linguistics This tiny North Carolina island is last place in America where people talk like actual pirates (video) Ellsworth Toohey

book reviews Review: Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson Gareth Branwyn

Trump orders "improper ideology" purge at Smithsonian museums Ellsworth Toohey

books "Weird Ireland" offers a wonderfully whimsical tour of the Emerald Isle Thom Dunn

maps Ultra-detailed map of U.S. rivers Rob Beschizza

real estate Brown University returns land stolen early from Native Americans Thom Dunn

Science There's a room-sized time capsule in Georgia that will be opened 6,098 years from now Ellsworth Toohey

intellectual property Trademark office petitioned to cancel Oracle's trademark on "JavaScript" Rob Beschizza

books Graphic novel "Revolution By Fire" explores New York's Afro-Irish uprising of 1741 Thom Dunn

Acid westerns and other psychedelic films for the real heads Allan Rose Hill

politics Trump's NABJ meltdown: Orange snowflake roasted by Black journalists Ellsworth Toohey

poetry Erotic Serbian folktales from the 19th century Natalie Dressed

louisiana Louisiana's new "Ten Commandments" law actually contains eleven commandments Jennifer Sandlin

language In defense of the hard C Thom Dunn

History How Ibram X. Kendi's STAMPED became a stunning graphic novel history of racism Thom Dunn

fashion Here's the Piers Morgan vs. Kermit the Frog fashion showdown you never knew you needed Jennifer Sandlin

politics MAGAville tries to cancel Black History Month (and others) Jason Weisberger

Noname new album Sundial drops this summer Elías Villoro

"Dig Where Your Stand", Swedish rallying cry for workers, translated into English for the first time Elías Villoro

politics "Olga Dies Dreaming" and "War Against All Puerto Ricans" are the same book Elías Villoro