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American colonial governments used to auction off poor families to the lowest bidder

American colonial governments used to auction off poor families to the lowest bidder

‘Outdoor relief’ was the social-welfare net of the time

Jun 9

The shipbuilding town of Vanport — home to most of Oregon’s blacks — was washed away in an…

This amazing woman is the forgotten architect of the American Social Security system

These panoramic photos of Roaring ‘20s beach beauties are retro summer chic

Watch: This Hollywood star disguised her South Asian origins

This white reporter from Pittsburgh dressed like a black man for 30 days to expose Southern racism

Nina Renata Aron

Pre-photographic pictures of hot air balloon accidents show the perils of late modernity

How to use the presidency to get $1 million in free designer clothes, a lesson from Nancy Reagan

How to use the presidency to get $1 million in free designer clothe...

She was supposed to donate them, but that didn’t exactly happen

Jun 6

These striking color photos of the Long Hot Summer riots show the full spectrum of the violence

These striking color photos of the Long Hot Summer riots show the f...

In 1967, newspapers only ran black-and-white pictures

Jun 5

Watch: Forty years ago, an amateur climber from Queens scaled the World Trade Center

Watch: Forty years ago, an amateur climber from Queens scaled the W...

From street level to 110 stories up in less than four hours

Jun 5

If you’re black in America, riots are a spiritual impulse not a political strategy

If you’re black in America, riots are a spiritual impulse not a pol...

The Long Hot Summer of 1967 was the inevitable result of forced duality

Carvell Wallace

Jun 5

‘Alice in Wonderland’ changed literature forever, by not trying to teach kids, just entertain them

‘Alice in Wonderland’ changed literature forever, by not trying to ...

The delights of nonsense

Jun 5

New York editors invented half-day summer Fridays. Silicon Valley killed them.

New York editors invented half-day summer Fridays. Silicon Valley k...

We’ll never have it as good as publishing types in the 1960s

Jun 2

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