History
Can a Family Resurrect the American Chestnut Tree in Appalachia?
Virginia tree farmers reintroduce an iconic tree that was decimated by blight
The Trees at the Center of Our History
From the Pequot War to the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps, trees tell a living story
Iowa Republicans Are Erasing the State’s History
Sixty percent of the historical society archives are being trashed with no transparency
What Counts as American Religion?
A new history reconsiders who belongs in American religious history and what should count as religion
From Frying Pans to ‘Teflon Flu’: How One Scientist’s Discovery Changed the World Forever
The origins of PFAS “forever chemicals”
How the ’70s Counterculture Shaped My Ozark Childhood
Going back-to-the-land meant confronting my family's, and our nation's, fraught racial history
Jim Hightower Confronts the 1980s Farm Crisis
"It's the same old story—Reagan helps the rich, and Lord help the rest of us."
Pioneer Letitia Carson Escaped Slavery to Became One of Oregon’s First Farmers
Racial justice advocates work to memorialize the historic homestead of Letitia and her white husband David Carson
The Forgotten Victims Downwind of Oppenheimer’s Bomb
How popular narratives obscure the victims of America's first dirty bomb.
The Great Spirit (Why I am a Pagan)
Zitkála-Šá, born on the Yankton Indian Reservation in 1876, embraces the religion of her ancestors
Will a Century-Old Doctrine Help Preserve Tribal Water Rights in the West?
“While Indian tribes have to determine their water rights for the rest of their future, our cities, towns and counties don’t.”
Finding Common Ground at a Montana Barn Raising
The former Montana House speaker and Missoula mayor reflects on working together across differences
