"Force and Freedom" explores why for many Black abolitionists, slavery could only be obliterated through violent means.

Dr. Joseph Jarvis not only digs into how we got here and who is to blame, but he also lays out a solution for fixing the American healthcare system...

Richard Oakes was a natural born leader whom people followed seemingly on instinct...

By highlighting the activism of local Black women and Black teachers, Todd-Breland uncovers hidden histories of how Black women have been at the forefront of this fight from the 1960s to the present...

Politicians love to woo entertainment corporations to their states and cities through subsidies and tax cities. But...

Richard Drake traces the development of Beard’s ideas in this area and his involvement in the contemporary discourse over current events...

Slate paints a picture of the two countries as learning perpetually from each other...

Jones weaves together the legal and constitutional dimensions of citizenship...

If you are reading this, you have probably run into the "Chicago" model at some point or another,..

Van Noy decided not to follow the well-trodden path of trying to prove climate change science, nor did he bark about an irreversible tipping point. Instead, he provides us with a much-needed focus on communities...

Peck traces the history of Fox's counter-elite brand from Murdoch to O’Reilly to Hannity...

The 1996 repeal of Aid to Families with Dependent Children -- the New Deal-era relief program for poor women with children -- was a seminal moment in the modern history of the US welfare state...

If you mention Appalachia to many people, they may immediately respond with the "Deliverance" dueling banjos theme...

“Is America an Empire?” is a popular question for pundits and historians, likely because it sets off such a provocative debate...

This episode of the New Books in Military History podcast is something of a sea change, so to speak, as we turn our attention to naval policy and strategy...

The book demonstrates the rich contribution of Jewish values and identity had on the women’s liberation movement and how in turn they changed Jewish life in America...

It's been called the first Internet. In the nineteenth century, the telegraph spun a world wide web of cables and poles, carrying electronic signals with unprecedented speed...

In the early days of film, female comedians appeared in films that included both strange activities and slapstick....

In this book, Janis Powers offers a health care solution that is truly based on the American dream...

MacNamara traces the multiple avenues in which birth control entered the lives of everyday Americans and gained social acceptance...

Sargent, a writer and columnist at The Washington Post, takes seriously this broad question about democratic health...

Though overshadowed today by more celebrated figures, Walter Francis White was one of the most prominent campaigners for civil rights in mid-20th-century America...

Ratner-Rosenhagen offers a sweeping examination of the key ideas that have infused American society...

The intersection of religion and politics in the United States is one of the nation's most enduring conversations...

Women get into stripping for money, writes Dr. Bernadete Barton, and the experience the girls have throughout their career in exotic dancing varies...