Slavery Abolition

Before photography was invented, we had to rely on sculptures, paintings and written descriptions to figure out how some famous historical figures looked like. This, of course, did not come without some misinterpretations. For example, people are still uncertain what Napoleon’s real height was after all these years. Graphic designer…

As you watch Super Bowl LIV, bear in mind that rooting for the Kansas City Chiefs and taking no issue with either their mascot or their fans’ traditions means rooting for racism. This article first appeared in Salon. Similarly, cheering for the San Francisco 49ers after learning about the history…

As the presidential election year of 2020 begins, many news outlets will discuss the history of past presidential elections and attempt to find parallels between the past and present. Here are six interesting facts about past elections. 1. 63% of Sitting Presidents Running for Reelection Won 17 Presidents sought reelection and were rewarded with…

Yay! It’s a new month, and maybe a less gloomy one, for today is February 1, 2020. And on Sunday the sun is predicted to shine for the first time in 11 days (the record is 12). As it’s a new month, there are a number of food designations for…

Like a lot of relationships, my feelings about Black History Month are complicated. On the one hand, I deeply appreciate the time to intentionally celebrate the brilliant contributions to American culture and history by people who look like me. But while abso…

Despite numerous polls and seemingly endless debates, the identity of the next Democratic presidential candidate is still far from clear. If the upcoming Iowa caucuses and winter primaries fail to winnow a crowded field, the July Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee might yield a surprise. The primary map is currently…

Who fought for queer freedom a century before Stonewall. His name was William Dorsey Swann, but to his friends he was known as “the Queen.” Both of those names had been forgotten for nearly a century before I rediscovered them while researching at Columbia University. Born in Maryland around 1858,…

Michael Barone, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, has been an author of the annual Almanac of American Politics ever since its first edition in 1971. When I was a child, I had a teacher who had memorized every word of the Old Testament i…

Paine's words, which greatly inspired our founding, contrast sharply with the America we have come to inhabit. Wednesday, January 29, 2020 Image Credit: Flickr-Matt Brown | CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) January 29 is the birthday of Thomas Paine (1737-1809), the fiery rhetorician of America’s revolution whose importance was such that…

12 Like Posted in Photoshop       27 Jan 2020       3524       10 Becca Saladin started “Royalty Now” in February of 2019, simply as a way for her to see her favorite historical figure, Anne Boleyn, as a modern woman. She started the account to satisfy her own curiosity about…