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Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the second woman appointed to the highest court in the United States, and her tenure there has been a storied one. In her 22 years on the Supreme Court, Justice Ginsburg has become a leading figure in the battle for gender equality and civil rights. We asked four contributors to the new volume The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to weigh in on how she will be remembered.
At the 2015 American Historical Association Meeting, we caught up with five authors on our history list, including Gregory T. Cushman, whose Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World won the 2014 Jerry...
Dean Hammer explains why it's both important and fascinating to study the Romans, and that gave rise to his book Roman Political Thought.
Reuel Schiller, the author of Forging Rivals, describes how the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow gave rise to modern labor and employment discrimination laws.
David Williams, the author of I Freed Myself, explains why the traditional picture of emancipation as an abolitionist movement with the Great Emancipator Lincoln at its helm isn't entirely correct—African American slaves played a key role in achieving their own freedom.
In Slavery, Race, and Conquest in the Tropics, Robert E. May pits Lincoln's notorious opponent Stephen A. Douglas against abolitionist Frederick Douglass to examine the uncertain future of slavery not only in the US, but in Latin America as well.
In the wake of Chile's major reform on civil unions, Jordi Díez, the author of The Politics of Gay Marriage in Latin America, discusses the state of the fight for gay rights in South and Central America.
David F. Krugler's 1919, the Year of Racial Violence chronicles the deadly mob attacks that broke out from Chicago to Texas to DC that summer. In this excerpt from his book, Krugler explores the racial tensions that perpetuated the violence of the Red Summer.
Laura Edwards, the author of A Legal History of the Civil War and Reconstruction, reveals the story of Bella Newton, an African-American woman who broke new ground by filing criminal charges against her white neighbor in 1869.
Wolf Sauter, the author of Public Service in EU Law, discusses the implications of the 2014 TenderNed Decision for the European Union.
On the occasion of President Obama's request to Congress for an "Authorization to Use Military Force" against ISIL, Brien Hallett, the author of Declaring War, laments the extra-constitutional quality of AUMF.
Ayelet Haimson Lushkov, the author of Magistracy and the Historiography of the Roman Republic, situates the 1932 Bodyline cricket movement in the context of the Roman exemplum. And if you're not watching the Cricket World Cup, you should be. Tune in tonight to see England take on New Zealand.
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