It wasn’t until the months after the fire that the attributes of modern charity as a profession were widely articulated to a large audience of Americans, through an unprecedented partnership between ...
In December 2023, HNN transitioned to a new editorial model that centers on its weekly email newsletter. Each week, the newsletter serves up short-form essays to help readers make sense of the ways in ...
Donald Yacovone is an Associate at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Studies, Harvard University and an Athenæum member. Oompa-Loompa illustration ...
Eric Jager is Professor of English at UCLA and author of several books including The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France. People today often have a hard ...
The New-York Historical Society, which is currently featuring an exhibition on Caro’s reportage, also weighed in. “Bridges spanning #RobertMoses’ Long Island parkways had a clearance too low for buses ...
Donne Levy is a retired community college history instructor. In the mid-1970s, the religious right became heavily involved in electoral politics and a driving force within the Republican Party. By ...
D. M. Giangreco is the author of 13 books and is a frequent contributor to HNN. His most recent article for HNN is “‘Mr. Straight Arrow,’ John Hersey, and the decision to drop the atomic bomb”. The ...
Olivia Paschal is a PhD candidate in History at the University of Virginia, and a journalist and writer. Resources of the Soil (Mural Study, Ukiah, California Post Office), by Ben Cunningham, c. 1938.
John Reeves is the author of the forthcoming book The Lost Indictment of Robert E. Lee: the Forgotten Case Against an American Icon (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018). He was accused of treason. Only the ...
Elaine G. Breslaw is a visiting scholar at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and author of "Lotions, Potions, Pills, and Magic: Health Care in Early America." Nineteenth-century British depiction ...
Al Carroll is Assistant Professor of History at Northern Virginia Community College, a former Fulbright Scholar, and the author of "Presidents' Body Counts:The Twelve Worst and Four Best American ...
Like many aspects of queer culture, it's not surprising that lavender's unique color symbolism often skirts under the radar, especially when it comes to mainstream society. In Western culture it ...
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