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How Computers Became Portable: Journalists and the “Origin Story” of Working from Home
Journalists helped to pioneer what would eventually result in our mobile world.
by
Will Mari
,
Juliette De Maeyer
via
The Saturday Evening Post
on
October 14, 2024
partner
The Troubling Consequence of State Takeovers of Local Government
State efforts to usurp local government power over schools, elections, and police tend to diminish Black political power.
by
Domingo Morel
via
Made By History
on
October 25, 2024
The History of Violent Opposition to Black Political Participation
Leaders in the 20th-century South faced violence and death for promoting voting rights; systemic failure enabled their killers to go unpunished.
by
Dan Biddle
,
Sara Rimer
via
Equal Justice Initiative
on
August 13, 2024
A Brief Literary History of the Newspaper Endorsement
When did endorsements become pro forma, anyway? And what do they even do?
by
Brittany Allen
via
Literary Hub
on
October 30, 2024
Did the Witch Trials Ever Truly Come to an End?
Marion Gibson’s research rigorously traces the legal and human aspects of the trials through today.
by
AX Mina
via
Hyperallergic
on
October 30, 2024
50 Years of Project Puffin: An Oral History of an Incredibly Audacious Idea
In 1973, a young biologist hatched a plan to bring a charismatic seabird back to Maine. Over five decades, it would revolutionize seabird restoration.
by
Rene Ebersole
via
Audubon
on
June 29, 2023
Lincoln Center Destroyed Lives for the Sake of the Arts
The terrific new doc “San Juan Hill” chronicles the 1960s land grab that gave the Metropolitan Opera a home, while scattering longtime residents.
by
Elizabeth Zimmer
via
Village Voice
on
October 3, 2024
Haiti’s Agents Of Fear
Haitians are caught between the grip of violent gangs and the messy legacies of foreign intervention.
by
Matthew J. Smith
via
Noema
on
October 29, 2024
Solidarity and Gaza
Black people see what is happening to Palestinians, and many feel the tug of the familiar in their heart.
by
Vann R. Newkirk II
via
The Atlantic
on
October 29, 2024
This 19th-Century ‘Toy Book’ Used Science to Prove That Ghosts Were Simply an Illusion
“Spectropia” demystified the techniques used by mediums who claimed they could speak to the dead, revealing the “absurd follies of Spiritualism.”
by
Vanessa Armstrong
via
Smithsonian
on
October 29, 2024
“To Eat This Big Universe as Her Oyster”
Margaret Fuller and the first major work of American feminism.
by
Randall Fuller
via
The Public Domain Review
on
October 29, 2024
Jenny Lind, Taylor Swift, and Another Era's Tour
How the Taylor Swift of her age captivated New Orleans.
by
Craig Fuchs
via
The Historic New Orleans Collection
on
October 24, 2024
The Coming Witch Trials
It’s time to care for the community—not cleanse it.
by
Adam Jortner
via
Current (religion and democracy)
on
October 22, 2024
It Might Be the Scariest Movie Ever Made. There’s Never Been a Better Time to Watch It.
The vibes right now are very "Texas Chain Saw Massacre."
by
Emily C. Hughes
via
Slate
on
October 29, 2024
partner
Crystal Eastman Plans for After the Election
A reading from 1920 on the fights that follow the 19th Amendment: “Now at last we can begin.”
by
Crystal Eastman
,
Bruce W. Dearstyne
via
HNN
on
October 29, 2024
The Porous Prison
How incarcerated people have become separated from American society.
by
Charlotte Rosen
,
Reiko Hillyer
via
Public Books
on
October 3, 2024
How Central Park Holds the Answers to Big NYC Secrets
From ancient Native American trails to billion-year-old rocks, take an in-depth look at the thousands of years of history housed inside this iconic park.
via
Architectural Digest
on
September 19, 2024
Donald Trump Would Be Weaker the Second Time Around
Donald Trump wants the ideology of William McKinley and Gilded Age Republicanism, but with a totally different social base. It won’t work.
by
Paul Heidman
via
Jacobin
on
October 23, 2024
The Startling History of the Jump Scare
From 1942's "Cat People" to cerebral jolts in "Hereditary" and "Get Out," this cinematic scare tactic still shocks.
by
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
via
Atlas Obscura
on
October 28, 2024
From Torpedo Bras to Whale Tails: A Brief History of Women’s Underwear
The popular reception of thongs, bras, boy shorts and other intimate items.
by
Nina Edwards
via
Literary Hub
on
October 24, 2024
partner
Was Modern Art Really a CIA Psy-Op?
The number of MoMA-CIA crossovers is highly suspicious, to say the least.
by
Lucie Levine
,
Jonathan Harris
,
Christine Sylvester
,
Russell H. Bartley
,
Frank Ninkovich
via
JSTOR Daily
on
April 1, 2020
How Organized Labor Shames Its Traitors − The Story of the ‘Scab’
It’s important to understand why some workers might be motivated to weather scorn, rejection and even violence from their peers.
by
Ian Afflerbach
via
The Conversation
on
August 23, 2024
Purple Coffins: Death Care and Life Extension in 20th Century American South
How deathly rituals affect our perception of personal dignity.
by
Kristine M. McCusker
via
Circulating Now
on
September 5, 2024
Journalist Withheld Information About Emmett Till’s Murder, Documents Show
William Bradford Huie’s newly released research notes show he suspected more than two men tortured and killed Emmett Till, but suggest that he left it out.
by
Gillian Brockell
via
Retropolis
on
August 29, 2024
Two Americas?
Heather Cox Richardson argues that there are two Americas: one interested in equality, the other in hierarchy. But it's not that simple.
by
Nicholas Misukanis
via
Commonweal
on
August 6, 2024
“I Am the Face of AIDS”: Ryan White and the Politics of Innocence in the History of HIV/AIDS
Ryan White helped challenge existing understandings of the AIDS epidemic. But his story also reinforced arbitrary divisions between the guilty and the innocent.
by
Paul M. Renfro
via
Public Books
on
October 22, 2024
Making the American Orbit
The U.S. military operated a Grand Turk missile tracking station for 30 years, with limited local benefits, highlighting American expansionism's impact.
by
Andrew J. Ross
via
Perspectives on History
on
October 8, 2024
How an American Film in 1984 Shaped the ‘Fetal Personhood’ Movement
The success of the movie ‘The Silent Scream,’ made by onetime abortionist Bernard Nathanson, continues to influence the pro-life narrative.
by
Diane de Vignemont
via
New Lines Magazine
on
October 25, 2024
partner
Early Americans Knew Better Than President Trump How To Prioritize Health
A public uprising forced Boston to prioritize fighting smallpox over the economy in 1792.
by
Andrew Wehrman
via
Made By History
on
July 17, 2020
The Late Supreme Court Chief Who Haunts Today’s Right-Wing Justices
William Rehnquist went from a lonely dissenter to an institutionalist chief—and his opinions are all the rage among the court’s current conservatives.
by
Duncan Hosie
via
The New Republic
on
October 23, 2024
A Little Bit Softer Now, a Little Bit Softer Now…
The gradual decline of the fade-out in popular music.
by
William Weir
via
Slate
on
September 15, 2014
Notes from the Cold War Underground
The weapons infrastructure of the Cold War is now getting rented out on Airbnb or memorialized as patriotic kitsch.
by
Emily Harnett
via
The Baffler
on
October 22, 2024
How Past and Present Catch Up With Each Other
The election of 1801 offers a first-hand example of how current events can offer historians new perspectives on the past.
by
James M. Banner Jr.
via
The Panorama
on
October 23, 2024
Call of Duty: Pentagon Ops
Inside the weird synergies that launched the videogaming industry—and made the Pentagon fantasies in Call of Duty its stock in trade.
by
Jesse Robertson
via
The Nation
on
October 24, 2024
Who Were the Mysterious Moon-Eyed People of Appalachia?
Tales of strange, nocturnal people haunt the region—and so do theories about who they were, from a lost Welsh "tribe" to aliens.
by
Hadley Meares
via
Atlas Obscura
on
October 22, 2024
How a Mediterranean Spiritual Movement Went Global
From the ruins of the Spanish Civil War to air force bases in Texas.
by
Philip Jenkins
via
Anxious Bench
on
October 17, 2024
The Trial That Sparked Maine's 1840 Abortion Statute
Maine passed its first abortion statute in 1840, not long after the pardon of Dr. Call. Could there be a connection?
by
Patricia Cline Cohen
via
Commonplace
on
October 22, 2024
Noam Chomsky on How America Sanitizes the Horror of Its Wars
On the origins of America's hegemonic foreign policy.
by
Noam Chomsky
via
Literary Hub
on
October 16, 2024
Bookselling Out
“The Bookshop” tells the story of American bookstores in thirteen types. Its true subject is not how bookstore can survive, but how they should be.
by
Dan Sinykin
via
The Baffler
on
October 16, 2024
Searching for the Elusive Man Who Inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin
John Andrew Jackson spent a night at Harriet Beecher Stowe’s home as he fled north. Why do so few traces of his visit remain?
by
Scott Wasserman Stern
via
The New Republic
on
October 24, 2024
Whose Ronald Reagan?
Fighting over the legacy of a conservative hero in the era of Trump.
by
Susan B. Glasser
via
Foreign Affairs
on
October 22, 2024
Lifetime Tenure for Supreme Court Justices Has Outlived Its Usefulness
While letting justices serve during “good behavior” was designed to encourage impartiality, it now tends to promote the opposite effect.
by
Jack Rakove
via
Brennan Center For Justice
on
October 15, 2024
Speed Kills
Two striking reminders of the game-changing potential of great speed and its limited value unless accompanied by other essential skills.
by
John Thorn
via
Our Game
on
October 7, 2024
Lessons From the Birth of Modern Opinion Polling
As George Gallup pioneered new methods of surveying the public, The Nation opined on their dangers—and democratic possibilities.
by
Richard Kreitner
via
The Nation
on
October 24, 2024
Drink Like a Founding Father
Make one of President George Washington's favorite cocktails.
by
Diana Hubbell
via
Atlas Obscura
on
October 21, 2024
American Horror Stories
It just might be the great American art form. You can thank the residents of Salem for that.
by
Laura J. Miller
via
Slate
on
October 19, 2024
partner
The Debate That Gave Us the Electoral College
John Dickinson's contributions to the Constitution continue to reverberate today.
by
Jane E. Calvert
via
Made By History
on
October 18, 2024
partner
The Other Sherman’s March
How the younger brother of the famous general set out to destroy the scourge of monopoly power.
by
Richard R. John
via
HNN
on
October 22, 2024
Many Wealthy Members of Congress are Descendants of Rich Slaveholders
Researchers measured lawmakers’ wealth and found that those whose Southern ancestors owned slaves before abolition have a higher net worth today.
by
Neil K. R. Sehgal
,
Ashwini Sehgal
via
The Conversation
on
October 23, 2024
How Dogs Were Implicated During the Salem Witch Trials
Sometimes an accused witch was believed to have had a dog who would do her bidding; to others, the devil appeared in the form of a dog.
by
Bridget Marshall
via
The Conversation
on
October 15, 2024
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