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In 1870, Henrietta Wood Sued for Reparations—and Won

The $2,500 verdict, the largest ever of its kind, offers evidence of the generational impact such awards can have

by W. Caleb McDaniel via Smithsonian on September 2, 2019

Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters.

Race in Black and White

Slavery and the Civil War were central to the development of photography as both a technology and an art.

by Alexis L. Boylan via Boston Review on June 3, 2019

Wearing The Lead Glasses

Lead contamination in New Orleans and beyond.

by Thomas Beller via Places Journal on May 31, 2019

Inside the Long War to Protect Plastic

Single-use plastic is clogging oceans and landfills. The plastic industry has waged a decades-long campaign to keep it selling it.

by Tik Root via Center for Public Integrity on May 16, 2019

A Blizzard of Prescriptions

Three recent books explore different aspects of opiate addiction in America.

by Emily Witt via London Review of Books on April 4, 2019

Military Industrial Sexuality

How a passionate thirty-one-year-old systems analyst and a militant World War II veteran pushed the military to bend toward justice.

by Ryan Reft via Boom California on December 20, 2018

Graphic symbolizing a college stopping African Americans from entering the door.

What We Get Wrong About Affirmative Action

The lawsuit against Harvard forces us to talk about Asian Americans' role in the racial equity debate.

via Vox on December 10, 2018

The mugshot of James Earl Ray next to a picture of Martin Luther King Jr.

Who Killed Martin Luther King Jr.? His Family Believes James Earl Ray Was Framed.

Coretta Scott King described “a major, high-level conspiracy in the assassination of my husband.” The King children remain certain of that, too.

by Tom Jackman via Retropolis on March 30, 2018

For-Profit Colleges in American History

Trump University follows a long line of for-profit schools that have faced accusations of dishonesty.

by A. J. Angulo via Process: A Blog for American History on June 20, 2017

Line graph comparing executive actions over presidents' first 100 days in office.

Trump in Action: Comparing the Pace of Trump's Executive Orders to Recent Presidents

How do Trump's first 100 days measure up?

via The American Presidency Project on April 29, 2017

A portrait of a woman in an crime pamphlet labeled "the beautiful victim."

The Bloody History of the True Crime Genre

True Crime is having a renaissance with popular TV series and podcasts. But the history of the genre dates back much further.

by Pamela Burger, Jack Miles, Joy Wiltenburg, Frederick Burwick, Karen S. H. Roggenkamp via JSTOR Daily on August 24, 2016

Black and white sketch of the front of the Mississippi State asylum.

Ghosts are Scary, Disabled People are Not: The Troubling Rise of the Haunted Asylum

Tourist-driven curiosity about the so-called "haunted asylum" has led many to overlook the real people who once were institutionalized within these hospitals.

by Sarah Handley-Cousins via Nursing Clio on October 29, 2015

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The Twisted History of Your Favorite Board Game

An interview with Mary Pilon about her new book, ‘The Monopolists,’ which uncovers the real story about how Monopoly became the game it is today.

by Mary Pilon, Jessica Gross via Longreads on March 1, 2015

A Useful Corner of the World: Guantánamo

The U.S. just can't seem to let go of its naval base on Cuba.

by Paul A. Kramer via The New Yorker on July 30, 2013

Prescott Bush, Dorothy Bush, and George H. W. Bush at the White House.

How Bush's Grandfather Helped Hitler's Rise to Power

Rumors of a link between Prescott Bush and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. They were right.

by Duncan Campbell via The Guardian on September 25, 2004

Alcatraz Island prison sign painted over to welcome Indians to Indian land.

The Art of Stealing Human Rights

Native peoples face similar struggles with the federal governments in the U.S. and in Canada.

by Radio Free Alcatraz via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on January 3, 1970

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