How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

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A practitioner-focused conference for historians using AI and computational methods, October 15–16, 2026 at Johns Hopkins University.

The Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest's 2025 – 2026 grant program will fund projects around the theme of “Crisis Moments."

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When a car passes an automated license plate reader (ALPR), its plate is captured and instantly compared against a list of vehicles that police are actively looking for or that police have identified

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The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries and Carnegie Mellon University Press invite applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computational Humanities and Publishing. This is an exciting opportun...

A national day of history in public. JOIN US Events will take place across libraries, parks, museums, and other civic spaces, featuring talks, facilitated discussions, teach-ins, programs, and community storytelling events. GET INVOLVED Events can be scheduled anytime between September 25-27. Submit Your Planned Event I Am a Host Looking for a Speaker I Am