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Sociologist Gretchen Sisson traces the history of abortions on screen back to the 1916 silent film Where Are My Children?, about a woman who has been rendered infertile after having multiple abortions
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The Supreme Court Is Dooming America to Repeat History
Those who do not learn from history, George Santayana famously wrote, are doomed to repeat it. But today’s Supreme Court majority seems to have a different idea of the lessons of the past. Increasingly, they...
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From the brain behind the “We the People” clause in the U.S. Constitution, to a woman who risked her life holding loyalist soldiers prisoner during the Revolutionary War
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The Era of 'Self-Evident' Truth Is Over
"We hold these truths to be self-evident." On Independence Day 2022, these words stand out as starkly anachronistic. What does that mean for America?
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Anti-'Critical Race Theory' Laws Are Working
Teachers say there's a 'chilling' effect on how they talk about race
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What People Get Wrong About the History of Bisexuality
Bisexuality introduces nuance, which has always made it easier to discard than accommodate it
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The True Story Behind Starz's
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The Starz series Becoming Elizabeth centers on the teenage years of Queen Elizabeth I. To the surprise of show creator Anya Reiss, this era was one aspect of the English monarch’s life and historic 45-year...
By Shannon Carlin
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Juneteenth Is Now a National Holiday. Are Reparations Next?
The drumbeat for reparations for Black Americans is sounding again, perhaps louder than ever before
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Why Juneteenth and July 4 Honor Different Kinds of Freedom
If we already had one Independence Day, why did we need another? This works as a question about the holidays, but also about the history
By Kermit Roosevelt
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The Surprisingly Progressive Promises of General Order No. 3
The language of Order No. 3 also promised a lot that couldn’t be delivered, advising freedmen to “remain quietly at their present homes” and “work for wages” without any way to guarantee either
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How to Honor Juneteenth, According to Black Activists
Already, companies are learning how not to celebrate Juneteenth
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June 15, 2022
How Andrew Jackson Lost a Presidential Election and Wound up in the White House
Charges of stolen presidential elections are rare in American history. Only three candidates—Andrew Jackson, Richard Nixon, and Donald Trump—have been associated with such claims. In Nixon’s case, rumors of voting irregularities in the 1960 race...
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On June 4, 1942, the first day of the battle of Midway, the U.S. Navy sank four Japanese aircraft carriers for the loss of one of its own. This tore the heart out of Kido...
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A Lynching in New York 130 Years Ago Shows That the North Isn’t Immune to Racial Hatred
On June 2nd a gathering in Port Jervis, New York will witness the unveiling of a plaque memorializing the lynching 130 years ago, on June 2, 1892, of Robert Lewis, a local Black citizen. Though...
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June 2, 2022
Who Is the Longest Reigning Monarch?
Queen Elizabeth is the world’s third longest ruling monarch. She is two years away from becoming the longest reigning monarch in Europe
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'African Founders': The Black Thinkers Who Shaped the U.S.
African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals, is an encyclopedia of enslaved people’s experiences in the United States from the 17th century to the 19th century
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How Patsy Takemoto Mink, the First Woman of Color in Congress, Helped Craft Title IX
One of the first feminist legislators, Mink brought her own lived experience to the halls of Congress
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The History of Royal Jubilee Celebrations in Britain
From the grand ceremonies hosted by the royal family, to the community street parties taking place across the nation, Jubilee celebrations are a quintessentially British affair.
By Eloise Barry
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What to Know About the Bisexuality Pride Flag
Bisexuality activist Gigi Wilbur hopes bisexual people will see the flag in pride parade coverage and think, “'I’m not alone.'”
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‘The Real Villain Is the Closet’: A New History of Gay Washington Deals With Society As It Truly Was
"Secret City" isn’t so much a gay history of D.C. as it’s a history of Washington as experienced by its gay power players.
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Why Ukraine and Russia Both Look to the Nuremberg Trials
Ukraine looks to Nuremberg to demand a full investigation into Russian war crimes, while Russia invokes Nuremberg to justify their invasion
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Bubonic Plague and the Roots of Anti-Asian Hate
A new PBS documentary explores a bubonic plague outbreak in San Francisco in 1900—with parallels to rising anti-Asian hate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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How White Violence Crushed the Progressive Change Won During Reconstruction
On Feb. 18, 1868, in Charleston, S.C., Radical Republican Solomon George Washington Dill, known as S.G.W. Dill, rose at South Carolina’s Second Constitutional Convention to offer a resolution that would protect sharecroppers and tenant farmers,...
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Anti-Abortion Fringe and the Buffalo Shooter
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What We Get Wrong About Life Before Modern Baby Formula
As families around the United States grapple with the infant formula shortage, some social media commentators have been asking: why don’t people just breastfeed? Isn’t that what everyone did before infant formula? As a historian...
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The Troubled History of Native American Boarding Schools
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The Roe Leak Shows the Supreme Court's Ongoing Effort to Overturn Established Rights
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Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill Is Part of the State's Long, Shameful History
Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education Bill” has made the sunshine state ground zero in America’s culture wars. Signed into law last month by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, the bill prohibits discussion of sexual orientation and...
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A Short History of the Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of the Marcos Family
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Our Nation Is Still Divided Along the Battle Lines of the Civil War
Worries about a new civil war in the United States are misplaced because the Civil War never fully ended. That is essential knowledge for understanding current political divisions, especially the recriminations surrounding the leaked draft...
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The History Behind Victory Day in Russia
The holiday marks the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in WW II. Now, as Russia's war on Ukraine continues, the day takes on new meaning
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Inside the Original Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Leak
In 1973, TIME got a scoop on the news of the Roe v. Wade decision. Here's what the reporter behind the story, David C. Beckwith, remembers
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The show—which airs on Amazon Prime April 20—is a tale of sexual desire and aristocratic excess in 1960s Britain.
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Like many Midwestern cities, Grand Rapids boasts a progressive image that has obscured deep-seated problems for Black residents
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