Robin Lindley
Robin Lindley is a Seattle-based writer and attorney. He is features editor for the History News Network (hnn.us), and his work also has appeared in Writer’s Chronicle, Crosscut, Documentary, NW Lawyer, Real Change, Huffington Post, Bill Moyers.com, Salon.com, and more. He has a special interest in the history of human rights and medicine. He can be reached by email: robinlindley@gmail.com.
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Jun 10, 2018
The Horrifying Nazi Roots of the Doctor After Whom Asperger’s Syndrome Is Named
by Robin Lindley
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Jun 4, 2018
Was a Tulane Psychiatrist Described by Some as a Monster a Victim of Presentism?
by Robin Lindley
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Jun 4, 2018
Review of Michael K. Honey’s “To the Promised Land: Martin Luther King and the Fight for Economic Justice”
by Robin Lindley
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Mar 2, 2018
Understanding the Persecution of the Rohingya Minority in Myanmar: An interview with international criminal law attorney Regina Paulose
by Robin Lindley
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Feb 16, 2018
What You Don't Know About Abolitionism: An Interview with Manisha Sinha on Her Groundbreaking Study
by Robin Lindley
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Nov 10, 2017
The Troubled Genius of Robert Lowell: An interview with clinical psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison on her groundbreaking study of art and illness.
by Robin Lindley
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Oct 23, 2017
The Creation of the Unprecedented PBS Series "The Vietnam War"
An Interview with Co-Director Lynn Novick
by Robin Lindley
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Oct 23, 2017
“I Wanted to Tell the Story of How I Had Become a Racist”: An Interview with Historian Charles B. Dew
by Robin Lindley
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Oct 23, 2017
The Origins of American Imperialism: An Interview with Stephen Kinzer
by Robin Lindley
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Oct 23, 2017
Broken Brains on Trial: An Interview with Kevin Davis
by Robin Lindley
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Oct 23, 2017
Why I Study Comics: An Interview with Hillary Chute
by Robin Lindley
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Oct 23, 2017
Dark Days in the City of Light: An Interview with Holly Tucker
by Robin Lindley
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May 5, 2017
Bellevue: “America’s Most Storied Hospital” – An Interview with David Oshinsky
by Robin Lindley
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Apr 21, 2017
The Art and Life of J.M.W. Turner: An Interview with Biographer Franny Moyle
by Robin Lindley
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Apr 3, 2017
Why It's Time to Get to Know the Black Civil Rights Activist James Lawson: An Interview with Michael K. Honey
by Robin Lindley
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Feb 20, 2017
Beyond Forgetting: An Interview with Steve Sem-Sandberg on His Historical Novel, "The Chosen Ones"
by Robin Lindley
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Jan 22, 2017
War, Memory, and Vietnam: An Interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen
by Robin Lindley
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Jan 9, 2017
The Other Slavery: An Interview with Historian Andrés Reséndez
by Robin Lindley
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Dec 13, 2016
The Eruption of Mount St. Helens: The Untold History of this Cataclysmic Event
by Robin Lindley
News
- Carl Reiner’s Life Should Remind Us: If You Like Laughing, Thank FDR And The New Deal
- A Teacher Held a Famous Racism Exercise in 1968. She’s Still at It.
- A Brief History of The Word ‘Redskin’ And How It Became a Source of Controversy
- Just How Little U.S. Students Learn About African American History — And Five Steps to Start to Change That
- Calling Racism A ‘Leftist Lie,’ White Vandals Target California Black Lives Matter Slogan
- When American Politics Turned Toxic (Review)
- Unions Are Essential for Eliminating Racism
- This Maine Governor Never Publicly Embraced the Klan, But He Never Disavowed its Support
- How a Lincoln-Douglass Debate Led to Historic Discovery
- Racist, Brutal Past or Hispanic History? Latinos Clash over Spanish Colonial Statues