It’s easy to forget that in 1992, the Clintons railed spectacularly against the status quo. Fortunately, it’s all on film.
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An anthropologist tells the story of how Columbus actually came close to falling into historical obscurity, until American hubris got in the way.
The controversy over Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for the National Anthem isn’t a watershed moment. It’s only the latest chapter in a long history of people trying to control how black people behave.
Can a Hollywood film re-write one of the oldest and most important stories in the American past?
What does the shuttering of traditional roadside motels say about America’s relationship with travel and freedom?
Avoiding questions about coughs and chronic conditions has a long political history in America.
For decades, the Miss America pageant had excluded minorities while celebrating a very narrow definition of womanhood. Then two separate protests – a women’s liberation picket and the lesser-known Miss Black America pageant – said ‘enough is enough.’
American ginseng, a slow-growing native plant long used in traditional medicine, was abundant in colonial times. Now illegal harvesting and other stresses are pushing it close to extinction.
‘Trump made a tramp out of me,’ Guthrie lamented, denouncing his landlord who barred black families and pocketed federal funds.
Cultural resource management archaeologists don’t choose where they dig. Instead they identify, evaluate and preserve cultural heritage sites in locations slated for development.
Is the decline of the corner barbershop another indicator that male friendships and community ties are eroding? Or could it simply mean that concepts of masculinity are shifting?
When we think of national parks, many people picture geysers or mountain peaks. But the park system also protects historic sites and objects that show how the U.S. has evolved into a diverse society.
The struggle for equal rights for black citizens in the U.S. today is backed by the promise of the 14th Amendment. A historian takes us back to the grassroots movements that led to its passage.
Almost 100 years ago, the foundations to preserve the Boundary Waters in Minnesota for recreation were put in place. Now residents are debating whether to allow a mine in its headwaters.
Like Brazil’s favela dwellers, America’s working poor felt a sense of pride and community in their shantytowns – and desperately resisted the powerful interests that sought to demolish them.
Lucky Luciano, Al Capone and FDR walk into a Democratic convention…
Previous efforts to cement national cohesion offer a model but also, says a historian, a warning.
A host of vast and persistent economic inequalities in America has created the perfect environment for a right-wing populist like Donald Trump.
RNC protests in Cleveland have been peaceful, but are they effective? A historian explains what happened at the DNC in 1968 and why activists may want to reconsider their tactics.
Radio legend Graham McNamee was baseball’s first broadcast star. So why did it take 74 years for the National Baseball Hall of Fame to honor him?
Principais colaboradores
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Associate Professor of History, Penn State
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Distinguished Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Penn State
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Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
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Professor of Earth Science, University of Connecticut
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Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Utah
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Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College
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Chester D. Tripp Professor of History, Yale University
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Teaching Fellow, Queen Mary University of London
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Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Emeritus Professor of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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Professor of History, University of the Pacific
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PhD Candidate in History, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor, Contemporary Histories Research Group, Deakin University
