In The News: Department of History
For more than 100 years, the U.S. government forcibly relocated tens of thousands of Native American children to boarding schools under a federal assimilation program meant to suppress their languages, beliefs and identities.
On the evening of April 27, 1998, there was an almost festive atmosphere on the Las Vegas Strip.
On the evening of April 27, 1998, there was an almost festive atmosphere on the Las Vegas Strip.
With just weeks left before the start of the fall semester — and the near-full scale return of college students, faculty and staff to in-person activity on campuses across the country — more than 600 colleges and universities have sought to implement requirements for the COVID-19 vaccine as cases and hospitalizations have surged.
Today's prep is for everyone, more or less. It's only fair, after all.
On Sunday, the state’s oldest operating casino will turn 90. It’s a milestone worth celebrating, historians say, given its origins and role in the earliest days of Nevada gaming.
The Journal of Women’s History partners with the New Books Network to host a podcast profiling recent publications in women’s history.
When the Norwegian women’s beach handball team refused to play in bikini bottoms during a game in the sport’s Euro 2021 tournament, they were fined $2,000.
Experts share their thoughts on the engagement watch trend.
Another mascot change in a professional sport.
"This hesitancy in the U.S. is pretty much as old as vaccines," said UNLV historian Michael Green.
Americans are returning to work and finding that sensibilities and dress codes have changed. With hybrid dressing, ‘all bets are off.'