Tag: history
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...
Long before face masks, Islamic healers tried to ward off disease...
Christiane Gruber, University of Michigan
Just as many now don face masks and do breathing exercises to protect against COVID-19 – despite debate around the...
The dirty history of soap
Judith Ridner, Mississippi State University
“Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.” That’s what the CDC has advised all...
As states weigh human lives versus the economy, history suggests the...
Peter C. Mancall, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Policymakers are beginning to decide how to reopen the American...
The impulse to garden in hard times has deep roots
Jennifer Atkinson, University of Washington
The coronavirus pandemic has set off a global gardening boom.
In the early days of lockdown, seed suppliers were depleted of...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
