Please join us in extending a hearty congratulations to our 2020 PhD in African American and American Studies, Lucy Caplan!
Lucy’s dissertation, “High Culture on the Lower...
Apainful pattern repeats itself throughout America: A Black person is killed by police officers, protests ensue, and police are brought in to stifle the demonstrations. Most...
Four Yale professors whose teaching and mentorship have inspired generations of students were recently honored with William C. Clyde DeVane Medals from the university’s...
Ashley James always had a tendency to question dominant historical narratives.
Last year, she earned her doctorate from Yale University in English literature and two other...
Since the declaration of Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s birthday as a federal holiday, our country has celebrated the civil-rights movement, valorizing its tactics of nonviolence...
On today’s ST, we are discussing a new book on race relations and American history that offers a bold, thorough, and eye-opening critique of our nation’s criminal...
Dedication, warmth, and the answers — prize-winning teachers have it all
Carolyn Roberts — the Sidonie Miskimin Clauss Prize
“Carolyn Roberts, assistant professor of history...
How do we reduce crime, especially amid calls to defund the police?
While many point to rising crime rates as an indicator that more funding is needed, studies show almost no...
The death of Ronald Greene, a Black man who died in Louisiana in 2019 after a police chase is under scrutiny after newly released police body camera footage shows he was...
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — For her first book, “From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime,” the historian Elizabeth Hinton spent years digging through government archives, piecing...
