Setting Today’s Opioid Epidemic in Historical Context
We are living in a time of epidemic. Since the turn of the twenty-first century…
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The Historical Origins of Today’s Healthcare Debates
Today’s mosealth care politics revolve around how to patch up a medical care system built…
Finding the History of Madams and Music in New Orleans
Those attending the Organization of American Historians’ Annual Meeting in April will be able to…
Constitutional Originalism and History
Thanks to President Donald Trump’s nomination of Justice Neil Gorsuch—a self-identified “originalist”—to the Supreme Court,…
Linking Hunger and Health: The Place of Food Security in the Battle over Healthcare
On the fiftieth anniversary of what became known as “discovery of hunger” in the United…
On Afrocentric History in American Education
Donald Trump was vaguely familiar enough with black history to identify Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman,…
Betsy DeVos and the History of Homeschooling
Of all of President Donald Trump’s controversial cabinet picks, none has received more public scrutiny…
Symbols and Seeds: A Historical View of the National Arts and Humanities Endowments
In a scene from the recent film “Jackie,” Natalie Portman meticulously recreates First Lady Jacqueline…
From the Humanities to Humanism in an Era of Higher Education Reform?
Imagine yourself an early teacher of what comes to be known as the studia humanitatis,…
Humanistic Visions: The Long History of Black History Month
The establishment of Negro History Week in 1926 was a natural outgrowth of more than…