On August 9, 1974, Richard Nixon became the first President in American history to resign following his televised announcement the night before. After two years of bitter public debate over the Watergate scandals …
Read More >During this year’s annual American Political Science Association conference in Boston from August 30 – September 2, conference attendees will consider Democracy and Its Discontents—how current dilemmas of democracy provoke scholars to work …
Read More >Congratulations to the recipients of this year’s winners of the Pacific Historical Review Prizes. Prizes were awarded on Friday afternoon at the annual conference of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American …
Read More >As many graduate students prepare for the upcoming fall semester, here are some tips on the 5 Things Most People Get Wrong About Grad School according to Zachary Shore, author of Grad School …
Read More >Best known for his pictures of Yosemite Valley and the nearby Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias, Carleton Watkins made his first trip there in 1861 just as the Civil War was beginning. …
Read More >The recent nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court Justice serves as a reminder of the crucial role that the Justices and the Constitution play in our lives. Issues such as reproductive …
Read More >This week, healthcare and politics have been at the fore of public conversation. With Trump’s second pick for the Supreme Court, reproductive freedom, affordable healthcare, and LGBTQ equality hang in the balance. …
Read More >In honor of the annual conference of the Australian Historical Association, which is being held this week in Canberra, we have removed the paywall from the Pacific Historical Review‘s recent special issue, …
Read More >After the raid of the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969, and the six days of protests that followed, the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) formed, calling for a “fierce, full-scale assault on …
Read More >Excerpt from Has the Gay Movement Failed? by Martin Duberman Edited and abridged from the chapter “Equality or Liberation?” The difficulties of a gay lifestyle have generally been glossed over as inconvenient when …
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