books Bayt Al Fann, questions, and Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an Elías Villoro

photography Sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson re-creates his presidential portrait Rusty Blazenhoff

photography What's in a square mile? Instagram account of aerial photos David Pescovitz

crime Infowars reporter was "brutally murdered" near home in Austin, says Alex Jones Carla Sinclair

News America's history of slavery ruins U.Va campus tour for a Republican Jason Weisberger

politics Marjorie Taylor Greene declares her independence from US history Jason Weisberger

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

graduation Commencement announcer butchers the names of graduates Rusty Blazenhoff

Delightful Creatures Year of the cicadas: two 17-year broods wake up at once Carolyn Townsend

religion US House Speaker Mike Johnson says the separation of church and state is a "misnomer" David Pescovitz

Technology Adam Smith and the 18th-century gadgets that inspired him Rob Beschizza

History MAGA couple tries to explain why slave-owners were anti-slavery (video) Mark Frauenfelder

politics Beware the woke banks! Elías Villoro

MAGA cultists Two very stable geniuses say Thomas Jefferson enslaved people but didn't support slavery Mark Frauenfelder

economics "Your debt is someone else's asset", a short film from The Intercept, Mollie Crabapple and co., and Astra Taylor Elías Villoro

History Every day I learn from the Twitter account @AfricanArchives Elías Villoro

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madagascar Why Madagascar is the world's largest vanilla producer Miss Cellania

sci-fi Check out the new song from Daveed Diggs' experimental sci-fi hip-hop group, clipping. Thom Dunn

art Thomas Jefferson portrait recreated with distant descendant Rob Beschizza