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Abraham Lincoln vs John Calhoun: the original deepfake photo of a US president

This iconic 1865 portrait of Abraham Lincoln was actually a doctored image of slavery advocate John Calhoun

Digital Camera World · Jul 4, 2024

Philadelphia’s 200-year-old disability records show welfare reform movement’s early shift toward rationing care and punishing poor people

Charles Kingley was a widower and a single father of four who lived in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia in 1829. He worked at a brewhouse but struggled to secure care for his youngest child, William, who was about 5 years old and nearly blind.

The Conversation · Jun 13, 2024

An appetite for adventure

Meet Nellie Bly the journalist who became famous for travelling around the world in 72 days and beat the fictional record set by Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne’s classic novel Around the World in 80 Days.

The Hindu · May 19, 2024

Barbra Streisand's autobiography My Name is Barbra shows how she redefined the diva

Barbra Streisand, whose autobiography – My Name is Barbra – was published this week, is one of the most successful divas of the past 60 years.

The Conversation · Nov 10, 2023

Best Free Veterans Day Lessons & Activities

Plan your Veterans Day classroom activities and lessons with quizzes, videos, primary sources, and more

Tech&Learning · Nov 2, 2023

Celebrate 400 years of moon maps for Apollo 11's anniversary (gallery)

The Library of Congress has 400 years of moon maps from around the world. Explore the moon in centuries of maps to celebrate the first-ever human moon landing in 1969.

Space · Jul 20, 2023

The US has a child labor problem – recalling an embarrassing past that Americans may think they've left behind

At the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s Special Collections, where I am head curator, we’ve recently completed a major digitization and rehousing project of our collection of over 5,400 photographs made by Lewis Wickes Hine in the early 20th century.

The Conversation · Jun 9, 2023

Will A.I. Steal Our Jobs?

Yes, and thank god for that!

Reason · May 30, 2023

'Mistaken, misread, misquoted, mislabeled, and mis-spoken' -- what Woody Guthrie wrote about the national debt debate in Congress during the Depression

The debt ceiling debate between the House GOP and President Joe Biden could, if not solved, lead to economic chaos and destruction – so it might seem strangely lighthearted to wonder what a Great Depression-era singer and activist would think about this particular political moment.

The Conversation · May 17, 2023

The photo archive bringing pre-Nakba Jerusalem alive

Mona Hajjar Halaby’s British Mandate Jerusalemites photo library on Facebook captures often ignored history.

Al Jazeera · May 15, 2023