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The Evolution of the American Census

What changes each decade, what stays the same, and what do the questions say about American culture and society?
by Alec Barrett via The Pudding on March 30, 2020

Birmingham’s ‘Fifth Girl’

Sarah Collins Rudolph survived the 1963 church bombing that killed her sister and three other girls. She's still waiting on restitution and an apology.
by Sydney Trent via Washington Post on March 6, 2020
George Washington's false teeth

Were George Washington's Teeth Taken from Enslaved People?

How the dental history of the nation’s first president is interwoven with slavery and privilege.
by Matthew Wills, Jennifer Van Horn via JSTOR Daily on February 25, 2020
Picture of DeFord Bailey holding a harmonica amplified by a gourd.

The Unsung Black Musician Who Changed Country Music

From the moment DeFord Bailey stepped onto a stage in Nashville, country music would never be the same. Decades after his death he finally got his due.
by Diana Bianco via Narratively on January 23, 2020

The Radicalism of Randolph Bourne

Bourne’s affinity with outsiders drove his vision of making North America a united states of communities. His writings have become more relevant than ever.
by Nikhil Pal Singh via New Statesman on January 8, 2020

Is Debunking More About the Truth-Teller than the Truth?

Secular modernity requires the weeding out of all the baloney. Yet it’s not clear that we are any less credulous than before.
by Emily Ogden via Aeon on August 12, 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
U.S. Base hospital No. 13, Dansville, NY, with porches and awnings over open windows.

Neuro-Psychiatry and Patient Protest in First World War American Hospitals

Though their wishes were often overshadowed, soldier-patients had voices.
by Evan P. Sullivan via Nursing Clio on November 7, 2018

“A Place to Die”: Law and Political Economy in the 1970s

What the substandard conditions at a Pittsburgh nursing home revealed about the choices made by lawmakers and judges.
by Karen Tani via LPE Project on October 18, 2018
Identical twin girls wearing event entry bracelets and blue ribbon medals.

The Intriguing History of the Autism Diagnosis

How an autism diagnosis became both a clinical label and an identity; a stigma to be challenged and a status to be embraced.
by Bonnie Evans via Aeon on January 8, 2018

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

Remembering the ADA

Americans may be tempted to pat ourselves on the back about the ADA, but we can’t afford to congratulate ourselves too soon.
by Felicia Kornbluh via Vermont Public Radio on July 26, 2017
A child in an iron lung, used to treat polio patients, aided by a nurse, 1940s.

There is No Cure for Polio

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by Melissa Jacobs via Digital Public Library of America on April 7, 2016

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