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Engraving of Reverend Cotton Mather, 1721, surrounded by a crowd.

The Slave Who Helped Boston Battle Smallpox

Like so many black scientists past, the African who brought inoculation to the American colonies never got his due.

by Lashyra Nolen via UnDark on April 2, 2020

Company Men

The 200-year legal struggle that led to Citizens United and gave corporations the rights of people.

by Kim Phillips-Fein via The New Republic on March 29, 2018

Multiple pieces of faces from different faces that come together to form one face

The 200-Year Legal Struggle That Led to Citizens United

How businesses campaigned to win constitutional rights and expand their political reach.

by Kim Phillips-Fein via The New Republic on March 29, 2018

When Americans Thought Hair Was a Window Into the Soul

Christian, criminal or cowardly? People once thought your hair could hold the answer.

by Sarah Gold McBride via The Conversation on April 20, 2016

A painting of Boston harbor, where women in dresses stand on a hill, watching ships

Invisible Cities, Continued

The 19th century recovery of John Winthrop's sermon, "A City on a Hill."

via BackStory on January 22, 2016

Sarah Vowell's The Wordy Shipmates: The Problem With Popularization

Making history more appealing to the public may come at a cost.

by Kathryn Lofton via Religion Dispatches on June 17, 2009

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