Michigan

On May 1, 1924, the first iodized salt appeared on shelves, quickly solving an iodine deficiency crisis that plagued the northern U.S. “goiter belt.”

A historic victory in the midterm elections will let Democrats repeal the state’s right-to-work laws and return to its labor roots.

In 2001, two men were killed by the FBI at a farm in Michigan. Then, 9/11 happened.

From drowning to murders to the mental toll of isolation, these stoic towers carry a full share of tragedy.

Scott W. Stern’s book documents a decades-long program to incarcerate “promiscuous” women.

The arsenic-laden pages of "Shadows from the Walls of Death" should not be touched without gloves.

Log drivers once steered loose timber on rivers across America before railroad expansion put such shepherds out of work.

Few realize that the approval process for these outdoor signs varies widely by state and organization, enabling unsanctioned displays to slip through.

Labor activists can learn from the decades-long campaign to undermine their influence by focusing on state-level action to bolster their cause.

Colorblindness has a long history in college admissions, the Black intellectual tradition, and today’s assault on affirmative action and race-conscious policies.

A document thought lost to history shows how Sojourner Truth became the first Black woman to successfully sue white men to get her son released from slavery.

The rise of the first Black woman on the Louisiana Supreme Court was characterized by one battle after another with the Deep South’s white power structure.

On the origins of "going postal."

Is Trump a fascist? You should ask the same question of your local police.

The inventor did not look for problems in need of solutions; he looked for solutions in need of modification.

A new book chronicles the shocking, decades-long effort to combat venereal disease by locking up girls and women.

Each one flown outside the slave states amounts to an admission that the flag represents whiteness, not Southernness.

The history of eugenics in the Progressive Age.

Melissa Gilbert's lost bid for Congress and the forgotten political history of 'Little House on the Prairie.'

Michael A. McDonnell’s book is a wonderfully researched microhistory of the Michilimackinac area from the mid-17th to the early 19th century.