Tara Blair 
| By Gale Staff | When the topic of women in medicine comes up, the conversation tends to elevate the trailblazers: the first women to break through the glass ceiling to earn medical degrees or the pioneering researchers who defied the odds to make game-changing discoveries. Of course these figures matter. However, celebrating only their … Read more
| By Gale Staff | “I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.” When Lou Gehrig spoke those words in front of a packed Yankee Stadium in 1939, he was announcing the end of his baseball career. He hadn’t missed a game in more than 13 years and had made more … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Historical research doesn’t stop at the top-level headlines. For faculty and students eager to get at the why behind the who, what, when, and where, they need the kind of detail that summaries or secondhand accounts can’t provide. Across more than 11 million articles, The Times Digital Archive preserves events … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Once reserved for Santa Claus and starry-eyed explorers, the North Pole has become an increasingly urgent matter of political concern. Thawing permafrost and retreating ice have already spurred conflict regarding newly accessible shipping corridors and untapped energy reserves. As the ice recedes, what was once an isolated region draws the … Read more
Between 2015 and 2024, the United States experienced 190 separate billion-dollar disasters. Data from NOAA shows that, when adjusted for inflation, annual billion-dollar disasters averaged 3.3 events per year throughout the 1980s, but surged to 13.1 from 2010–19. So far, that number looks to be going up at an astounding rate, as the average has … Read more
| By Gale Staff | A century ago, in the summer of 1925, an electrical engineer named Francis Houdina debuted one of the first self-driving car prototypes. The demonstration, which occurred on Broadway Avenue in New York City, required two vehicles: a driverless sedan rigged with a radio antenna and a second car trailing behind … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Do your students recognize Mindy Kaling from The Office? Maybe they know Bowen Yang, the first Chinese-American comedian to star on Saturday Night Live, from his appearance in the movie Wicked. How about former presidential candidates Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Andrew Yang? May is Asian American and Pacific Islander … Read more
| By Gale Staff | Malcolm X was born in 1925, at a time when the promises of Reconstruction had given way to the systemic oppression of Jim Crow. By the time of his assassination in 1965, Malcolm had become one of the most formidable voices of the Civil Rights Movement, equally revered and feared … Read more
| By Gale Staff | May 8 begins Teacher Appreciation Week, and we at Gale want all educators to know how much we value them. We recognize how hard teachers work and the dedication they have to our students. This May, we are highlighting some of the many ways that teachers support America’s kids and … Read more
| By Dr. Bequita Pegram | In addition to teaching U.S. history and digital storytelling, I host a podcast called “D.O.P.E. Conversations.” I do it for one very important reason: to invite theorists and researchers to break down their research in a way that grassroots efforts can use. Sometimes scholars lose focus of the idea … Read more