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Picture of the Ingalls family from the TV Series, "Little House on the Prairie."

Laura Ingalls Wilder in the Big Woke Woods

A recent documentary reminds us of her family’s strength and our own weakness.
by Jonathon Van Maren via The American Conservative on February 26, 2021
Roosevelt Middle School sign with a red X on it.

The Holier-Than-Thou Crusade in San Francisco

The city’s move to rename schools will provide invaluable ammunition to Fox News.
by Gary Kamiya via The Atlantic on February 2, 2021
Depiction of a woman in a tree, looking down with a thoughtful expression.

Roots to Fruits

Meditations on when you think you found the people who owned your people via DNA test.
by Mariah-Rose Marie M via The Nib on February 1, 2021
Aerial view of a mining quarry

The Land Was Ours

Trump, Biden, and public lands.
by Nick Bowlin via The Drift on January 27, 2021
Exhibit

Native Pasts

This exhibit showcases the cultural, political, and environmental histories of American Indians, from ancient civilizations to contemporary activism.
Land of Hope Book Cover, which has a painting of buildings and boats

An America Where Everyone Meant Well

Jonathan W. Wilson offers a constructively critical review of Wilfred McClay's American history textbook "Land of Hope."
by Jonathan W. Wilson via U.S. Intellectual History Blog on January 9, 2021

How America Keeps Adapting the Story of the Pilgrims at Plymouth to Match the Story We Need to Tell

The word “Plymouth” may conjure up visions of Pilgrims in search of religious freedom, but that vision does not reflect reality.
by Peter C. Mancall via TIME on December 17, 2020
Book cover for The Two Faces of American Freedom

The Two Faces of American Freedom, Ten Years Later: Part One

On the ten year anniversary of Aziz Rana's book, Henry Brooks interviews him on his influential book and what it might teach us about the legacies of populism.
by Henry Brooks, Aziz Rana via LPE Project on December 14, 2020
Forest on fire with two firefighters spraying water

A Note from the Fireline

Climate change and the colonial legacy of fire suppression.
by Jordan Thomas via The Drift on October 21, 2020
A statue of Christopher Columbus.

Middle Schoolers Take on Columbus

A lesson on contextualizing history.
by Alex Pinelli via Perspectives on History on October 8, 2020
Wabanaki people paddling canoes near bridge

The Myth of Native American Extinction Harms Everyone

Cluelessness about Native people is rampant in New England, which romanticizes its Colonial heritage.
by Mali Obomsawin via Boston Globe Magazine on September 15, 2020

The Stench of Colonialism Mars These Bird Names. They Must Be Changed.

Having a species named after you is an honor. Not everyone deserves it.
by Gabriel Foley, Jordan Rutter via Washington Post on August 4, 2020
Equestrian statue of Theodore Roosevelt on a horse accompanied by an African man on foot, outside the American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History Grapples with its Most Controversial Piece

Museum visitors, as well as scholars of art, history, and African and Native American studies, discuss the sculpture’s intended and perceived meanings.
by Reniqua Allen via Aeon on August 4, 2020

UVA and the History of Race: The George Rogers Clark Statue and Native Americans

Unlike the statues of Lee and Jackson, these Charlottesville monuments had less to do with memory than they did with an imagined past.
by Christian McMillen via UVA Today on July 27, 2020
Drawing of three Native American men wearing plains dress.

The Last Chief of the Comanches and the Fall of an Empire

Dustin Tahmahkera details the life of the last chief of the Comanches, Quanah Parker.
by Dustin Tahmahkera via TED on July 2, 2020
Two statues next to each other

Confederates in the Capitol

The National Statuary Collection announced the unification of the former slave economy’s emotional heartland with the heart of national government.
by William Hogeland via Boston Review on June 29, 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

The Power of Empty Pedestals

After Governor Northam announced its removal, two Richmond historians reflect on the legacy of the Lee Monument.
by Gregory D. Smithers, Michael Dickinson via The Bitter Southerner on June 23, 2020
Black and white photo portrait of a woman wearing un-rimmed glasses and a short brimmed hat with a satin bow on it.

Suffrage in Spanish

Hispanic women and the fight for the 19th Amendment in New Mexico.
by Cathleen D. Cahill via Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission on June 15, 2020

Now Do Lincoln

Protesters are tearing down statues of Columbus and other villains of history. The true test will come when they reckon with their heroes.
by Nick Martin via The New Republic on June 11, 2020

COVID-19 Didn’t Break the Food System. Hunger Was Already Here.

Like everything else in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, American food has become almost unrecognizable overnight.
by Carla Cevasco via Nursing Clio on May 26, 2020
A portrait of Olivia Ramirez, 22, a full-time nanny in Tulsa.

For the Osage Nation, Photography Has Harmed—and Healed

In rural Oklahoma, an Osage photographer creates portraits of resilience.
by Rachel Brown, Ryan Redcorn via National Geographic on May 19, 2020

How Historic Preservation Shaped the Early United States

A new book details how the young nation regarded its recent and more ancient pasts.
by Karin Wulf, Whitney Martinko via Smithsonian Magazine on May 14, 2020

“Infection Unperceiv’d, in Many a Place”: The London Plague of 1625, Viewed From Plymouth Rock

In 1625, New England’s “hideous and desolate” isolation suddenly began to seem a God-given blessing in disguise.
by Peter H. Wood via We're History on April 15, 2020
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The Revolutions

Ed Ayers visits public historians in Boston and Philadelphia and explores what “freedom” meant to those outside the halls of power in the Revolutionary era.
via Future Of America's Past on March 16, 2020

The Shortages May Be Worse Than the Disease

Over the centuries, societies have shown a long history of making the effects of epidemics worse and furthering their own destruction.
by Elise A. Mitchell via The Atlantic on March 11, 2020

The Unquiet Hymnbook in the Early United States

This post is a part of our “Faith in Revolution” series, which explores the ways that religious ideologies and communities shaped the revolutionary era.
by Christopher N. Phillips via Age of Revolutions on March 2, 2020
Chicago buildings at the turn of the 20th century.

Reversing a River: How Chicago Flushed its Human Waste Downstream

In 1906, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Chicago to move forward with a spectacularly disgusting feat of modern engineering.
by Gregory D. Smithers via We're History on February 18, 2020
George Washington on the cover of Alexis Coe's "You Never Forget Your First."

A New Book About George Washington Breaks All the Rules on How to Write About George Washington

A cheeky biography of the first president pulls no punches.
by Alexis Coe, Karin Wulf via Smithsonian Magazine on February 4, 2020
Fish in water next to rocks at the base of Kinzua Dam

Halted Waters

The Seneca Nation and the building of the Kinzua Dam.
by Maria Diaz-Gonzalez via Belt Magazine on January 30, 2020

Keeping the Country

In southwest Florida, the Myakka River Valley — a place of mystery and myth — is under threat of development.
by Michael Adno via The Bitter Southerner on January 28, 2020
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