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“Women Also Know History”: Dismantling Gender Bias in the Academy

by Keisha N. Blain and Karin Wulf

Nearly half of graduate degrees awarded in history go to women and yet there's still a persistent problem of gender bias in the academy.

The Horrifying Nazi Roots of the Doctor After Whom Asperger’s Syndrome Is Named

by Robin Lindley

An interview with Edith Sheffer.

Edith Sheffer's Amazing Book, "Asperger’s Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna"

by Jonathan Rose

The appalling story behind the man Asperger’s is named for.

Mitch Landrieu: A White Southerner Confronts History

by Chris Riback

There was really no way for the city of New Orleans to prepare itself for the next 300 years without dealing with its Confederate statues, he says in an interview.

Donald Trump: L’Etat, C’est Moi!

by Ed Simon

When Trump and his lawyers make claims about the absolute power of the presidency they’re not committing gaffes – they’re issuing warnings.

Who Killed RFK? Sirhan Sirhan Did It.

by Mel Ayton

You can forget the belief he was put up to it by a hypnotist.

They Once Were the Future, then the Lowell, Massachusetts Textile Mills Went Out of Business

by Robert Weible

But they weren’t forgotten.

If We Want to Show We’re Serious About Denuclearizing Korea We Should Sign the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

by William Lambers

So should North Korea.

The Opioid Addiction Epidemic Is an 8 on the Richter Scale

by David T. Courtwright

Here’s how we got here and why this historian is guardedly optimistic.

When Mexico Feared American Immigrants: An Interview with UCLA’s Steve Aron

by James Thornton Harris

The historian’s next book is “Can We All Get Along: An Alternative History of the American West.”

What LBJ Warned Allies in the Gun Control Debate After Robert Kennedy Was Assassinated

by Kyle Longley

“We have only two weeks, maybe only 10 days before the gun lobby gets organized.”

Elites Have No One to Blame but Themselves for Trump’s Rise

by Richard F. Miller

Their shared agenda – a commitment to global capitalism and immigration – alienated millions who found neither party responsive to their needs.

Why Medicine Needs the Humanities (And No, It’s Not Just About Empathy)

by Sari Altschuler

It’s to train health professionals in narrative, attention, observation, historical perspective, ethics, judgment, performance, and creativity.

Was a Tulane Psychiatrist Described by Some as a Monster a Victim of Presentism?

by Robin Lindley

His biographer, Lone Frank, thinks so, as she explains in this revealing interview.

At Slave Auctions Children Were Forcibly Separated from Their Mothers – And Now We’re Doing This Again

by Anne C. Bailey

“I never expected to draw a straight line between anything that America did then and what it does now, yet the voices of immigrant mothers tell another story.”

When the Holocaust Came to the Middle East

by Edwin Black

Why the UN recognized this event (known as the Farhud) and why it’s important.

30 Years Ago This Week Ronald Reagan Did Something No One Could Have Expected Years Earlier

by David Foglesong

He cut a deal with Russia. How he did it is worth remembering.

Donald Trump’s Shameful Use of the “Star-Spangled Banner” Is, Alas, an American Tradition 

by Michael J. Pfeifer

It’s one we should have put to an end long ago.

What’s Dangerous About Calling Immigrants “Animals”

by Richard E. Frankel

There are scenarios well short of gas chambers that are possible once this country chooses the path that Donald Trump has opened up with his dehumanizing rhetoric.

Which Side Are You on?

by Ed Simon

That’s the question that now faces us in this moment of peril.