In a Q&A, nuclear security scholar Gabrielle Hecht discusses the consequences of nuclear war, what radioactive contamination would look like today and what damage nuclear activities have already caused.
Italy, a previously fascist country, became a democracy shortly after World War II ended. That transition and the country’s 1948 election are still sources of debate, and led Stanford undergraduate Anatole Schneider to search for answers.
Stanford historian Ana Raquel Minian traces the establishment of Mexican social clubs and the funds they raised for their hometowns between the 1960s and 1980s.
The Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College, NewYork, honored Fishkin with the John S. Tuckey Award for “helping to assure that a rigorous, dynamic account of Twain stays in the public consciousness."
People who believe that certain social groups share an unchangeable essence are more likely to support programs and legislation that keep those social groups separated.