Tag: US history
How Columbus, of all people, became a national symbol
William Francis Keegan, University of Florida
Christopher Columbus was a narcissist.
He believed he was personally chosen by God for a mission that no one else...
Why Hurricanes Harvey and Irma won’t lead to action on climate...
Scott Gabriel Knowles, Drexel University
It’s not easy to hold the nation’s attention for long, but three solid weeks of record-smashing hurricanes directly affecting multiple...
Massachusetts executed two Italian immigrants 90 years ago: Why the global...
Moshik Temkin, Harvard University
Ninety years ago, on Aug. 23, 1927, two Italian immigrants were executed.
The deaths of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in the...
The untold stories of women in the 1967 Detroit rebellion and...
Lisa Biggs, Michigan State University
The movie “Detroit,” which tells the story of the 1967 Detroit rebellion, has received mixed reviews since its release. Some...
Why Detroit exploded in the summer of 1967
Jeffrey Horner, Wayne State University
When most people see the movie “Detroit,” it’ll likely be their first encounter with the events of July 1967, when...
Combatting stereotypes about Appalachian dialects
Kirk Hazen, West Virginia University
During the 2016 presidential election, broad support for Donald Trump came from most communities in Appalachia, where he received 63...
African-American Music Appreciation Month: 5 essential reads
Nick Lehr, The Conversation
To commemorate African-American Music Appreciation Month this June, California Senator Kamala Harris released a Spotify playlist with songs spanning genres and...
JFK at 100: Why we still cherish his memory
Michael Hogan, University of Illinois at Springfield
On May 29, the nation commemorates the 100th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s birth. It’s worth...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
