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The Invention of the Police

Why did American policing get so big, so fast? The answer, mainly, is slavery.

by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on July 13, 2020

An image of Columbus, Ohio's statue of Christopher Columbus.

The Vanishing Monuments of Columbus, Ohio

Last week, the mayor announced that the city’s most prominent statue of Christopher Columbus would be removed “as soon as possible.”

by Hanif Abdurraqib via The New Yorker on June 24, 2020

Deserted farm road through corn fields.

Land-Grab Universities

Expropriated Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system.

by Tristan Ahtone, Robert Lee via High Country News on March 30, 2020

American Torture

For 400 years, Americans have argued that their violence is justified while the violence of others constitutes barbarism.

by W. Fitzhugh Brundage via Aeon on February 20, 2020

No Man’s Land

In ignoring the messy realities of westward expansion, McCullough’s "The Pioneers" is both incomplete and dull.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on May 10, 2019

Gold coins and jewelry spilling out of a chest.

The Pirate as Conquistador: Plunder and Politics in the Making of the British Empire

As the British Empire's power expanded, piracy became criminalized.

by Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra via Arcade on May 6, 2019

The Myth of the American Frontier

Greg Grandin’s new book charts the past and present of American expansionism and its high human costs.

by Jedediah Britton-Purdy via The Nation on April 1, 2019

When The President Laughs At Genocide

In the period of a few weeks, President Trump mocked both the Trail of Tears and the Wounded Knee Massacre.

by Michael E. Carter via Tropics of Meta on February 10, 2019

The Vanishing Indians of “These Truths”

Jill Lepore's widely-praised history of the U.S. relies on the eventual exit of indigenous actors to make way for other dramas.

by Christine DeLucia via Los Angeles Review of Books on January 10, 2019

Ulysses Grant’s Forgotten Fight for Native American Rights

The President and his Seneca friend Ely Parker wanted Indians to gain citizenship, but their efforts are mostly lost to history.

by Mary Stockwell via Zócalo Public Square on January 7, 2019

White Supremacy Is the Achilles Heel of American Democracy

Even in a high-tech era, fears about minority political agency are the most reliable way to destabilize the U.S. political system.

by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on April 17, 2018

Andrew Jackson Adopted an Indian Son

Was bringing home an Indian boy-after slaughtering his family-an act of compassion or of political expedience?

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on April 29, 2016

A Historian’s Revealing Research on Race and Gun Laws

The notion that gun control has racist origins is popular in gun rights circles. Here's what's wrong with the claim.

by Saul Cornell, Mike Spies via The Trace on November 24, 2015

Geronimo: The Warrior

Edward Rielly tells of the tragic massacre which underpinned the life of resistance fighter Geronimo.

by Edward Rielly via The Public Domain Review on August 29, 2011

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