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An Ornate Desk, Family History and the Jewish Past
My mother’s desk connected me with our shared heritage.
by
David M. Perry
via
Washington Post
on
April 29, 2022
Viking Map of North America Identified as 20th-Century Forgery
New technical analysis dates Yale's Vinland Map to the 1920s or later, not the 1440s as previously suggested.
by
Matthew Gabriele
,
David M. Perry
via
Smithsonian
on
September 27, 2021
How to Fight 8chan Medievalism—and Why We Must
White supremacists are co-opting the Middle Ages. Fighting back requires us to tell better, fuller stories about the period.
by
David M. Perry
via
Pacific Standard
on
June 27, 2019
Want to Save the Humanities? Make College Free
It's time to shift the social contract of education away from short-term job training toward long-term development.
by
David M. Perry
via
Pacific Standard
on
May 9, 2019
How 'Deaf President Now' Changed America
A brief history of the movement that transformed a university and helped catalyze the Americans With Disabilities Act.
by
David M. Perry
via
Pacific Standard
on
April 11, 2018
No, the Irish Were Not Slaves Too
The myth of Irish slavery has found fertile ground in Internet memes as a way to derail conversation about the need for affirmative action today.
by
Liam Hogan
,
David M. Perry
via
Pacific Standard
on
March 15, 2018
Our Long, Troubling History of Sterilizing the Incarcerated
State-sanctioned efforts to keep the incarcerated from reproducing began in the early 20th century and continue today.
by
David M. Perry
via
The Marshall Project
on
July 26, 2017