Are We Living in the New Gilded Age

Are We Living in the New Gilded Age

ARE WE LIVING IN THE NEW GILDED AGE? Recently, a wave of books and articles have been referring to our current era as the “New Gilded Age” or “Second Gilded Age.” (There is even a recently released HBO series entitled “The Gilded Age!”)  But why the comparison? WHAT...
A Celebration of Great Women in History

A Celebration of Great Women in History

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Why Is It Important to Study History?

Why Is It Important to Study History?

We’ve all heard some version of the quote by philosopher George Santayana, “Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it.”  But do we really know why it’s important to study history? What does history teach us?    In his lecture “History Matters: Why...