Poisoned City: How Tacoma Became a Hotbed of Crime and Kidnapping in the 1920s

Poisoned City: How Tacoma Became a Hotbed of Crime and Kidnapping in the 1920s

Caroline Fraser on the Intersection of Environmental Contamination and Violence in the Pacific Northwest

By Caroline Fraser | June 10, 2025

Bad Curls, Bad Character: <br>The Charged Meaning of Hair in 19th-Century America

Bad Curls, Bad Character:
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Sarah Gold McBride on Race in the United States, Tresses as Culture, and the Field of “Whiskerology”

By Sarah Gold McBride | June 9, 2025

Meet Addy: The Story of the First Black American Girl Doll

Meet Addy: The Story of the First Black American Girl Doll

Jaha Nailah Avery on the Significance of Addy Walker

By Jaha Nailah Avery | June 9, 2025

Beyond the Historical Trauma Plot: On Fictionalizing the Armenian Genocide

Beyond the Historical Trauma Plot: On Fictionalizing the Armenian Genocide

Aram Mrjoian Explores the Tension Between Responsibility to History and a Writer’s Creative Vision

By Aram Mrjoian | June 6, 2025

States’ Rights to Racism: The Existential Fight to Enshrine Civil Rights in the Constitution

States’ Rights to Racism: The Existential Fight to Enshrine Civil Rights in the Constitution

Brando Simeo Starkey on the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments, Racism, and Federal Power

By Brando Simeo Starkey | June 5, 2025

Inside the First Non-Stop Trans-Atlantic Flight That No One Has Ever Heard Of

Inside the First Non-Stop Trans-Atlantic Flight That No One Has Ever Heard Of

David Rooney on John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown, Two Fearless Aviators Forgotten by History

By David Rooney | June 5, 2025

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How the Brothers Grimm Became Martyrs to Academic Freedom

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Saying No to Cop City: Reviving a Radical Black Liberation Movement in Atlanta and Beyond

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