Blogs about United States of America

Recently I was going through some old family photos at mom's house in Huntsville and found a batch that included the ones below. Dad probably took them in the late 1950s or early 1960s. In …

For the Balkinization Symposium on Solangel Maldonado, The Architecture of Desire: How the Law Shapes Interracial Intimacy and Perpetuates Inequality (New York University Press, 2024). Rick Banks There's a lot to love in this book …

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8 months post-ice, it's time for something new!

San Jose is striving to redesign and expand its Cahill Street station, named for the (still living) former Santa Clara County board of supervisors chair Rod Diridon, to meet the needs of future rail service …

One hundred years ago, most men in Cincinnati believed women had got all the doggone progress they deserved. Women could vote, they were driving cars, they smoked cigarettes, and some women – gasp! – had …

Please vote for us! As always, it is validating. But our long winning streak has also proven helpful when applying for grants and stuff, and so has been instrumental in allowing us to continue to …

The low-rise, mostly commercial stretch of Brooklyn’s 18th Avenue running through Bensonhurst has a historic feel. That’s due in part to the circa-1829 New Utrecht Reformed Church and replica Liberty Pole facing the avenue. But …

THE PERALTA CLAIM. The Land Commissioners will decide on the merits of the Peralta claim this morning. The Chronicle says that this is one of the most important claims that has come before the Commissioners …

I have a collection of animal skulls including those from dog, cat, raccoon, and squirrel. They are road-killed specimens. I was taking a stroll during my vacation last month at Callaway Gardens and found a …

My neighbors Bill and Jen have been a driving force behind many of my culinary explorations, with their extensive garden and Bill's consuming interest in fermentation. Jen, too, comes from a long line of picklers …

I’ll tell you straight: Folks submitted some unwaveringly great photos this week. Take a beeline down the page and savor these favorites from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool! Head on with Eastern Market …

Among the very early examples of early Hawaiian jewelry are Queen Emmaʻs silver bracelet engraved “Aloha ia ka heiheimalie.” (Ka-heihei-malie was a wife of Kamehameha I.) Likewise, reportedly, a gift from Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop …

This photo from 1954 was taken from the top level of the Queensboro Plaza Station, looking west to Manhattan. That’s the Queensboro Bridge on the right. If you take the 7 train to Flushing, as …

Between an attempted assassination, Trump picking his VP, four days of sickening speeches at Republican National Convention, and the continued dogpiling of our very accomplished, effective president, I’m pretty tired of politics at this moment …

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ShareThe Supreme Court on Friday afternoon appointed a former clerk to Justice Samuel Alito (who also served as a clerk to then-Judge Neil Gorsuch on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit) to …

This masterful history is wide-ranging both in its coverage and its hybrid form. It offers specialized study of the vitalist tradition, broadly understood, in the modern US and Europe, with Read more The post “A …

On Wednesday, MassDOT’s Board of Directors formally approved a design-build contract that would create the first “diverging-diamond” interchange in Massachusetts, at the junction of Route 9 and Main Street in Natick. However, the project’s price …

Every day, The Overhead Wire collects news about cities and sends the links to their email list. At the end of the week they take some of the most popular stories and post them to …