The Peculiar World of American Sheriffs
I didn’t set out to write about sheriffs. I was working on a history of…
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Histories of Abortion in the United States
The Journal of American History compiled the following index for readers who would like to learn…
Supreme Court Rules on Same-Sex Marriage
In a historic civil rights ruling issued today in Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court made marriage a…