Outfits, Graphics, and the News Room: Why the News Looks the Way It Does
The evolution of the way TV news looks has much to do with principles of modernity and design.
How Advertisers Sold Housework to Housewives
The ad campaigns behind household products emphasized the seriousness of housework.
Affirmative-Action for White Protestants
A different side to affirmative-action: How legacy admissions maintained white Protestant student enrollment at elite universities.
The Case for Abigail Fisher: A History of Affirmative-Action Cases
Three affirmative-action cases set precedent for the Supreme Court as they make a decision on Fisher vs. University of Texas.
The Darker Side of Prohibition
During Prohibition, industrial-grade alcohol cost hundreds of American lives. The Coolidge administration encouraged its circulation.
Why New Years Falls on January 1st
Why do we celebrate the beginning of the New Year on the first of January? Julius Caesar, mostly.
Do Americans Like Government Spending? Depends How You Ask
Whether or not Americans approve of government spending depends strongly on how the issues are framed.
How the Body Can Shape Social Protest
By using the body to resist and respond to violence and social injustice, protesters literally embody their cause.
Philanthropic Billionaires: An Investigation
Mark Zuckerberg joins a long line of philanthropic billionaires who have pledged millions of dollars to charitable causes.
Remembering Historian John Hope Franklin
Franklin helped to change the way we think about slavery and Reconstruction.