Historian Robert Snyder reviews two exhibits of ashcan artists and their portrayal of early twentieth century urban life.

In this review of The Object of History a cooperative project between National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, and Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, Catherine Whalen evaluates the website's success in helping students understand material culture objects as types of historical evidence.

Anthony W. Lee reviews the story behind a photograph that captured mid-1970s Boston desegregation and school busing experiments.