City Hall Station in New York with a symmetrical tiled pattern on the arches and ceiling
U.S. History

Rediscovering the Guastavinos

Rediscovering the Gustavinos contributions to architecture.
Kurdistan
World History

Kurds: In the Middle of the Middle East

A brief history of Kurds and Middle Eastern politics.
Families walking beside the Berlin Wall in 1989.
World History

Escapist Humor in East and West Berlin

Humor in East and West Berlin before the wall came down.
Grassy area in front of a small mountain range
U.S. History

Making Claims

How claims records and other documents serve as historical sources.
Black and white illustration of the Battle of Orleans
Politics & Government

The Influence of Wars on American Politics

What does war do to domestic American politics?
An open pack of graham crackers
Quirky History

A Hell of a Cracker

The unusual origin of the graham cracker
Confederate officer, John Robery Baylor from the Civil War time period
U.S. History

A Complicated Man: John Baylor’s Letters to His Family

How could John Baylor have done such terrible thing and simultaneously be so effusively affectionate in his letters home?
Close-up of a voting machine lever
U.S. History

The Early American Origins of Political Terms

What does stump speech and pork barrel mean? A short lexicon of American political terms.
Slate statute of Alan Turing at Bletchley Park.
World History

Remembering and Representing Alan Turing

A 1955 obituary of Turing from the Royal Society is fascinating for what it leaves out of the first draft of history.


The Urban Lawyer

Highlights from the American Bar Association's publication, The Urban Lawyer