Tag: US history
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Why it’s replacing Columbus Day in many places
Susan C. Faircloth, Colorado State University
Columbus Day celebrations in the United States – meant to honor the legacy...
What schools teach about 9/11 and the war on terror
Jeremy Stoddard, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Diana Hess, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The phrase “Never Forget” is often associated with...
A century after the Appalachian Trail was proposed, millions hike it...
Charles C. Chester, Brandeis University
The Appalachian Trail, North America’s most famous hiking route, stretches over 2,189 mountainous miles...
A century after the Appalachian Trail was proposed, millions hike it...
Charles C. Chester, Brandeis University
The Appalachian Trail, North America’s most famous hiking route, stretches over 2,189 mountainous miles...
Shutting down school vaccine clinics doesn’t protect minors – it hurts...
Katherine A. Foss, Middle Tennessee State University
A 1918 newspaper article captures public attitudes toward a typhoid vaccine clinic...
Why condos caught on in America
Matthew Gordon Lasner, Hunter College
The tragic collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, on June 24, 2021,...
With Ford’s electric F-150 pickup, the EV transition shifts into high...
Brian C. Black, Penn State
When President Joe Biden took Ford’s electric F-150 Lightning pickup for a test drive...
Misunderstanding addiction breeds despair and suffering – and, for alleged Atlanta...
Trysh Travis, University of Florida
When a man claiming to suffer from the disease of sex addiction found that...
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...
