In this post-election, post-World Series moment, the intersection of baseball and politics nearly a century ago is the subject of a lecture this week at the New York State Museum. University of Maryland historian Robert Chiles will speak Thursday in Albany with a talk titled “Babe Ruth Gets Political: Sports and Identity Politics in the Roaring Twenties.” Chiles, research associate in history with the state museum, is co-editor of “New York History” and the author of a book on Gov. Al Smith and the progressive era.
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After a fall semester marked by some campus shutdowns and other localized COVID-19 problems, the State University of New York system is establishing a...
Republicans gathered in Charlotte and Washington last week to nominate President Donald Trump for a second term. Thursday night at a highly unusual White...