book review

From Progress to Poverty: America’s Long Gilded Age

The America that emerged out of the Civil War was meant to be a radically more equal place. What went wrong?
The Nation
original

The Greatest American Historian You've Never Heard Of

An appreciation of Alfred Crosby, who coined the term "Columbian exchange."
by 
  • Benjamin Breen

    • Puerto Rico

    Explore tag
    first person

    Real Museums of Memphis

    How the National Civil Rights Museum has obscured the ongoing dispossession of African-Americans taking place in its shadow.
    Scalawag
    origin story

    Why We Doubt Capable Children

    How we inherited our modern understanding of childhood from the 18th-century revolutionary era.
    The Junto
    first person

    The History of 420, in Three Acts

    There are many theories about the origin of 420, but five guys named Waldo started it all.
    Freedom Leaf Press
    news

    NYC Will Move—But Not Remove—Statue of Gynecologist Who Experimented on Slaves

    Some say the decision to move the statue of Dr. J. Marion Sims from Central Park to a Brooklyn cemetery is a "slap in the face."
    Broadly
    explainer

    Can President Trump Legally Send Troops to the Border?

    Critics argue the move would violate the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act. One problem: There is no 1878 Posse Comitatus Act.
    Washington Post
    explainer

    Operation Mongoose: The Story of America's Efforts to Overthrow Castro

    And how they helped seal America’s fate in Vietnam.
    The Atlantic
    comment

    Acquitting Elvis of Cultural Appropriation

    His groundbreaking rock-n-roll was neither 'thievery' nor 'derivative blackness.'
    The American Conservative

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