Livia Gershon

Even as crime rates dropped in the 1930s, the police of New Orleans stepped up their use of torture to obtain confessions from Black Americans accused of crimes.

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When a tsunami struck American Samoa in 2009, the key to a swift response was Indigenous institutions that drew on local knowledge and community training.

The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. The Astonishing Legacy of Quincy Jones Smithsonian Magazine by Chris Klimek

In the 1920s, Chicago became the greyhound racing capital of the country, thanks in part to the power of mobsters like Capone, who was a big fan.

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After World War II, IBM worked to influence the new balance of power by locating facilities for the production of its electric typewriter across Europe.

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The use of sensory stimulants like incense gave Jesuits a common framework with the North American nations they encountered on missionary trips.

The turkey was semi-domesticated and kept in pens in the American Southwest some 2,000 years ago—but not for the reason you think.