I'd like to think so too. But regardless, this is a great read, including the very vibrant comment section, from whence the quote above comes. [Ta-Nehisi Coates/The Atlantic] » 5/25/10 10:20am 5/25/10 10:20am

Why haven't we heard more about the WWI-era Woman's Land Army of America? » 6/02/09 3:40pm 6/02/09 3:40pm

April 9th marks the 70th anniversary of Marian Anderson's historic concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the legendary contralto having been denied entrance to Constitution Hall by the D.A.R. [New Yorker] » 4/07/09 6:20pm 4/07/09 6:20pm

As PBS' documentary Annie Oakley showed last night, the famed "Little Sure Shot" sharpshooter was a walking, heat-packing contradiction: an advocate of women's self-defense and equal pay, she also didn't believe in female suffrage. [PBS] » 4/07/09 12:45pm 4/07/09 12:45pm

"Tell me where your grandmother came from and I can tell you how many kinds of pie you serve for Thanksgiving," wrote Clementine Paddleford. » 12/29/08 1:45pm 12/29/08 1:45pm

Cereal is such a major part of growing up American: I remember the realization, when I was a kid, that for people of prior generations, the distinctive dry crinkle of a cereal's plastic bag against the box, followed by the unmistakable rattle of flakes on bowl (all immediately recognizable from the next room) would… » 12/10/08 3:40pm 12/10/08 3:40pm