Robin Lindley

Robin Lindley is a Seattle-based writer and attorney. He is features editor for the History News Network (hnn.us), and his work also has appeared in Writer’s Chronicle, Crosscut, Documentary, NW Lawyer, Real Change, Huffington Post, Bill Moyers.com, Salon.com, and more. He has a special interest in the history of human rights and medicine. He can be reached by email: robinlindley@gmail.com.

Aug 7, 2020

The Apocalypse Factory: Steve Olson Discusses the Path of Plutonium From Hanford Nuclear Reservation to Nagasaki

by Robin Lindley

Jun 5, 2020

Love, Loss, and Leadership in a Time of Mass Death— An Interview with Erik Larson

by Robin Lindley

May 17, 2020

Interview: Historian and Professor Nancy K. Bristow on the Forgotten Police Shooting of Black Students at Jackson State College

by Robin Lindley

Apr 11, 2020

A Conversation with Medical Historian Frank M. Snowden from Rome on COVID-19, the Situation in Italy, and the History of Epidemics

by Robin Lindley

Mar 27, 2020

The Ruthless Litigant in Chief: James Zirin Paints a Portrait of Trump Through 3,500 Lawsuits

by Robin Lindley

Mar 20, 2020

An Interview with Mary V. Thompson on the Lives of the Enslaved Residents of Mount Vernon

by Robin Lindley

Mar 4, 2020

Interview: Acclaimed History Professor Gordon Chang on "Ghosts of Gold Mountain"

by Robin Lindley

Dec 20, 2019

Investigating Technology and the Remaking of America

by Robin Lindley

Dec 20, 2019

The Overlooked Aftermath of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

by Robin Lindley

Dec 20, 2019

Historian Ian Reifowitz on How the Race-Baiting Invective of Rush Limbaugh on the Obama Presidency Led to Trump

by Robin Lindley

Sep 18, 2019

Exploring the Curious Sources of Medieval Law: An Interview with Acclaimed Historian Robin Chapman Stacey

by Robin Lindley

Sep 18, 2019

Historian Ian Reifowitz on How the Race-Baiting Invective of Rush Limbaugh on the Obama Presidency Led to Trump

by Robin Lindley

Sep 18, 2019

The Overlooked Story of “the Greater United States”: Historian Daniel Immerwahr Shares His Unique Perspective on American Empire

by Robin Lindley

Sep 18, 2019

Carolyn Forché: Bearing Witness to the Wounds of History

by Robin Lindley

Sep 18, 2019

A History of Huntington Disease and Beyond

by Robin Lindley

Apr 15, 2019

Trump’s War on Civil Rights and Beyond: A Conversation with Acclaimed Political Analyst and Civil Rights Historian Juan Williams

by Robin Lindley

Apr 15, 2019

The Refugee Camps of Twentieth-Century Britain—Historian Jordanna Bailkin Discusses Her Groundbreaking New Book "Unsettled"

by Robin Lindley

Nov 2, 2018

The Sudden Death of a Democracy: Historian Benjamin Carter Hett on the Fall of the Weimar Republic

by Robin Lindley

Oct 5, 2018

A Distinguished History Professor Retires—Then Goes to Art School:

by Robin Lindley

Sep 12, 2018

On War and Remembrance: An Interview with Jay Winter

by Robin Lindley