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Poor Neighborhoods Are Only Getting Poorer

What new research shows is that number of poor neighborhoods in metropolitan areas has actually doubled from 1980 — and most existing low-income areas only fell deeper into poverty.

Christo, Famous For His Monumental Works Of Art, Dies At 84

Christo's works played off of their environment in cities around the world.

Remaking Ethnic Studies

Recognizing a rift between the words written on a chalkboard and the society that lies outside the classroom door, students are increasingly pushing for a course of study that allows them to learn about traditionally underrepresented figures and reckon with concepts of oppression and justice.

Activists Investigate The History Of Relationships Of MPD With African Americans

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Tony Williams, a contributor to MPD150, who published an investigation into the conduct of the Minneapolis Police Department throughout its 150-year history.

'The Saddest, Bitterest Thing of All.’ From the Great Depression to Today, a Long History of Food Destruction in the Face of Hunger

As advocates mark World Hunger Day on May 28, experts and officials around the world are hoping they can avoid adding mass hunger to the list of parallels many have seen between the 1930s and today.

What Trump and Toxic Cops Have in Common

It’s us versus them.

Robert J. Sawyer Tackles the Atomic Bomb with Alternate-History Novel, “The Oppenheimer Alternative”

Robert J. Sawyer's novel is built around the ethical and moral ramifications of dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which the author hopes will receive deep reflection on their 75th anniversaries.

Robert E. Lee Statue and Daughters of Confederacy Building Attacked by Richmond Protesters

Confederate monuments across the South were vandalized during George Floyd demonstrations.

‘The Merit Myth’

Anthony P. Carnevale, one of the authors of 'The Merit Myth," discusses his new book about how colleges admit and serve students.

You Can’t Be the ‘President of Law and Order’ if You Thrive on Chaos

by Jamelle Bouie

We should be aware of the past — we should understand the processes that produced our world — but it shouldn’t be a substitute for thinking. We are not them, and now is not then.

Law Professor Criticized After Reading Racial Slur In Class

A Stanford Law School (SLS) professor is facing criticism from numerous student groups and instructors after saying the N-word in a class while quoting from historical source material. 

Chicago 1968: Blood Outside the Arena (Reprinted 8/28/1968)

The Village Voice reprints its coverage of the unrest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. 

Abraham Lincoln and the Shavuot Controversy of 1865

The conflict between a national day of mourning declared for Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and the Jewish holiday commemorating God's revelation of the law to Moses (during which mourning is forbidden) reflects conflicting ideas of how Jews should balance observance and participation in civic life.

This Montana Farm Boy Became a Scientific Legend, Developing Vaccines to Protect Kids Worldwide

Maurice Hilleman helped develop vaccines that have saved millions of children from death from contagious disease.

Should the U.S. Favor Public Health or the Economy? History Shows they’re Inseparable

by Robert I. Field

Historical evidence suggests that public health infrastructure, which is lacking for COVID, is key to stable and secure recovery from a pandemic.

Future Historians Will Rely on Wikipedia’s COVID-19 Coverage

Because Wikipedia archives each version of articles as they are edited, it offers a rich resource for tracking how knowledge of a subject changes. 

Reparations – Has the Time Finally Come?

ACLU Senior Policy Analyst Nkechi Taifa discusses the history of the movement for African American reparations and how it has moved from the radical fringe to mainstream debate.

William Small, Who Made CBS Washington Bureau a TV News Powerhouse, Dies at 93

William Small built CBS News into a top journalistic organization that covered the biggest stories of the 1960s and 1970s. 

How a New Show Tears Down the Myths of Asian American History

Executive producer Renee Tajima-Peña says the program is about “how we got where we are and where are we going next.”

Everybody Hates the SBA

How did one of the most addled government agencies end up as our last line of pandemic defense? The answer lies in the agency's history of capture by large business interests.