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  • Held

    Lauren MacIvor Thompson | Mar 16, 2023

    Public discussions often fail to acknowledge the nuance of abortion’s history, a fact made painfully clear in last year's US Supreme Court decision.
  • Professional Crafts

    Clay Risen | Mar 15, 2023

    Too many journalists misunderstand the uses of history, and historians bear some responsibility.
  • When Memorials Come Down, Ghosts Remain

    James J. Ward | Feb 21, 2023

    When one historian visited Berlin in 1991, the recent past was already fading from its streets.
  • Phantom Encounters

    Lucy Barnhouse | Feb 16, 2023

    Ghosts provide an excellent comparative lens for a history class.
  • Hope in the Dark

    Scott G. Bruce | Feb 15, 2023

    The ubiquity of the undead as protagonists in modern entertainment media—from novels to movies to vi...
  • AHA23

    Photographs by Marc Monaghan | Jan 25, 2023

    Historians visited the City of Brotherly Love for four days of discussions on a variety of topics.
  • Working Together

    Ellen R. Feingold, Abby Pfisterer, Orlando R. Serrano Jr., and Sarah Weicksel | Dec 15, 2022

    Four museum colleagues are pioneering a new approach to creating history exhibitions for children.
  • Putin's Past

    William Partlett | Dec 7, 2022

    Authoritarians have often grounded their claims to power in a version of history. Why?
  • Racing Games

    Diego Javier Luis | Nov 15, 2022

    Players’ avatar customization often erases histories of race from video games.
  • The Age of Planetary Revolution

    Carl Abbott | Nov 14, 2022

    Nothing dates our vision of the future like how we remember the past.

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