An interview with Dr. Joanne B. Freeman, professor of history and American studies at Yale University, about...
Year: 2019
What if, in November, instead of disappearing behind a curtain to exercise your right to vote, you...
A considerable number of Roman roads remained in daily use as core trunk roads for centuries after...
New research has rubbished perceptions of Roman Britain as a region inhabited solely by white Europeans. Our...
The issue of inter-state relations illustrates the political relevance of changing concepts of borders in early modern...
The majority of these processes played out over the long-term, but accelerated since the second half of...
As Islamic activists assumed power across the Arab and Muslim world, they drifted toward autocracy and repression....
Hosay procession in St. James / Photo by Nicholas Laughlin, Creative Commons Hosay, a religious ritual performed by...
Analyzing an eighteenth-century automaton from South Asia in the image of a tiger mauling a British soldier....
Rugendas up the challenging mission of drawing and conveying the New World to Europe. A significant weakness...
For indigenous peoples, winter solstice has been a time to honor their ancient sun deity. Their rituals...
Hal Lindsey and C. C. Carlson’s The Late Great Planet Earth introduced millions of readers worldwide to end-times prophecy....
‘Thought-Forms, a strange, beguiling, frequently pretentious, utterly original book first published in 1901, emerged from a ferment...
The Boston Tea Party, a foundational moment of political rebellion, was a protest against tea, and tea...
Promotion for safe sex by the Connecticut Department of Health Services / Wellcome Collection, Creative Commons Condoms...
Catholic hospitals are expanding their reach and adopting policies that deny ever increasing numbers of women access...
Despite the rosy image painted by the Catholic Church to cover up his reign of terror, Father...
In the great reformer’s eyes, if you didn’t love a rousing tune you deserved only “the music...
During the seismic religious changes of the 16th and 17th centuries, atrocities were committed and martyrs were...
Mass shootings bring terror in ways that people watching from afar can only imagine. And yet, society...
When art and science come together, the relationship tends to be uneven, and too often art becomes...
Keith C. Heidorn takes a look at the life and work of Wilson Bentley, a self-educated farmer...
Journalism’s crisis – loss of readers, revenue and respect – has led many to conclude that if...
On the night before Christmas Eve in 1888 — a cold Sunday evening in the French city...
Its dizzy heights may have passed, but the fad for adult coloring books is far from over....
A hot summer revealed a hidden history beneath the dried-out fields – but only when seen from...
Over the past two decades Australian archaeologists have been slowly uncovering the World Heritage-listed ancient theatre site at...
Violent crimes and other hate incidents targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans consistently are unreported and...
Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Scientific research shows that many animals are...
Animals have always been central to human culture, as cave paintings around the world attest. In more...