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.

Oct 2, 2016

The Making of America’s “Most Valuable Local Official”: An Interview with Civic Activist Nick Licata on His Political Evolution

by Robin Lindley

Sep 16, 2016

How Religion Drove George W. Bush's Decisions: An Interview with Biographer Jean Edward Smith

by Robin Lindley

Aug 12, 2016

The Making of a Politician: Sidney Blumenthal on His New Biography of Abe Lincoln (Interview)

by Robin Lindley

Aug 5, 2016

Why Adam Hochschild Decided to Write about the Spanish Civil War (Interview)

by Robin Lindley

Jun 21, 2016

The Cruel History of Eugenics in America: An Interview with Adam Cohen

by Robin Lindley

Apr 18, 2016

How Our Stone-Age Brain Undermines Smart Politics: An Interview with Rick Shenkman

by Robin Lindley

Apr 18, 2016

Mercy Street in Context: Historian Pamela Toler on the Real Nurses of the Civil War

by Robin Lindley

Jan 22, 2016

The New PBS Series on the Civil War: An Interview with the Creator of "Mercy Street"

by Robin Lindley

Dec 28, 2015

This Is Why Historian Ari Kelman Decided to Write a Graphic History of the Civil War (Interview)

by Robin Lindley

Dec 28, 2015

The Heroism of Dalton Trumbo: An Interview with Larry Ceplair

by Robin Lindley

Dec 28, 2015

Christian Appy on the Legacy of the Vietnam War: An Interview

by Robin Lindley

Dec 28, 2015

The Forgotten Story of Groundbreaking American Surgeon Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter: An interview with Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz.

by Robin Lindley

Sep 11, 2015

How Bad Was FBI Spying on African American Writers? An Interview with William Maxwell

by Robin Lindley

Aug 27, 2015

1919, the Year of Racial Violence: An interview with David Krugler

by Robin Lindley

Aug 7, 2015

Dr. Jonas Salk, the Knight in a White Lab Coat: An Interview with Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs

by Robin Lindley

Apr 12, 2015

Exploring the Words and Wisdom of Charles Johnson with E. Ethelbert Miller (Interview)

by Robin Lindley

Apr 5, 2015

Lincoln’s Body in American History— Richard Wightman Fox on His New Book (Interview)

by Robin Lindley

Feb 27, 2015

Do You Remember Dag Hammarskjöld? You Should. An Interview with Biographer Roger Lipsey

by Robin Lindley

Feb 6, 2015

The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad: An Interview with Eric Foner

by Robin Lindley

Feb 6, 2015

The Complex History of Pain: An Interview with Joanna Bourke

by Robin Lindley