The impact of restricitionist policies was tempered by the fact that migrants continued to enter the U.S....
Following the Red Scare of 1919, widespread fear of radicalism fueled anti-foreign sentiment and exclusionist demands. Introduction...
In Latin America several countries are under turmoil, as people cannot even meet their most basics needs....
Traditional tile art tells the stories of Portugal’s proud seafaring history. By Kim MartinsHistorian Introduction Glazed blue...
Lisbon was the capital of the Portuguese Empire, a nation of explorers, seafarers and conquerors. By Wanda...
‘California is America fast-forward.’ The Golden State is on fire, which means that an idea of American...
The cataclysmic eruption of Thera split the island of Santorini into three smaller ones. By Jenna Frawley...
The three Storegga Slides of 6225-6170 BCE are considered to be amongst the largest known landslides. Introduction...
The first internet communication was underwhelming, thanks to a computer crash. But a lot has happened since...
The internet may have been “born” in October 1969, but it then percolated for years as complex,...
What binds Trump’s extremely rich and economically struggling supporters together are their cynical beliefs about the motives...
Andrew Jackson and his supporters felt that the 1824 Presidential election had been stolen from him, which...
John Quincy Adams was the last of the “notables” that began with George Washington. Introduction Only twice...
The bones show interbreeding Neanderthal and Denosivan humans. This article reprinted from RFE/RL. A piece of bone...
Primitive women were more likely than their male counterparts to pack up and leave the cave. Primitive...
Both North and South looked to God for meaning, and each side believed—with equal fervor and certitude—that...
What happened in the first few years seems almost innocent compared to what happened in the last...
As vast as the Spanish empire was during Cervantes time, the empire found itself engaged in numerous...
Natural law theory attempts to define a “higher law” on the foundation of a universal understanding of...
The excavation revealed over 100 coins trapped beneath paving stones. An ancient walkway most likely used by...
The Galatian Celts retained their culture at first, continuing to observe their ancient religious festivals and rituals....
Forget football and cheese. Maybe it should be famous for its shaggy werewolves and shape-shifting schoolteachers! The...
“It is our Torajan culture. It is what we do.” By Tommy Trenchard and Aurélie Marrier d’Unienville...
Some of the more famous and memorable cities of the dead. Originally published by ESRI, republished with...
One of the most popular tourist destinations in Paris—the Catacombs—was started as a solution to the intrusion...
Today the Paris Catacombs are illuminated by electric lights and friendly guides. But when Félix Nadar descended...
The 1918-1919 flu claimed millions of lives worldwide. Could it also have given birth to the viral...
Examining what made these cheap, sensational, highly illustrated stories so popular with the Victorian public. By Judith...
They needed others to see them, to draw people to their grief. Reader, he died. I’ve devoted...
Before conjuring Dracula, Bram Stoker poured his soul out to America’s poet. Introduction Ever since Bram Stoker...