In the early 1920s, reformers obsessed over the sexual nature of some Pueblo rituals, and attempted to control their performance.

La Malinche was a key figure in the conquest of the Aztecs. But was she a heroine or a traitor? It depends on whom you ask.

Architect Mary Colter created buildings that incorporated local materials and indigenous motifs, blending with the environment rather than dominating it.

According to our columnist, the internet has destabilized many of the informal institutions that underpin our democracy.

According to one scholar, the 1917 deportation in Bisbee, AZ wasn't "about labor relations or race or gender: it was about all of them."

Studying the artist's paintings may reveal more about the her early trauma and subsequent pain than suspected.

Scholars Carol K. Coburn and Martha Smith write that nuns were an important part of westward expansion—and in Colorado, nuns quickly learned how to use their gender to their advantage.

Over a week and a half starting on March 1st, 1968, more than 10,000 students in mostly Chicano schools took part in what became known as the East Los Angeles School Blowouts.

The history of the wedding dress is shorter than the history of weddings, and even shorter still than the history of marriage.

For more than a century, Hollywood has been offering Americans lifestyle advice on how to live better, and the public has been gobbling it up.