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Everybody's Affair
Antisemitism in America and General Grant's Civil War Order No. 11
Jan 25, 2022
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Kiley Bense
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December 2021
No One Was to Blame
A forgotten 20th-century factory fire and the fight to make workplaces safer
Dec 21, 2021
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Kiley Bense
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An Interview with Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley
What the history of quarantine can teach us about confronting fear, risk, and uncertainty
Dec 6, 2021
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Kiley Bense
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An Interview with Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley
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November 2021
Making History in 2021
Some of my favorite history books, podcasts, and shows from the past year
Nov 23, 2021
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Kiley Bense
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October 2021
An Interview with Tiya Miles
Unraveling the secrets of "Ashley's sack," a material record of the history of slavery
Oct 22, 2021
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Kiley Bense
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Ash Wednesday
As 9/11 passes into history, what it means to remember that Tuesday—and its aftermath
Oct 8, 2021
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Kiley Bense
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September 2021
The Poor Unfortunate Murdered Girl
Mary Rogers' death in 1841 inspired frantic media speculation, criminal legislation, and Edgar Allan Poe's fiction
Sep 22, 2021
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Kiley Bense
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An Interview with Emily Midorikawa
Six spiritualist women emerge from the shadows of the past
Sep 7, 2021
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Kiley Bense
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August 2021
Strange Weather
Climate change and the meteorological extremes of the summer of 1816
Aug 23, 2021
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Kiley Bense
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Water Queen
The scandalous suspension of Olympic swimmer Eleanor Holm
Aug 10, 2021
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Kiley Bense
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July 2021
An Interview with Brian Castner
The mythology and madness of the Klondike Gold Rush
Jul 26, 2021
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Kiley Bense
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Any Convenient Fairy Tale
The fight about how to teach American history in public schools is an old one
Jul 13, 2021
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Kiley Bense
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