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Author Mechele Dickerson explains why everyone should care about the health of the middle class, and what we can do to save it.

Both propaganda and entertainment, George Seaton’s film, "The Big Lift," released in 1950, starring Montgomery Clift, saw Hollywood dramatize the struggles of post-war Berlin and the Berlin Airlift.

Author and first-gen scholar Samuel Shearer discusses his book, "Kigali," an ethnography exploring the politics of urban design, displacement, and the dual crises of capitalism and ecology in Kigali, Rwanda.

Learn more about Michael Snodgrass's research into the bracero guest worker program.

Author Sonali Majumdar shares her advice on how international scientists can thrive in their careers — in today's America.

The recipient of the Western History Association's 2025 Arrington-Prucha Prize recognizing the best article on American western religious history tells us about his research into evangelical Christian nightclubs.

WHA award-winner Nicole Martin discusses the history behind who has had the right to possess homes and, by extension, American citizenship.

Who counts as a "skilled" worker for immigration purposes, and who doesn't and why?

Hagiography Society Article Prize-winner Dina Boero tells us about “stylites,” Christian saints who lived for years and even decades on top of columns.

Who speaks out against fascism—is it only the most powerful or politically connected who can do so, or is it those whose rights are most in danger?