A 1970 Law Led to the Mass Sterilization of Native American Women. That History Still Matters

Over a six-year period in the 1970s, physicians sterilized perhaps 25% of Native American women of childbearing age ...
American Songwriter

3 Elements That Make up the Perfect 1970s Country Song (With Examples)

There was a formula to crafting a beautiful 1970s country song, and those elements still have musical merit today.
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70s road trip memories: The classic stops every American family made on the highway

Long before smartphones and GPS apps, family road trips in the 1970s followed a rhythm built around iconic roadside stops.
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Boomers who bought American muscle in the 1970s made the right call — the numbers prove it

Those 'expensive' muscle cars turned out to be the smartest buys of a generation.
American Songwriter

4 More of the Best American Rock Bands from the 1970s (Part 2)

Our previous list of the best American rock bands from the 1970s featured Aerosmith, The Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the Eagles. Part two highlights a Bay Area band that shaped the jazz, ...
AOL

10 Photos That Capture the American Workplace in the 1970s

In the 1970s American workplace, wood-paneled offices, typewriters, and vintage technology ruled the day. Back then, smoking indoors was the norm, dress codes were sharp (let’s just say casual Fridays ...
Hyperallergic

The Stories of Asian American Activism in 1970s LA

Installation view of publications in Roots: Asian American Movements in Los Angeles 1968–80s at the Chinese American Museum (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) LOS ANGELES — “Instead of going ...
Vogue

A 1970s Fashion History Lesson: Disco, Designer Denim, and the Liberated Woman

The 1970s was the decade for the woman, capital W. As women’s liberation marched on (in 1970 more than 50,000 people participated in the first women’s equality march, the Women’s Strike for Equality, ...