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Plaschke: With the help of Dodgers history, team historian Mark Langill battles cancer
LA Times via AOL· 15 hours agoMark Langill knows more about Dodger history than anyone, and that history is carrying him through...
Why it’s too late to stop World War 3 – according to one of Britain’s greatest military historians
Daily Telegraph· 14 hours agoPursuit of power is perhaps the most common explanation for war – particularly popular with...
The Supreme Court Keeps Misfiring on Guns | Washington Monthly
Washington Monthly· 7 hours agoIn an 8-1 decision last week, the Supreme Court followed the logic of our historians’ amicus brief...
1789 or 1866 is not 2024: Why historians have a difficult task in guiding Supreme Court justices as...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 days agoLawyers, advocacy groups and think tanks are soliciting historians’ expertise on the history...
Why Willie Mays, not Babe Ruth, was baseball’s greatest player
CNN via Yahoo Sports· 1 day agoHe threw out nearly 200 baserunners from the outfield. But defense is still not as appreciated by...
Historian reflects on US Constitution, 236 years after it first went into effect
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 1 day agoNPR's Adrian Florido talks with Harvard history professor Jill Lepore about the state of the U.S. Constitution, 236 years after its ratification.
Willie Mays bought castle-like suburban home on East Coast to escape racism in San Francisco
Fox News· 5 hours agoWillie Mays bought a 15-room mansion in a New York City suburb to escape housing discrimination in...
Today’s white working-class young men who turn to racist violence are part of a long, sad American...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThroughout American history, white manhood was often defined “through the subjugation of racialized...
‘Too many old people’: A rural Pa. town reckons with population loss
Washington Post· 17 hours agoLee Goldthwaite might have the most stable job in this remote corner of northwestern Pennsylvania. The caretaker of Sheffield Cemetery is busier than ever directing crews clearing trees to make ...
Historians seek to add Pontiac cemetery to Underground Railroad Network for Freedom sites
Detroit News· 4 days agoA coalition of Oakland County historians is working to nominate Pontiac's Oak Hill Cemetery, thought...