Urban History
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Raising a Stink
Chelsea Denault | Sep 6, 2018
Working in sustainability provided Denault unique insights into why Detroit once built the world’s largest trash incinerator. -
Demolishing “Participatory Dictatorship”
Andrew Demshuk | May 21, 2018
The destruction of Leipzig's University Church in 1968 revealed the insincerity of the German Democratic Republic's rhetoric of "people's democracy," writes Andrew Demshuk. -
AHA Member Spotlight: Paula C. Austin
Matthew Keough | Apr 10, 2018
Paula Austin is assistant professor at California State University, Sacramento. Her research interests include African American history and urban history. -
AHA Member Spotlight: Matthew Spady
Matthew Keough | Feb 21, 2018
atthew Spady is an independent historian and director of the Audubon Park Alliance. -
Subway Stories
Zachary Schrag | Jan 4, 2018
Recent problems with the DC Metro suggest a need for more histories of maintenance on public transit systems and other infrastructure projects, writes Zachary Schrag. -
The Rise and Fall of DC’s Chinatown
Shaobin Zheng | Dec 29, 2017
Even though only 300 Chinese Americans remain in DC's Chinatown, the neighborhood attests to the community's vibrant history in the city, writes Shaobin Zheng. -
#SayHerName
Brenda E. Stevenson | Apr 28, 2017
Latasha Harlins’s murder and its contested treatment in the Los Angeles courts led to much of the destruction caused by the 1992 Los Angeles riot/insurrection. -
Cleveland 2016
John J. Grabowski | Dec 20, 2016
It has been a memorable year for the city of Cleveland: the Cavaliers won the NBA championship; it h... -
History, Economics, and Food
Rachel Snyder | Nov 21, 2016
Applying for college is stressful enough without having to pick a major. That is why after writing a... -
Welfare Reform and the Politics of Race
Premilla Nadasen | Aug 22, 2016
Premilla Nadasen on how the racialized rhetoric of work over dependency reflected in the '96 welfare reform act continues to have an impact today.
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