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How A Psychologist’s Work on Race Identity Helped Overturn School Segregation

Mamie Phipps Clark came up with the oft-cited “doll test” and provided expert testimony in Brown v. Board of Education.

by Leila McNeill via Smithsonian on October 26, 2017

Activists Splatter Red Paint on Roosevelt Monument at American Museum of Natural History

The early-morning action is the latest in a series of protests demanding the statue’s removal.

by Claire Voon via Hyperallergic on October 26, 2017

The Nazis Were Obsessed With Magic

What can their fascination with the supernatural teach us about life in our own post-truth times?

by Rebecca Onion, Peter Staudenmaier via Slate on August 24, 2017

Clarence Darrow, left, with William Jennings Bryan, right, at the Scopes Trial.

Now More Than Ever, We Need Less History

The “now more than ever” tendency is everywhere.

by William Hogeland via William Hogeland blog on July 8, 2017

Trump's Anti-Immigration Playbook Was Written 100 Years Ago. In Boston.

How a trio of Harvard-educated blue bloods led a crusade to keep the "undesirables" out and make America great again.

by Neil Swidey via Boston Globe on February 9, 2017

The Caucasus Mountains, a mountain system that runs through several countries.

Why Do We Keep Using the Word “Caucasian”?

When a term signifies something that does not exist, we need to examine our use of it.

by Yolanda Moses via Sapiens on February 1, 2017

Is Racism a Disease?

Is a psychological diagnosis a useful way to view racism-or does it merely absolve the racist of blame?

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on November 17, 2016

Executing 'Idiots'

Would the Founders have protected people we execute now?

by Michael Clemente via The Marshall Project on July 27, 2015

37 Maps That Explain How America Is a Nation of Immigrants

It's impossible to understand the country without knowing who's been kept out, who's been let in, and how they've been treated once they arrive.

by Dara Lind via Vox on January 12, 2015

A depiction of the female reproduction system in an early sex ed film.

Slut-Shaming, Eugenics, and Donald Duck

The scandalous history of sex-ed movies.

by Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly on December 12, 2014

Black and White photograph of George F. Kennan sitting at a microphone.

U.S. Foreign Policy in the Cold War was Designed by a Bigot

George Kennan's diaries reveal just how much he hated America.

by David Greenberg via The New Republic on April 20, 2014

Picture of William B. Shockley (1910-1989)

Indigenous Circuits

While researching the history of racism in Silicon Valley, Lisa Nakamura is surprised to discover the Navajo Nation's role in the creation of the tech industry.

by Lisa Nakamura via Computer History Museum on January 2, 2014

Birthright

What's next for Planned Parenthood?

by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on November 14, 2011

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