Human Rights
The Story of a Transformative Idea
An adapted excerpt from The Diversity Principle on the long history that America is forgetting
Excerpt
Tag: History
Arts & Culture
Archiving Black Radio
Black Women in Radio and the Radio Preservation Task Force are building a collection to honor Black radio culture.
Philanthropy & Funding
Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?
Understanding the historical roots of many foundation endowments is a critical step in considering the question of philanthropic reparations.
Human Rights
Mapping the Path to Women’s Suffrage
The National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites is establishing a nationwide trail to commemorate women’s history.
Education
Archiving Indigenous History
Native Bound Unbound is digitally documenting the long-overlooked history of enslaved Indigenous people throughout the Americas.
Review
Technology
History’s Tech Lessons
Economist Carl Benedikt Frey offers a refreshingly human-centered analysis of technological progress in The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation. A book review from the Fall 2019 issue.