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Women's Prison History: The Undiscovered Country
Michelle Jones | Feb 1, 2015
The Indiana Women’s Prison (IWP), founded in 1873 in Indianapolis, is often described as the first s... -
National Security Archive v. Central Intelligence Agency
Allen Mikaelian | Aug 5, 2014
On May 20, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled that the Central Intelligence Agency did... -
Cuban Memory Wars
Michael J. Bustamante | Aug 4, 2014
Two days after the calamitous Bay of Pigs invasion ended in Cuban exile defeat, a group of well-know... -
Black Holes in the Predecisional Universe: Agencies Gain a New Justification for Secrecy
Nate Jones | Aug 4, 2014
The National Security Archive was disappointed, but not surprised, that in a two-to-one decision the... -
CIA’s Draft History of the Bay of Pigs: The Inside Story
Ken McDonald | Aug 4, 2014
In late 1984, not long before he retired from the CIA, Jack Pfeiffer filed a Freedom of Information ... -
Birth Control and Hobby Lobby
Jean Baker | Jul 23, 2014
As Americans contemplate the implications of the recent judgment in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, most con... -
Historians Weigh in on Burwell v. Hobby Lobby
Allen Mikaelian | Jul 3, 2014
Guided by the conviction that history and historical thinking can help illuminate just about any con... -
Cultural Divisions Take Center Stage
Alonzo Hamby | Jul 3, 2014
A historian whose work has been primarily engaged with New Deal-Fair Deal liberalism will likely vie... -
“We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident, That All Corporations Are Created Equal.”
John Fea | Jul 3, 2014
What is a person? Is a corporation a person? And if a corporation is a person, is it afforded religi... -
Property v. Liberty: The Supreme Court’s Radical Break with Its Historical Treatment of Corporations
Ruth H. Bloch and Naomi R. Lamoreaux | Jul 3, 2014
In their briefs to the Supreme Court, counsel for Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Speci...
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