1by Karl Marx, edited by Paul North and Paul Reitter, translated by Paul Reitter.
Bonkers for Britishisms: the UK terms Americans have embracedThe Americani(s)zation of British English is often described as a linguistic disaster – frustrations over imported words or usages, from “awesome” to “ATM”, are well documented.
What Is Kafkaesque?: The Philosophy of Franz KafkaIt’s difficult to imagine that there was ever a time without the word “Kafkaesque.” Yet the term would have meant nothing at all to anyone alive at the same time as Franz Kafka — including, in all probability, Kafka himself.
In Your Face: The Brutal Aesthetics of MAGAIn the early morning hours of January 28, as dozens of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrived in New York to round up undocumented immigrants, a shimmering Kristi Noem appeared in the Bronx.
The Deep Roots of OligarchyLate in 1774, Lord Robert Clive was found dead in his London townhouse. Rumors flew that conscience had finally compelled the rapacious conqueror to take his own life.
The College Essay Is Everything That’s Wrong With AmericaOne of the joys of Substack is that it allows writers to speak to their readers in a direct and unfiltered way, one that feels and sounds a little different from a traditional newspaper op-ed or magazine article.
This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, if They DareAlmost three months into the Trump administration’s war on universities, and a year and a half into the Republican Party’s organized campaign against the presidents of top colleges, it is clear that antisemitism and D.E.I. are mere pretexts for these attacks.
TattoosMy mother has a tattoo, but it’s not what you think. She was born a little too early to be a hippie, was too preoccupied with raising Vietnam-era kids on a desert air force base to get into all the sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll.
On TikTok, Chinese Factories Are Trolling Anxious American ShoppersBirkenstocks for $10? Not so fast.
DOGE’s Latest Cuts Will Hit Local Culture HardSign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. A book discussion series in rural Idaho public libraries. A program for veterans that uses war memorials as a way to spark remembrance and connection.