Miné Okubo

The Contested Legacy of Miné Okubo’s World War II Art

Okubo’s art showed the work of Japanese Americans forced to rehabilitate both the “enemy alien” on the home front and the enemy in the Pacific after the war.
Pleurants (Weepers), unknown artist, ca. 1295

Theologies of Emotion in Medieval Europe

The framework used by theologians to understand emotions changed in the Middle Ages, thanks in part to new translations of Arabic texts.
Three angels hosted by Abraham, Ludovico Carracci, c. 1610-1612

Xenophilia: Golden Rule of the Stranger

We may have heard enough about xenophobia, the fear of the stranger. But what of its opposite, the love for a stranger, better known as hospitality?
Site of the September 17, 1963 bus and freight train collision near Chualar, California, which killed 32 Mexican migrant farmworkers

The Tragedy that Transformed the Chicano Movement

In 1963, more than thirty Mexican guest workers died in a terrible accident in California. The fallout helped turn farmworkers’ rights into a national cause.
Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House in Washington, D.C., delivering a national radio address, 1934

Amplifying Emotion: Radio and Interwar Political Speech

As radio matured in the twentieth century, politicians harnessed the technology in different ways to break down barriers between them and the public.
Project Mohole

Moho-A-Go-Go: Journey to the Far Edge of the Center of the Earth

The “Moho,” short for the Mohorovičić discontinuity, is a long way down.
A wild turkey

The Great American Turkey

The turkey was semi-domesticated and kept in pens in the American Southwest some 2,000 years ago—but not for the reason you think.
Saint Jean de Brebeuf Confronts the Huron Indian Council

Making Scents of Jesuit Missionary Work

The use of sensory stimulants like incense gave Jesuits a common framework with the North American nations they encountered on missionary trips.
An illustration of a thanksgiving table

Thanksgiving Stories

Turkey or Tofurkey? Stuffing or dressing? Whatever the controversy, these Thanksgiving stories will slake your appetite!
Posters urging people to report sex trafficking are seen at a metromover rail stop on November 06, 2019 in Miami, Florida.

The Anti-Sex-Trafficking Vigilantes Next Door

A fear of rampant sex-trafficking in American cities sparked a new wave of civilian vigilante activity in the early twenty-first century.