The Women Who Are Reinventing R&B
A group of young singer-songwriters have transformed the genre by looking backward, without getting stuck in the past.
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Our History: A Compass to Our Future
Part genealogy study, part haunting narrative, historian Mary Frances Berry’s new book, “Slavery After Slavery: ...
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From Wash Tubs to Union Halls: Black Women’s Legacy in the Labor Movement
In the aftermath of the Civil War, as the United States grappled with Reconstruction, Black women — both formerly ...
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In Celebration Of Cockney Yiddish
In The Cockney Yiddish Podcast, launching today, Professor Nadia Valman, professor of urban literature and Dr Vivi Lachs, performer, researcher & translator of Yiddish culture, explore the unknown ...
Milk won the battle against measles long before antibiotics and vaccines – Part 2
Clean milk supply skyrocketed from around 1910 The impact of milk on general life expectancy was perhaps first studied by ...
Vintage photos show what life was like under Trump's tariff hero, William McKinley
President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. Vintage photos show how they affected Americans.
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Daniel L. Smail on Deep History, Lateral Learning, and Bike Lanes
The Professor of History sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss 19th century forgeries, his new book, and why he considers ...
How Valentine’s Day was transformed by the Industrial Revolution and ‘manufactured intimacy’
In 1866, journalist Andrew Halliday led his readers on a guided tour of one of London’s foremost card manufacturers – to ...
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How Alice Hamilton Waged a One-Woman Campaign to Get the Lead Out of Everything
At first a crusader for workplace safety, the trained physician railed against the use of the toxic and ubiquitous material ...
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Gustave Caillebotte: A Fresh Lens on Masculinity in 19th-Century France
The J. Paul Getty Museum is presenting the first major exhibition of Gustave Caillebotte in the United States. Caillebotte ...
An 1840 selfie to 1960s advertising: Eight images that tell the story of America
A new exhibition of more than 200 photographs charts 300 years of image-making in the US, showing how the country's history ...
Creating Carmen: opera’s most famous femme fatale unmasked at Silsden Town Hall
In partnership with music ensemble CarmenCo, theatre and music company The Telling presents a fun-filled music and theatre show, Creating Carmen, by award-winning playwright Clare Norburn and ...