by Carly Goodman | May 29, 2020 | Blog, Featured Post, guest post, Uncategorized
The covid-19 pandemic has fueled racism and xenophobia, echoing past pandemics. Beatrix Hoffman has compiled a reading list on U.S. immigration, public health, and the history of medicine to help make sense of our current moment. Below are 10 must-read books, listed... 
by Carly Goodman | Apr 14, 2020 | Blog, Featured Post, guest post
On April 18, 1905, the Board of Special Inquiry at the port of Boston excluded Mariam Zartarian, age 15, because she was afflicted with trachoma, an eye infection. The Board also decided to hold Almas Zartarian, Mariam’s mother. Since 1889, Mariam’s father Charles... 
by Carly Goodman | Apr 14, 2020 | Announcements
Theodore Saloutos Memorial Book Prize: Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof, Racial Migrations: New York City and the Revolutionary Politics of the Spanish Caribbean Honorable Mention: Benjamin Francis-Fallon, Rise of the Latino Vote: A History IEHS First Book Award: Danielle... 
by Carly Goodman | Mar 23, 2020 | Blog, guest post
When I talked to him on the phone, Frederick Maravilla was ninety-nine years old, and was a captivating storyteller. I sat at the kitchen table in my studio apartment, listening to stories of his eventful life growing up in a boxcar in Northwest Indiana, serving in... 
by Carly Goodman | Mar 9, 2020 | Blog, guest post
What’s a priest to do when his flock is unfree? Fr. John F. Godfrey, a mid-twentieth century priest at Ascension Catholic Church in Chesterfield, Missouri, ministered to farmworkers at the Hellwig Brothers’ Farm. During World War II, the Hellwigs and other American...