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African men in slave pens in Washington D.C. circa 1849-1850.
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How Ancestry.com Has Failed African American Customers

The genealogy site fails to understand the fundamental differences between white and black history.
by Kristen Green via Made By History on May 31, 2019
Hillary Clinton speaking about early childhood development.

The Mismeasure of Minds

25 years later, The Bell Curve’s analysis of race and intelligence refuses to die.
by Michael E. Staub via Boston Review on May 8, 2019

Original Catfluencer: How a Victorian Artist’s Feline Fixation Gave Us the Internet Cat

A story of how Louis Wain single handedly made cats adored by Victorian society through to modern day.
by Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly on May 7, 2019
Gas station turned cannabis dispensary

Puff, Puff, Pass

The explosion of kid-friendly paraphernalia led the federal government to crack down on pot.
by Emily Dufton via Perspectives on History on April 25, 2019
Painting of children with sticks and hoops. By Ethel Spowers, 1936.
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Kidding Around

Stories of American children at work and play.
Cover of John Krakauer's book "Under the Banner of Heaven," featuring the Utah landscape.

Abusing Religion: Polygyny, Mormonisms, and Under the Banner of Heaven

How stories of abuse in minority religious communities have influenced American culture.
by Megan Goodwin via The Revealer on February 20, 2019

In the 19th Century, Miscarriage Could Be a Happy Relief

A new book shows the remarkable contrast between 19th-century women’s views of miscarriage and the loss-focused rhetoric of today.
by Rebecca Onion via Slate on November 26, 2018
Chicago police in a carriage.
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A History of Police Violence in Chicago

At the turn of the century, Chicago police killed 307 people, one in eighteen homicides in the city—three times the body count of local gangsters.
by Jeffrey S. Adler, Livia Gershon via JSTOR Daily on October 3, 2018
Students from Ramstein Middle School recite Pledge of Allegiance during a Sep. 11 commemoration ceremony

Why Do We Pledge Allegiance?

Few democracies require children to make a daily declaration of fealty to country.
by Jack David Eller via Boston Review on September 6, 2018

My Dad and Henry Ford

My father was pro-Jewish propaganda when the country had an anti-semitism problem - he even met the man that inspired much of the hate. But is history repeating itself?
by Michael Kupperman via The Nib on July 6, 2018

The Roots of Trump’s Immigration Barbarity

The outrage over family separation creates an opportunity to reverse the bipartisan consensus that has long victimized immigrants.
by Daniel Denvir via Jacobin on June 20, 2018
A Japanese American woman holds a baby at an internment camp.

‘At Least During the Internment …’ Are Words I Thought I’d Never Utter

I was sent to a camp at just 5 years old — but even then, they didn't separate children from families.
by George Takei via Foreign Policy on June 19, 2018

Before Colin Kaepernick, There Was Eartha Kitt

How the entertainer was blacklisted for standing up to the President.
by Hilal Isler via Medium on June 6, 2018

New Memorial Day: Remembering Children Killed in School

It’s an exhaustive list. Far longer and deeper than you might suspect.
by Akim Reinhardt via 3 Quarks Daily on May 28, 2018

How the C-Section Went From Last Resort to Overused

Today, 1 in 3 American babies are delivered via the procedure, twice what the World Health Organization recommends.
by Rebecca Onion via Slate on May 21, 2018

A Tale of Two Hiroshimas

Two of the earliest films to depict the bombing of Hiroshima show how politics shapes national mourning.
by Kazu Watanabe via Current [The Criterion Collection] on May 3, 2018
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A Slave Who Sued for Her Freedom

An enslaved woman who jumped from a building in 1815 is later revealed to be the plaintiff in a successful lawsuit for her freedom.
by Michael Burton, Kwakiutl Dreher, William G. Thomas III via The Atlantic on May 1, 2018

The Heart of the Matter: A History of Valentine Cards

A digital exhibit from the collections of the Strong National Museum of Play.
by Strong National Museum Of Play via Google Arts and Culture on April 11, 2018

I Am a Big Black Man Who Will Never Own a Gun Because I Know I Would Use It

On history, race, and guns in America.
by Kiese Laymon via Medium on April 3, 2018
Illustration of Laura Bridgman sitting at a desk engaged in writing the manual alphabet on her left hand

Nineteenth-Century Schools for the Deaf and Blind

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by Melissa Jacobs via Digital Public Library of America on February 28, 2018
Guernica by Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso's Guernica and Modern War

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by Virginia B. Spivey via Digital Public Library of America on February 28, 2018
Plate stacked with sugar cookies.

The First Girl Scout Cookie Was Surprisingly Boring

No coconut, chocolate, or mint in sight.
by Anne Ewbank via Atlas Obscura on February 5, 2018

The Encyclopedia of the Missing

For Meaghan Good, the disappeared are still out here, you just have to know where to look.
by Jeremy Lybarger via Longreads on January 11, 2018

In World War II America, Female Santas Took the Reins

Rosie the Riveter wasn’t the only woman who pitched in on the homefront.
by Greg Daugherty via Smithsonian on December 18, 2017

How Superstition and the Opera Gave Birth to Mascots

The dark origins of the first mascots.
by Michael Imhoff via SB Nation on December 11, 2017

Will Feminism’s Past Mistakes Haunt #MeToo?

#MeToo must go beyond the demand for punishment.
by Judith Levine via Boston Review on December 8, 2017
Mark Twain and Dorothy Quick.

Mark Twain’s Disturbing Passion for Collecting Young Girls

In his later years, the famous writer surrounded himself with a bevy of adoring adolescents.
by Linda Simon via The Paris Review on November 28, 2017

The Last of the Iron Lungs

A visit with three of the last polio survivors in the U.S. who still depend on iron lungs.
by Jennings Brown via Gizmodo on November 20, 2017
Lithograph by Winslow Homer titled "Thanksgiving Day in the Army" depicting soldiers pulling apart a wishbone.

A Confederate Curriculum

How Miss Millie taught the Civil War.
by Jonathan Zimmerman via Lapham’s Quarterly on November 6, 2017
Formal portrait photo of an African American wet nurse with a white child on her lap.

Historians Detail Charleston's Role in the Antebellum Market for Wet Nurses

Enslaved wet nurses were a valued purchase in the antebellum South.
by Dustin Waters via Charleston City Paper on September 6, 2017

What the "Crack Baby" Panic Reveals About The Opioid Epidemic

Journalism in two different eras of drug waves illustrates how strongly race factors into empathy and policy.
by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on July 16, 2017
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