Feature Channels: History

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The latest expert commentary and research on SCOTUS decisions, including the overturn of Roe v. Wade

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In a new book, Northern Sparks: Innovation, Technology Policy, and the Arts in Canada from Expo 67 to the Internet Age, Professor Michael Century of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute brings a unique perspective to the emergence of the digital age set in a specifically Canadian narrative.

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Multiple events will be held during the run of the exhibitions through Aug. 6

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Johns Hopkins University faculty are available to discuss topics ranging from the holiday’s historical significance to its impact today.

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Here are some of the latest articles that have been added to the Aging channel on Newswise, a free source for journalists.

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The wreck of one of the most famous ships of the 17th century - which sank 340 years ago while carrying the future King of England James Stuart - has been discovered off the coast of Norfolk in the UK, it can be revealed today.

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Summer learning initiative kicks off June 27

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New excavations find a succession of ancient cultures visiting the cave for art and burial.

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Here are some of the latest articles added to the Behavioral Science channel on Newswise.

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Many of the settlement activities were documented in the Hull-House Bulletins

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Historic graffiti of ships carved in an African fort were drawn by soldiers on guard duty watching the sea, University of Exeter experts believe.

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Are you looking for expert commentary on the leaked opinion draft that appears to overturn Roe v. Wade? Newswise has you covered! Below are some of the latest headlines that have been added to the U.S. Supreme Court channel on Newswise.

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This year marks 50 years since it came to light that the nation’s leading public health agency, the Public Health Service, conceived an unethical “research study” - the Tuskegee Experiment – that lasted for 40 years. The participants? Black men in a rural community in the South who existed in a state of quasi-slavery, making them extremely vulnerable and the agency’s treatment of them that much more sickening.

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By: Kathleen Haughney | Published: May 2, 2022 | 9:52 am | SHARE: All eyes are on Churchill Downs this week as the horse racing industry prepares for the 148th Kentucky Derby.Associate Professor of History Katherine Mooney is available to provide expert commentary to reporters covering the event. Mooney is the author of “Race Horse Men,” which examines the generations of Black men who built the racing industry and who were ultimately driven from their jobs with the rise of Jim Crow laws.

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It’s been 50 years since the Tuskegee Study was disclosed to the American public. In May, a new riveting account of the Study, when government doctors intentionally withheld effective therapy for syphilis for 40 years in 400 African American men, will be published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The article explains the deeper everlasting lessons of the study.