Book: How WWI shaped remembrance rituals
A new book explores the evolution and continued resonance of remembrance rituals in post-World War I Britain.
Can history change minds about racial inequality?
Teaching people about racial inequality in United States history can change their views and add nuance to their thinking, research indicates.
How one guy fought off vice squads and censorship
Anthony Comstock made it his personal mission to quell a post-Civil War sexual revolution. Attorney Morris Ernst got in his way.
How one guy fought off vice squads and censorship
Anthony Comstock made it his personal mission to quell a post-Civil War sexual revolution. Attorney Morris Ernst got in his way.
Why the US stands out for fatal police violence
New research compares police officer training and rates of fatal police violence in 18 countries. The US stands out.
Burial site reveals how Etruscan identity survived Roman conquest
An ancient burial site reveals how Etruscans survived the conquest by Rome, suggesting a cultural osmosis not a subordination of one population to another.
Lesbian bars are vanishing but need for them isn’t
Lesbian bars in the United States are vanishingly rare. Events that commemorate them show the value queer spaces have in communities, research shows.
Emancipation laws often kept people in bondage
“Emancipations always happened on the terms of the enslavers,” says historian Kris Manjapra, author of a new book on what he calls “ghostlining.”
DNA offers link to ancient Indigenous people of Uruguay
European colonial forces targeted an Indigenous group in Uruguay, the Charrúa, for elimination. Now, ancient DNA offers a link back.
All N. American bison have a bit of cattle DNA
“People responsible for saving the bison from extinction in the late 1800s are also responsible for introducing cattle genetics into this species.”