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Not So Evident
Katherine Benton-Cohen | Mar 25, 2019
How social science experts helped create the idea that immigration was a problem for the federal government to fix. -
See No Evil
Ann McGrath | Mar 4, 2019
An Australian archive removed “Aboriginal” from its records to avoid offense. What are we to make of this erasure? -
Writing the History of Sexual Assault in the Age of #MeToo
Amy Stanley | Sep 24, 2018
What would happen if we just believed the women in our sources? -
Why I Am a Historian
Lillian Guerra | Jul 2, 2018
Confronting ignorance and racism pushed me into my career. -
Reframing Indigeneity
Sargon George Donabed and Daniel Joseph Tower | Jan 1, 2018
Media coverage of ISIS's destruction in Northern Iraq focused on Arabs and Kurds. But one group was mostly ignored. Why? -
Travel Bans in Historical Perspective
Ibrahim Al-Marashi | Nov 1, 2017
On September 24, 2017, President Trump issued a third executive order (termed “Travel Ban 3.0” in th... -
What Do We Mean by Populism?
Linda Gordon | Sep 1, 2017
The presidential campaign and election of Donald Trump made “populism” a political buzzword. As its ... -
Protect Government Data for Future Historians
Brandon Locke | Apr 1, 2017
The federal government has been collecting and producing electronic data about the nation for more t... -
The “African Personality” Returns: The Controversy over Gandhi at the University of Ghana
Sharika Crawford | Mar 1, 2017
On June 13, 2016, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee unveiled a bronze statue of Mohandas K. Gandhi a... -
Political History: An Exchange
Allison Miller | Jan 3, 2017
Editor’s note: The New York Times opinion pages sent shock waves through the historical community la...
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