During my childhood in Buenos Aires, adults usually told us to be careful while using telephones and cinema seats because […]
“I Would Rather Die”: A Review of Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland
On April 27 of last year, sociologist and psychiatrist Jonathan M. Metzl was at a public reading for his new […]
What Women “Want”: Wordsmithing Education Reform Rhetoric
Persuaders and Persuadees The decentralized nature of public education in America means that any one individual who wants to implement […]
Queering History: Back to School Edition
In his second inaugural address in 2013, President Barack Obama stated that [gblockquote]We, the people, declare today that the most […]
Mission Nursing, Migration, and Mobility in Twentieth-Century Iran
The American Association for the History of Nursing is so pleased to partner with Nursing Clio for this special series, […]
Almost Fourteen: The Book That Stopped Me in My Research Tracks
One of the things I always warn people about before their first archival trip is just how boring historical research […]
“Save Changes”: Telling Stories of Disability Protest
At first, it was a simple case of “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,” as I worked with WikiEducation […]
Bans, Boycotts, and Brawls: The 1970s West Virginia Textbook Controversy
To find tensions in American society, look at K-12 textbooks. Not in them, but in the debates they bring to […]
No Safe Spaces: Missouri, ISIS, and What We Can Do About It
Before the terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut a few weeks ago, I had begun writing an essay about race, […]
Big Promises, Bigger Failures: When Public Education Makes You Sick
Promises, promises… We take it as a given that schooling is good for us, that overall population health increases with […]
