General/Miscellaneous Archives - State Library of Ohio

After the Last Border

by Jessica Goudeau

The welcoming and acceptance of immigrants and refugees has been central to America’s identity for centuries–yet America has periodically turned its back at the times […]

Can’t Even

by Anne Helen Petersen

Do you feel like your life is an endless to-do list? Do you find yourself mindlessly scrolling through Instagram because you’re too exhausted to pick […]

Becoming Bulletproof

by Evy Poumpouras

Evy Poumpouras—former Secret Service agent to three presidents and one of only five women to receive the Medal of Valor—demonstrates how we can overcome our […]

The Writer’s Library

by Nancy Pearl and Jeff Schwager

Introduction by Susan Orlean Twenty-three of today’s living literary legends, including Donna Tartt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Andrew Sean Greer, Laila Lalami, and Michael Chabon, reveal […]

The Plus

by Greg Gutfeld

Modern life grows emptier and emptier as society becomes increasingly polarized, and even those who don’t subscribe to New Age beliefs are seeking comfort and […]

So Rich, So Poor

by Peter Edelman

Income disparities in our wealthy nation are wider than at any point since the Great Depression. The structure of today’s economy has stultified wage growth […]

Dare to Fly

by Martha McSally

America’s first female combat jet pilot and Arizona Senator Martha McSally shows you how to clear the runway of your life: embrace fear, transform doubt, […]

What’s Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She

by Dennis Baron

Addressing one of the most pressing cultural questions of our generation, Dennis Baron reveals the untold story of how we got from he and she […]

A More Perfect Reunion

by Calvin Baker

Americans have prided ourselves on how far we’ve come from slavery, lynching, and legal segregation-measuring ourselves by incremental progress instead of by how far we […]

On Account of Race

by Lawrence Goldstone

Constitutional Law historian, Lawrence Goldstone examines case-based evidence to reveal the court’s longstanding support for white supremacy (often under the guise of “states rights”) and […]