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This 60-Year-Old Novel About Sexual Harassment Was Ahead Of Its Time

"The Best of Everything" outlined the dynamics and the costs of sexual harassment, decades before anyone talked openly about it.

by Maris Kreizman via BuzzFeed News on July 9, 2018

William Ferris: The Man Who Shared Our Voices

An interview with the legendary folklorist, who fundamentally changed America’s understanding of the South.

by Chuck Reece via The Bitter Southerner on May 30, 2018

The First Film Ever Streamed on the Internet is Kind of Crazy

Beekeeping, alien planets, and the limits of narrative as technology.

by Joshua Wheeler via Literary Hub on April 30, 2018

The Tiger

The story of the artist behind Exxon's famous logo.

by Nathan Stone via Not Even Past on February 21, 2018

A line of prisoners picking cotton in Huntsville, Texas.

The Oil Boom’s Roots in East Texas Cotton Farming

Oil’s rise was as dependent on the old as much as the new. The industry also benefited from changes in agriculture.

by Scot McFarlane via Texas Monthly on November 1, 2017

Mississippian funerary heads in the collection of Monticello.

“Kicked About”: Native Culture at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

Kristine K. Ronan describes her discovery of two Native American statues at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.

by Kristine K. Ronan via Panorama on October 14, 2017

History Writ Aright

What would it take for people "to know their history"? Pay attention to the silences.

by Brendan Wolfe via brendanwolfe.com on July 4, 2017

When Immigrants Are No Longer Considered Americans

The history of immigrants in the U.S. teaches that no amount of assimilation will protect you when an alien requires conjuring.

by Hua Hsu via The New Yorker on February 15, 2017

How My Grandfathers Proved Their Loyalty to America

The stories of two American soldiers – one part German, the other born in Japan – challenge our romantic view of the "Greatest Generation."

by Willy Blackmore via Pacific Standard on June 30, 2016

Political Carton of President Theodore Rossevelt boxing his 1904 election opponent Alton Parker.

The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt's Mixed Martial Arts

Almost a century before mixing martial arts became popularized, the 26th President was boxing, wrestling, and training judo in the White House.

by Sarah Kurchak via Vice on May 4, 2015

A Filet-O-Fish advertisement from 1976.

The Fishy History of the McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish Sandwich

How a struggling entrepreneur in Ohio saved his burger business during Lent and changed the McDonald's menu for good.

by K. Annabelle Smith via Smithsonian on March 1, 2013

Image of a father and child walking on a beach.

Mythologizing Fatherhood

Ralph LaRossa explains the problems with mythologizing modern dads and the stereotypes present within views of fatherhood of the past.

by Ralph LaRossa via National Council On Family Relations on March 1, 2009

Blue and yellow photo of a woman holding up a sign with the word "Union" on it

Unspooling Norma Rae

The story of Norma Rae, based on the union organizer Crystal Lee Sutton.

by Kit Duckworth via Oxford American

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