Class, Feminism and the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers
A paper for Pennsylvania History looked at the way elite & working-class feminists worked together to create the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers.
Richard, Prince of Instagram Appropriation
While recent media debates why and how his Instagram art sucks, Richard Prince’s appropriation has long been a controversial, hot topic.
Andrew Jackson’s Duels
Andrew Jackson had a predilection for old-fashioned fights of honor.
A Marxist Take on FIFA
FIFA is a corporation--the current crisis of football fits perfectly into the model of capitalist expansion and inevitable crisis predicted by Marx.
A Polymath Opines: Charles Babbage’s Other Interests
Early writings of Charles Babbage.
History Repeats Itself in a Santa Barbara Oil Spill
Two pieces look at a 1969 oil spill in California
Debtors’ Prisons, Class, and Patriotism in 18th Century Ireland
In a paper for Eighteenth-Century Ireland, Martyn J. Powell discusses the politics that seem to have limited the use of debtors' prisons in Ireland.
Enslaved People in Texas and the Mexican Border
How the nearness of the Mexican border influenced formerly enslaved people in the state of Texas.
The Internet of Things: Totally New and A Hundred Years Old
The modern Internet of Things and E.M. Forster's short story, "The Machine Stops"
Good News, Coffee Drinkers!
A moderate amount of coffee might be genuinely good for you.