In the mid-1930s, one Harlem nurse began to see the devaluation of African American lives around her as entwined with the ...

A Republic of the People, a Constitution of Air by Víctor Manuel Cázares Lira Famous for his books about the founders, Gordon S. Wood’s true legacy may have been about showing how futile their efforts ...

The AI boom is only the latest stage in Silicon Valley’s long history of creating and expanding intellectual monopolies. The political fixer created a career for himself as a self-promoting, ...

With estimates ranging between 60 and 90 million dead worldwide, including the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis, World ...

As slave rebellions roiled the minds of 18th century Americans, enslavers looked to the state to enact a new type of policing.

Víctor Manuel Cázares Lira is a historian of the Americas specializing in the comparative constitutional histories of the United States, Chile, and Argentina. He studied political science at UNAM in ...

Emily Lucille Hurt is a professor of Classical Studies at John Cabot University in Rome. She has a doctorate in Ancient History from Yale University and has held fellowships from the American Academy ...

Anna Snyder is a public historian and student at Georgetown University Law Center. Stairwell looking down at U.S. Supreme Court, early 20th century. Photograph by Theodor Horydczak. [Library of ...

Hardly anyone uses the term genius to describe a historian. The traditional attributes of genius —­ usually considered to be some combination of raw talent, vast intelligence, or an innate gift — do ...

Jordan Sand is a professor of Japanese history at Georgetown University. He writes widely on topics in the social and cultural history of Japan and the Asia-Pacific. His most recent book is A History ...