Republican-controlled state legislatures across the U.S. are enacting new restrictions on voter participation that target non-whites. America...
Month: April 2021
Republicans who failed to overturn the 2020 presidential election have turned to voter suppression. By David A....
A Getty conservator discusses how she protects a rare and important photograph. In late August 1850, Cazenovia,...
A resulting myth has become a symbol of the traumatizing legacy of trans-Atlantic slavery and serves as...
Although the social hierarchy was more relaxed in the colonies, it still existed and descended from top...
Settlers left Norway and other regions to start fresh and arrange their world as nowhere else in...
Tournaments Ritualized battles were a medieval form of entertainment called tournaments or “tourneys” arising around the eleventh...
The US electricity grid is actually five regional grids, and it’s hard to share power between them....
The baseline for normal is shifting to higher temperatures. By Jennifer LuddenEnergy and Environment EditorNPR It’s become...
Mikhail Gvozdev’s trip in 1732 marked the first Russian contact with the American mainland, and with Alaska’s...
On May 11, 1545, he left Spain with four ships, supplies to build 2 river boats, perhaps...
Saltwater is intruding inland, killing trees and turning coastal forests into marshes. By Emily UryPh.D. CandidateDuke University...
Our biggest evolutionary advantages are an ability to walk on two legs and our big brains. By...
Bonobos may help explain how humans evolved the capacity to be nice – at least some of...
To have a good skincare routine, you need to use good skincare products. Your skin will look...
Even though the medical community thoroughly discredited his methods, he was able to continue his activities for...
These widely marketed “cures” first came to prominence during the 17th and 18th centuries in Britain and...
Researchers are studying how pregnant and breast-feeding women are responding to the vaccines. The results are promising....
Van Leeuwenhoek, who discovered bacteria, is one of the most important figures in the history of medicine....
The manuscript was produced around 512 C.E. for the imperial princess Anicia Juliana in Constantinople. By Dr....
Though motorcycle clubs and riding clubs may seem similar, they are vastly different in many ways. In...
“We have got to have a military formation of the women.” By Edward McClellandAuthor and Historian In...
The five-year program opened the minds of their male peers to the women’s abilities. By Nathaniel PatchArchives...
Typical goods traded by the Celts included salt, slaves, iron, gold, and furs. Introduction Trade in raw materials...
An enormous number of Celtic coins have been found in burials and as part of ritual treasure...
Refugees keep coming because we have offloaded the costs of the drug war on Latin America. By...
Prior to the 1868 Pharmacy Act, which restricted the sale of opium to pharmacists, opium was widely...
There was no moral condemnation of the use of opiates and their use was not regarded as...
Why were such lavish portraits of nuns created on the occasion of their profession, and who were...
The theme of protection of Christians and the Christian faith was common in the Spanish viceroyalties of...