Art is a way for prisoners to reassert their agency – and reclaim their lives. Over the...
Month: July 2020
It was not until the 1830s that the idea of a centralized municipal police department first emerged...
Corporate bosses are surreptitiously building new channels into the system for looting an even greater share of...
The term “robber baron” described powerful 19th-century industrialists who used questionable practices to amass their wealth. Introduction...
Medieval robber barons most often imposed high or unauthorized tolls on rivers or roads passing through their...
Brief recommendations for modifications to the United States health system in light of impending changes to the...
Throughout the history of the book, scribes and artists have incorporated nature into their creations. Flowers are...
Studies of painting materials from the ancient world have revealed a very sophisticated use of natural dyes...
Less is more. The biggest draw of minimalism is probably getting rid of complexities over mundane things,...
The stories of four groups of Indigenous artists using technology and art to tell their communities’ stories....
Freedom on the Move is a database collecting these ads, which help form a more complete picture...
The images serve as a testament to how clinical photography practice has changed as a result of...
Alchemy was an art, a scientific and technological project that foreshadowed modern chemistry. Alchemy, with its cryptic...
All the money left over after covering costs goes to the company, not the doctors who treated...
While the Vesuvian eruption was devastating, and many lives were lost, it preserved a moment in Roman...
Social mobility was not encouraged, nor was it observed for most of Egypt’s history. Introduction The society...
Modern emulators allow you to play old-school titles even if you don’t have an original console at...
The ideas of white racial superiority used to explain and justify modern imperialism were common currency during...
Robes, fiery crosses, and even the American flag were all material objects employed by the 1920s Klan...
Sumner added fire to an already explosive debate with his amendment to do away with the “whites...
It shouldn’t be surprising that the reality of masks and other pandemic control measures is the precise...
After enduring decades of exploitation at the hands of the French, Haiti was forced to pay a...
Spain’s huge empire in the Americas was a tempting source of wealth for rival European powers. Introduction...
Family arms and honor were put on the line, ladies were wooed, and even national pride was...
The designation Visigothi seems to have appealed to the Visigoths themselves, and in time they came to apply...
Marches, demonstrations, civic unrest, attacks by law enforcement and the military on protesting civilians – in 1932....
Doomed to failure, this early colonial project lacked adequate planning and logistical support. Introduction The Roanoke Colony...
Perhaps those fortune-telling games have been circulating for much longer than we think! How can you predict...
Heavenly bodies and human fate have long been perceived as intertwined. ‘The stars (…) disclose for men...
Giving police military gear doesn’t reduce crime or keep officers safer – but it does hurt citizens’...