Roosevelt caved to war hysteria and paved the way for the incarceration of Japanese Americans. Introduction When...
History
Throughout history, the air we breathe has been linked to our health, and anxiety has always been...
The bubbles emitted by fermenting beer intrigued 18th-century preacher and chemist Joseph Priestley. Introduction When he was...
Laughing gas could be found in some of the most respectable and fashionable homes of 19th-century Britain....
When it comes to ancient women, Hypatia isn’t just one of the most memorable names from history....
Ancient Israel relied on legal categories to try to make sense of migration, and there were debates....
British culture held considerable cultural and political sway in Canada throughout the 19th century. Introduction When you...
The segregationists tapped into a network of local groups called Citizens’ Councils. Introduction After three days on...
It was in an atmosphere of undeclared political war that Jefferson sought and won the presidency in...
Progressivism was gradually rising from the local and state level to the national level. The Campaign and...
He succeeded in narrowing Jimmy Carter’s large lead, but he finally lost one of the closest elections...
Buddhism is one of the prominent Dharmic religions in the world. The religion started 2500 years ago...
Ancient civilizations such as Greece, Rome, or Assyria did not consider the fetus to be alive and...
“Cesarian section” has meant different things to different people at different times. By Dr. Jane Eliot SewellLate...
Victorian Americans, like us, spent a lot of time thinking about how to not get pregnant. By...
What to watch instead of TV and YouTube this fall In recent years, the number of online...
He exercised a far-reaching and immeasurable influence on the educational life of the Middle Ages. Introduction Isidore...
People are always thinking about the past, often in mythical ways. People constantly think about the past—something I...
He is considered (alongside Augustine) to be the most significant forerunner of the modern self-reflective autobiographer. Introduction...
The pseudo-historical attempt to attach conservatism to the civil rights movement is just silly. By Jonathan Chait...
In 1847, he helped found the New York-based “Society for the Promotion of Education among Colored Children.“...
We find chamber tombs, unchambered tombs, and megaliths not associated with burials. Megaliths are large-scale stone structures...
Ban Chiang, located in northeastern Thailand, is considered the most important prehistoric culture in Southeast Asia. Introduction...
The rocks were painted on repeatedly and across successive historical time periods. Introduction Widely acknowledged to be...
Following the interplanetary safari that was John Jacob Astor’s A Journey in Other Worlds. This article, Colonizing...
What does the future sound like? In the early 20th century, one answer rang out from Luigi...
Futurists practiced in every medium of art, influencing the art movements Art Deco, Constructivism, Surrealism, and Dada....
Many traditions in life are something we take for granted, and we don’t often stop to think...
Typography seeks to balance the relationship of letterforms on a page to aid the reader in understanding...
Theodosius dealt harshly with Arians, heretics, and Christian apostates. Introduction The Persecution of pagans under Theodosius I began in 381,...