April 24, 2014
We invited Phillip Papas on our blog for an exclusive Q&A session on his new book, Renegade Revolutionary: The Life of General Charles Lee. Happily, he obliged. Below, Papas discusses his inspiration… READ MORE
April 22, 2014
—James M. Lindgren Most New Yorkers think of South Street Seaport as only a touristy shopping mall. But the real South Street Seaport is a historic district with three piers… READ MORE
April 17, 2014
In November 1774, a pamphlet to the “People of America” was published in Philadelphia and London. It forcefully articulated American rights and liberties and argued that the Americans needed to… READ MORE
April 15, 2014
To celebrate this week’s release of Gerald Horne’s The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America, today we are featuring an exclusive excerpt from the… READ MORE
April 11, 2014
—Thomas A. Foster [Note: An expanded version of this piece was originally posted on Nursing Clio.] Many Americans could tell you that George Washington was tall and that he had false… READ MORE
April 9, 2014
—Amanda D. Lotz It is revealing that so little has been written about men on television. Men have embodied such an undeniable presence and composed a significant percentage of the… READ MORE
April 1, 2014
To celebrate April 1 and the release of our new book, Pranksters: Making Mischief in the Modern World, today we have a Q&A with the author—and self-proclaimed prankster—Kembrew McLeod. McLeod discusses pranks,… READ MORE