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

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

videos Ta-Nehisi Coates makes the case for reparations to Congress Cory Doctorow

law Rhode Island lawsuit argues that the Constitution guarantees a right to sufficient education to be an informed citizen Cory Doctorow

humor Every U.S. president dragged Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Founder of Diamond Comic Distributors donates 3,000 comics rarities to the Library of Congress Cory Doctorow

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picks Two people were very disappointed with Hamilton Mark Frauenfelder