Y2K: An American Crisis
As clocks reached 12:00 a.m. on Dec. 31, 1999, in a cascade beginning in the…
Browsing: Public
Queer Rage: Police Violence and the Stonewall Rebellion of 1969
This summer, millions of people around the world will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the…
On Heartbeats, Abolitionists, and Abortion Bans
When Georgia, Alabama, and Missouri passed their restrictive abortion laws this month, many were outraged.…
Histories of Abortion in the United States
The Journal of American History has compiled the following index for readers who would like to learn more about…
Church Ladies and Grassroots Political Religion
Following the excitement of the 2017 Women’s March, many white suburban women in swing districts…
Can the Petro Industry Learn the Lessons of the Exxon Valdez?
March 24 marks the 30th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William…
Evangelicals and Immigration: A Conflicted History
Last June, a national outcry followed the Trump administration’s policy to separate children from their…
“A Strictly Business Basis”: Early 20th Century Perspectives on Student Loans
Recently, former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg’s $1.8 billion donation to Johns Hopkins University to…
#MeToo, Networks of Complicity, and the 1920s Klan
Ku Klux Klan paraders, Muncie, Indiana, 1922. Image Courtesy of Ball State University Archives and Special Collections. The public outing of predatory men has changed public discourse about sexual assault. With the…
Beyond Miss America 1968: A Feminist History
Alix Kates Shulman Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Photograph…