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The Triangle Shirtwaist Memorialist

Remembering victims of one of the worst workplace disasters in American history.

by Jeremiah Moss via New York Review of Books on August 31, 2018

The Invention of Monogamy

For most of its history, monogamy was a rule only applied to married women.

by Sarah Mirk, Isabella Rotman via The Nib on October 20, 2017

The Freedom to Choose Your Religion Comes With a Price

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

by Lincoln Mullen, Emma Green via The Atlantic on August 12, 2017

The True Story of the Fight for Religious Equality in the US

The U.S. Constitution guaranteed freedom of religion, but the fight for religious equality was only just beginning.

by Richard D. Brown via Aeon on June 28, 2017

Ernst Borinski

Many Jewish Refugee Professors Found Homes at Historically Black Colleges

And they were shocked by race relations in the South.

by Heather Gilligan via Timeline on March 9, 2017

Pilgrims going to church armed with guns.

God and Guns

Patrick Blanchfield tracks the long-standing entanglement of guns and religion in the United States. Part 1 of 2.

by Patrick Blanchfield via The Revealer on September 25, 2015

Santa with sack of toys atop chimney

Naughty & Nice: A History of the Holiday Season

Tracing the evolution of Christmas from a drunken carnival to the peaceful, family-oriented, consumeristic ritual we celebrate today.

via BackStory on December 26, 2014

Group of men including clergy.

Unearthing The Surprising Religious History Of American Gay Rights Activism

Years before Stonewall, many clergy members were standing on the front lines for gay rights.

by Jaweed Kaleem via HuffPost on June 28, 2014

Who Owns Anne Frank?

The diary has been distorted by even her greatest champions. Would history have been better served if it had been destroyed?

by Cynthia Ozick via The New Yorker on September 28, 1997

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