Tag: US history
In America’s sandwiches, the story of a nation
Paul Freedman, Yale University; Andrew P. Haley, The University of Southern Mississippi; Imogene L. Lim, Vancouver Island University; Ken Albala, University of the Pacific,...
Five types of gun laws the Founding Fathers loved
Saul Cornell, Fordham University
The Second Amendment is one of the most frequently cited provisions in the American Constitution, but also one of the most...
Five types of gun laws the Founding Fathers loved
Saul Cornell, Fordham University
The Second Amendment is one of the most frequently cited provisions in the American Constitution, but also one of the most...
How the US government created and coddled the gun industry
Brian DeLay, University of California, Berkeley
After Stephen Paddock opened fire on Las Vegas concertgoers on Oct. 1, many people responded with calls for more...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Formula 1 racing shows the hard part of reaching net‑zero carbon...
Caitlin Grady, George Washington University and Sachi Nandurkar, George Washington University
Formula 1 auto racing is one of the...
