music This new oral history of the song "Barbie Girl" is strangely fascinating Thom Dunn

Funny An oral history of The Office David Pescovitz

Fountain of BS The historical record proves Florida's "benefits of slavery" to be horrifying lies Jason Weisberger

"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

nfl Medical historian explores how the science of repeated head injuries was established, and then forgotten Jennifer Sandlin

History New histories of Black California Elías Villoro

maps Redlining maps show racism and white supremacy "in 1930s technicolor" Elías Villoro

Staughton Lynd, 1929-2022 Elías Villoro

ThanksTaking or ThanksGiving? Elías Villoro

books History book about era of Mexican revolution is also about tomorrow Elías Villoro

History Cheese, Worms and Angels: Menocchio the Heretic A.E. Gómez

Comics "Bitter Root" is a frighteningly topical steampunk horror comic set in the Harlem Renaissance Thom Dunn

Comic Books Interview with cartoonist R. Sikoryak on his new book, Constitution Illustrated Mark Frauenfelder

police Can insurance be used to reign in police misconduct? Thom Dunn

History If you loved HBO's "The Deuce," The Rialto Report will leave you spellbound Matt Maranian

books Why do new psychotherapies work, and then stop? Cory Doctorow

guns Most "black market" guns in America are purchased legally across state lines Thom Dunn

happy mutants Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments": a long-awaited Handmaid's Tale sequel fulfills its promise Cory Doctorow

Science NASA fed moonrocks to cockroaches and injected moon dust into mice David Pescovitz