Interview with MacArthur Fellow Sarah Deer: Native Women and the Law
MacArthur Fellow Sarah Deer discusses her legal work in preventing sexual violence among the Native American population.
Reading the Landscape
For the past two months, I have been on a researching road trip through the West and Southwest—Colorado, ...
What If the World Were Flat and Columbus Had Fallen Off the Edge of the Earth?
What if Columbus had never made it to America?
Visualizing History
Nineteenth-century visual images, then, had power to move people to action, to convert ideas into policy.
Finding Your Place in Letters
For scholars of American history, letter-writing makes historical research possible.
Lost Franklin Expedition Ship Found by Canadian Scientists
In 2014, a Canadian team announced they had found the shipwrecks of John Franklin's lost 1845 expedition.
The Public Wife: Is Maureen McDonnell to Blame for Her Husband’s Downfall?
Maureen McDonnell was found guilty, along with her husband, Gov. Bob McDonnell. What role do spouses have in political scandals?
