New perspectives on how history is made
How a tragedy in New York City convinced Americans to learn how to swim.
For every moment of historical significance, there is a figure — often hidden — who fed the figures we do remember.
Finding a story in the ways Robert Ray Hamilton, John Dudley Sargent, and Edith Sargent weren’t quite forgotten.
On Nathanael Greene’s inauspicious start.
What happened to privacy when Americans gained easy access to cameras in the Gilded Age?
Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland provide an outlet for antiwar soldiers.
What to read to learn the deep and fascinating history of the United States’ most famous river.
When it comes to cicadas, the silence of the historical record can be deafening.
On the early years of the real estate industry, and the racist effort to convince white Americans to buy single-family homes.
For more than two decades, a community of committed internet users has been chewing over the famous Londoner’s diary.
Following the careers of a family of especially corrupt border control officials.
To reconstruct the story of queer America, we need to open up its tabloids.
Waiting for the start of the American Civil War in Canada and the Caribbean.
A reading list from the author of a new — and newly timely — book.
A story of math and political stasis.
When labor found a common cause — and enemy — with the abolition movement.
On the history of literature masquerading as primary source.
Reconsidering Earl Warren’s place in U.S. history.
Researching the Sandinista Revolution from Nicaraguans’ perspective.
A brief history of the textfile, and the production of conspiracy theories on the internet.
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