Lauren Vespoli

Lauren Vespoli is a freelance writer and editor based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, Atlas Obscura, and Hemispheres. You can find her on Twitter @L_Vespoli, and at laurenvespoli.com.

President Joe Biden poses with the Biden family dogs Champ and Major Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in the Oval Office

Politics & History

Dogs of the Bidenverse

Dogs have long played a big role in the White House.

Soldiers in gas masks advance on World War I Bonus March demonstrators in Washington, D.C., July 1932.

Politics & History

How Tear Gas Became a Staple of American Law Enforcement

In 1932, the “Bonus Army” of jobless veterans staged a protest in Washington, DC. The government dispersed them with tear gas.

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Arts & Culture

James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni in Conversation

In 1971, two legends of Black letters discussed Black manhood, white racism, the role of the writer, and the responsibility to teach.

Science & Technology

Can We Build a Better Facebook?

Is it time to turn our back on Facebook? And if so, what social network could possibly replace it?

Science & Technology

The Anatomists of Ancient Alexandria

Cultural forces under the Ptolemaic dynasty briefly allowed scholars like Herophilus to practice dissection—and possibly vivisection—on human subjects.

Politics & History

The Genocide Before the Shoah

For a century, Jews in Turkey have maintained a strategic silence when it comes to recognizing the Armenian genocide. Could that be changing?

Politics & History

Wilhelm Reich: Twice Burned

A psychoanalyst and physician, Reich fled the Nazis only to be detained by the US as an “enemy alien” during World War II. And then came the sexual revolution.

Lauren Vespoli

Dogs of the Bidenverse

How Tear Gas Became a Staple of American Law Enforcement

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