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The Woman Who Took on the Fashion Industry to Save the Birds
By Malcolm Smith / History Today
George Washington's Lesson for COVID-19 Vaccine Skeptics
By Robert Brent Toplin / History News Network
The Surprising Political History of the Fight Against the Equal Rights Amendment
By Rebecca de Wolf / History News Network
What We Can Learn From the U.K.'s Mid-Pandemic 1918 Election
By Peter Keeling / History Today
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How a Miniature Emancipation Proclamation Helped Recruit Black Soldiers During the Civil War
The sight of Black soldiers distributing print to other Black people in a state that criminalized the teaching of reading to the enslaved summoned up a future shaped by the possibility of increased self-determination
By Madeline Zehnder / History Today
April 12, 2021
Alexis de Tocqueville's Warning About Presidential Elections
Tocqueville's writing shows that divisive elections are nothing new—but that what happens after the election has definitely changed
By Kevin M. Cherry / History News Network
November 11, 2020
What We Get Wrong About Medieval Libraries
Medieval manuscripts reveal the reading communities of the early Middle Ages
By Mateusz Fafinski / History Today
October 15, 2020
John Adams Lost His Re-Election. How He Responded Set a Precedent That's Been Followed for More Than 200 Years
One thing that John Adams never did was to voice a word of regret about leaving the presidency at his term’s end. None of his successors has ever violated or dishonored the precedent he established
By R. B. Bernstein / History News Network
September 10, 2020
The History of Infographics During Public Health Crises
A wave of statistical enthusiasm, coupled with new technologies, paved the way for infographics in 19th-century Britain
By Murray Dick / The MIT Press Reader
August 26, 2020
The History and Politics of the USPS
As the fate of the USPS hangs in the balance, author Ryan Ellis reveals how the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 changed postal politics
By Ryan Ellis / The MIT Press Reader
August 18, 2020
The Overlooked Role of Women in the American Revolution
Spinning yarn is work that has become invisible in modern life. But at the dawn of the American Revolution, it was revolutionary
By Marta Olmos / History Today
August 10, 2020
Darwin, Expression, and the Harmful Legacy of Eugenics
After mapping facial musculature, Darwin went on to create a study that spanned species, temperament, age, and gender
By Jessica Helfand / The MIT Press Reader
August 4, 2020
150 Years Ago, the Senate Chose Not to Equalize Access to U.S. Citizenship. The Consequences Were Dire
Senator Charles Sumner lost his battle on the Fourth of July 1870, with dire consequences for both Asian immigrant communities and the prospects of a more racially egalitarian America
By Lucy Salyer / History News Network
July 8, 2020
The Long History of Drinking Games—And How to Win Them
The first guide to drinking is a Latin poem published in 1536
By Michael Fontaine / History Today
July 8, 2020
Lessons That Can Be Learned From Operation 'Denver,' the KGB’s Massive AIDS Disinformation Campaign
Historian Douglas Selvage sheds light on the operation and how virus conspiracy theories continue to exist till this day
By Mark Kramer / The MIT Press Reader
May 26, 2020
How the Rise of the Working Wife Changed British Society
A momentous change in the status of women began in the 1950s
By Helen McCarthy / History Today
May 15, 2020
The $60,000 Telegram That Helped Abraham Lincoln Abolish Slavery
Lincoln's ability to pass what became the Emancipation Proclamation hinged on a successful reelection campaign
By Ainissa Ramirez / The MIT Press Reader
May 6, 2020
Why Are There 360 Degrees in a Circle?
As Greek geometry developed, it created the concept of an angle as a magnitude
By Mark Ronan / History Today
April 1, 2020
A Brief History of Invisibility on Screen
The concept of invisibility has inspired a raft of movies over the decades
By Marc Longenecker, Wesleyan University / The Conversation
March 4, 2020
'Free College' in Historical Perspective
One intriguing clue comes from a 1947 report commissioned by then-President Harry Truman
By John Thelin / History News Network
February 18, 2020
Today's Presidential Candidates Go Where the Voters Are—But These Past Campaigns Succeeded by Bringing the Voters to the Candidates
No presidential electioneering technique has ever been so successful while so short-lived
By Jeffrey Normand Bourdon / History News Network
February 10, 2020
The Past and Future of Punctuation Marks
In classical times there were no punctuation marks or spaces between words. Here's how that changed
By Florence Hazrat / History Today
February 6, 2020
Archival Photos Reveal the Unlikely Beauty of Sewer Systems
Archival photographs reveal the unlikely beauty of pre-WWII sewer systems
By Thea Petchler / Zócalo Public Square
January 13, 2020
3D Printing and the Murky Ethics of Replicating Human Bones
Some scientist worry that a new way of studying human remains could be misused
By Sarah Wild / Undark
January 13, 2020
Scientists Have Been Talking About Climate Change for More Than a Century. Here's Why It Took So Long for the World to Listen
The scientific consensus on climate change is far older than many people think
By David Carlin / History News Network
January 10, 2020
What We Can Learn From Ancient Graffiti
The earliest graffiti of a person’s name on a monument has been identified by the historian Lionel Casson in a cave at Wadi Hammamat in Egypt — the name of Hena, an official under Menutuhotep III in 2000 BC
By Laura Aitken-Burt / History Today
January 10, 2020
What Alexander Hamilton Would Have Thought About a Wealth Tax
All taxation was on the framers’ table as they considered a new constitution. What would they make of the measures we are considering now?
By Ray Raphael / History News Network
December 6, 2019
AI Can Now Make Medical Predictions From Raw Data. But Can Deep Learning Be Trusted?
The stakes sit particularly high in medicine, where lives are on the line
By Eric Bender / Undark
December 6, 2019
Why Some People Love Black Friday—and Others Hate It, According to Psychologists
Including ways for you to comfortably participate in the bargains
By Michael Breazeale, Mississippi State University / The Conversation
November 27, 2019
The History of Modern Mass Incarceration of African Americans Goes Deeper Than You May Think
A Louisiana law of 1848 declared that children born to enslaved female prisoners confined in the penitentiary belonged to the state
By Jeff Forret / History News Network
November 25, 2019
When the Suez Canal Opened 150 Years Ago, It Helped Connect the World—And Heralded the Climate Crisis
The largest infrastructural project of the 19th century annexed the Middle East into the fossil-fuels complex
By On Barak / History News Network
November 21, 2019
The Long History of Mormons in Mexico Began More Than a Century Before the Killing of 9 U.S. Citizens There
Members of Utah’s Latter-Day Saints community emigrated to Mexico in the 1880s to follow their religious beliefs
By Rebecca Janzen, University of South Carolina / The Conversation
November 7, 2019
The Hidden Forces Behind the Rise and Fall of Colorful Kitchens in Postwar America
In the '50s, color in the kitchen became a way to stand out from generations past
By Regina Lee Blaszczyk / The MIT Press Reader
November 1, 2019
Not All Candy is Created Equal — At Least for Tax Purposes
States must draw a fine line on which treats are eligible for sales tax breaks
By Hayes Holderness, University of Richmond / The Conversation
October 31, 2019
The Evolutionary Reason We Love Big, Blood-Curdling Screams
Screams may seem simple, but they can actually convey a complex set of emotions
By Frank T. McAndrew, Knox College / The Conversation
October 31, 2019
A Historic U.K. Law Was Passed After a Wave of Anti-Migrant Sentiment. Here's How It Shaped British Immigration Policy
The Aliens Act of 1905 created a new type of immigrant to the U.K. and a new way of dealing with them
By Marc Di Tommasi / History Today
October 24, 2019
After Sexual Assault, Some Survivors Seek Healing in Self-Defense
Researchers note self-defense for survivors can be similar to exposure therapy
By Gitit Ginat / Undark
October 22, 2019
Do DNA Databases Make Would-Be Criminals Think Twice?
Some argue that this sort of biosurveillance raises civil rights concerns
By Oscar Schwartz / Undark
October 21, 2019
Andrew Yang's Universal Basic Income Plan Echoes a 1930s Proposal That Reshaped Social Security
Yang isn't the first to pitch the idea of giving Americans a guaranteed income
By Edwin Amenta / The Conversation
October 16, 2019
How the Ban on Medical Advertising Hurt Women Doctors
From 1997 to 2016, healthcare advertising spending rose from $2.1 to $9.6 billion
By Olivia Campbell / JSTOR Daily
October 16, 2019
America's Founders Disagreed About Impeachment. Here's How the Idea Made It Into the Constitution
“This Magistrate is not the king! The people are the king!”
By Harlow Giles Unger / History News Network
October 15, 2019
A Century Ago, African Americans Were Massacred in Elaine, Ark. We're Still Reckoning With That Moment
Elaine was a turning point, but it was only one of many
By Michael K. Honey / History News Network
October 7, 2019
Before the Berlin Wall, the KGB Used a Familiar Tool to Undermine Democracy in Germany: Disinformation
In one fell swoop, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower later said, Khrushchev had turned Berlin “into a tinderbox.”
By Steve Vogel / History News Network
October 4, 2019
The Long Debate Over What Counts as a Concentration Camp
Even for Nazi camp survivors who sought to eradicate them, they were hard to define
By Emma Kuby / History Today
September 23, 2019
The Forgotten History of the Native Americans Who Helped the Underground Railroad
There are at least two primary reasons for the absence of Native Americans in the historiography of the Underground Railroad
By Roy E. Finkenbine / History News Network
September 19, 2019
Thousands of Patients Have Been Sued by Nonprofit Hospitals Over Unpaid Bills. Now They Are Fighting Back
Investigative reports are uncovering tactics used by these facilities over bills
By Maya Miller and Beena Raghavendran / ProPublica
September 19, 2019
How Dr. Benjamin Spock Changed American Parenting
His book helped usher in a fundamental shift
By Richard Gunderman, Indiana University / The Conversation
September 19, 2019
Why You Really Shouldn’t Kill the Spiders in Your Home, According to an Entomologist
Spiders regularly capture nuisance pests and even disease-carrying insects
By Matt Bertone, North Carolina State University / The Conversation
September 16, 2019
How Bullying May Shape Adolescent Brains
The findings echo previous research, which demonstrated similar changes from neglect or abuse by caregivers
By Rod McCullom / Undark
September 10, 2019
What the History of Beards Reveals About the Changing Meaning of Masculinity
The historian Christopher Oldstone-Moore identifies "four great beard movements" that punctuate history
By Eleanor Rycroft / History Today
September 5, 2019
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