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

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

Why don't TV families go to Disney World as much as they used to?

Each year there is one undeniable 'song of summer.'

Reform is simply not possible.

Religious "freedom" and "liberty" have always had different connotations.

Unlike Nixon's famous "silent majority," Trump's backers are loud - and growing in volume

Health care spending grew more slowly in the past two years than it has in over five decades.

Obama's desire to “look forward” on torture has enabled Trump to look backward in his appointment of a new CIA director.

How do Trump's first 100 days measure up?

Racial justice energized the party in the past. It can today too.

A lawyer details the attack by hundreds of whites on the black neighborhood where hundreds died 95 years ago.

Nine maps of the transatlantic slave trade between 1500 and 1900.

The persistent inflow of Hispanic immigrants threatens to divide the US into two peoples, two cultures, and two languages.

Every single New York Times front page since 1852 in under a minute. Hint: Pay attention to the images!

Historians agree on the top three. Below that, there are fascinating trends in opinion.

What the first opioid epidemic can teach us about the second.

Imagine a class on gun control activism. Here's what its syllabus might look like.

A conversation with the author of "Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America."

Republicans used to take a softer line on immigration. What happened?

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."

How Theodore's Roosevelt's personal tragedies inspired him to reform America's cities.

A warning about the ways we compare Donald Trump to atrocities in history.

An analysis of the significance, unintended consequences, and implications ofthe 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act fifty years later.

Explore origin and destination totals of migrants from 233 countries between 1990 and 2015.

Inclusion and humanitarianism used to be part of the immigration policy of the United States.

The verdict was unanimous.

Why the campaign staple has been falling out of favor.

As the stigma of being transgender begins to ease, medicine is starting to catch up

In many cities, maps of mortgage approvals and home values in black neighborhoods look as they did before the law was passed.

In 1968, the Fair Housing Act made it illegal to discriminate in housing. So why are neighborhoods still so segregated?

History suggests otherwise.

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

Silicon Valley’s sixty-year love affair with the word “tool.”

Twenty years ago, another high-profile tech executive testified before Congress. It was a more innocent time.

The 2018 West Virginia teachers’ strike in historical perspective.

The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. led directly to hip-hop, an era that is often contrasted with his legacy.

Detailing the history and the controversy behind an iconic baseball mascot.

Although she’s often overshadowed by her husband, Anna made his work possible.

'The Future Is Female' was popularized in 2015, but the slogan was created 40 years earlier.

Texas Rangers and vigilantes killed thousands of Mexican-Americans in a campaign of terror. Will Texas acknowledge the bloodshed?

The actions of attorneys general in California and other states have their antecedents in the fight against that draconian law.

"Deletionists" are rapidly removing content from Wikiedpia; often, the lost material is created by those who struggle to be heard.

A conversation on party politics and the durability of our current political system.

An introduction to the currents of American culture that led to "Trumpism.'

Learning to shred with the Bush Administration’s Iraq War fall guy.

Too bad Trump isn't a student of history.

How Consoler-in-Chiefs respond to senseless gun violence.

Uncovering Charleston's "backstreet" abortion networks.

The executive order that forced Japanese-Americans from their homes also put immigrants from Italy under surveillance.