Tag: history
Utility Power Player Jake Elmore has made MLB history and baseball...
He's been right in front of you, all these years.
Fifteen. That's how many players have played all nine...
Incitement to violence is rarely explicit – here are some techniques...
H. Colleen Sinclair, Mississippi State University
As senators plan for an impeachment trial in which former President Donald Trump is accused of inciting his supporters...
How the shadow of slavery still hangs over global finance
Philip Roscoe, University of St Andrews
When the infamous Zong trial began in 1783, it laid bare the toxic relationship between finance and slavery. It...
Monuments ‘expire’ – but offensive monuments can become powerful history lessons
Alan Marcus, University of Connecticut and Walter Woodward, University of Connecticut
Historical monuments are intended to be timeless, but almost all have an expiration date....
Oklahoma is – and always has been – Native land
Dwanna L. McKay, Colorado College
Some Oklahomans are expressing trepidation about the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that much of the eastern part of the state...
How one woman pulled off the first consumer boycott – and...
Tom Zoellner, Chapman University
While many companies have trumpeted their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, others are beginning to face consumer pressure for...
5 ways the world is better off dealing with a pandemic...
Siddharth Chandra, Michigan State University and Eva Kassens-Noor, Michigan State University
Near the end of the First World War, a deadly flu raced across the...
Uprisings after pandemics have happened before – just look at the...
Susan Wade, Keene State College
As a professor of medieval Europe, I’ve taught the bubonic plague, and how it contributed to the English Peasant Revolt...
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Controversial young adult novel offers insight into Kavanaugh hearings, sexual assault
Kelly Roberts, Meredith College
The confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh should remind educators of the vital need to talk to young people...
