ethnicity

A conversation with the biographer of radical Jewish 'revenge theologian' Meir Kahane.

When the US relaxed immigration restrictions in the late 50s, a small Egyptian population emerged. Their early experiences are now available via a new archive.

The very American racism of the notorious late Rabbi Meir Kahane.

Celebrations of multiculturalism obscure the country’s settler colonial history—and the role that immigrants play in perpetuating it.

Educators say that anti-Asian racism is directly linked to how the AAPI community is often depicted in U.S. history lessons .

Joe Biden is just the latest in a long line of US presidents to trace their ancestry back to the Emerald Isle.

A linguistic trajectory of Puerto Rico's identity as the world’s oldest colony.

The denigration of kitsch betrays a latent anti-Catholicism, one born from centuries of class and ethnic divisions.

Nearly a century later, both ‘Head of Christ’ and criticism of its role in enshrining Jesus as white endure.

Three new books consider the life, and impact, of Franz Boas, the "father of American cultural anthropology."

The original “Zoom” burst joyfully out of Boston in the 1970s, and is still beloved by older members of Generation X.

Nancy Sinkoff discusses her new biography of Lucy S. Dawidowicz, a Holocaust historian whose role in the neoconservative movement is often forgotten.

What changes each decade, what stays the same, and what do the questions say about American culture and society?

The Spotify and Ancestry partnership proposes to entertain users based on the narrowest possible conception of who they are.

Policies meant to whiten America almost always backfire.

For most of our history, the U.S. government treated biracial Americans as if we didn’t even exist, but my family has stories to tell.

In a new book, a historian explores the American fascination with conversion, and its costs. 

A Harvard education professor explains how far we've come in answering some of the most important questions in education since the famous Coleman report.

On the vibrant history of LA’s thriving Syrian American community and its unexpected links with Latin America.

In 1964, Harper Lee talked with WQXR host Roy Newquist for an interview in New York.