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Centuries of U.S. Imperialism Made Surfing an Olympic Sport
With an eye toward U.S. power, Americans spread the sport making its Olympic debut.
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Thomas Blake Earle
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Made By History
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July 25, 2021
Thoreau In Good Faith
A literary examination of Henry David Thoreau's life and legacy today.
by
Caleb Smith
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Public Books
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July 19, 2021
A Mother’s Influence
How African American women represented Black motherhood in the early nineteenth century.
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Crystal Webster
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Lapham’s Quarterly
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June 9, 2021
A Quest for the True Identity of Omar ibn Said, a Muslim Man Enslaved in the Carolinas
Omar ibn Said was captured in Senegal at 37 and enslaved in Charleston. A devout Muslim, he later converted to the Christian faith of his enslavers. Or did he?
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Jennifer Berry Hawes
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Post and Courier
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May 27, 2021
A Brief History of the Cheez-It
America's iconic orange cracker turns 100 this year.
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Leo DeLuca
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Smithsonian
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May 21, 2021
All the President’s Historians
Joe Biden has met with scholars to discuss his presidency and likely legacy—but what are we to make of his special relationship with historian Jon Meacham?
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Daniel N. Gullotta
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The Bulwark
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April 20, 2021
QAnon and the Satanic Panics of Yesteryear
What they can teach us about what to expect.
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Daniel N. Gullotta
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The Bulwark
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February 25, 2021
At William & Mary, a School for Free and Enslaved Black Children is Rediscovered
Opened in 1760, the school may be the oldest still-standing building of its kind.
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Joe Heim
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Washington Post
on
February 25, 2021
Rereading 'Darkwater'
W.E.B. DuBois, 100 years ago.
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Chad Williams
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National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
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February 22, 2021
Vikings, Crusaders, Confederates
Misunderstood historical imagery at the January 6 Capitol insurrection.
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Matthew Gabriele
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Perspectives on History
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January 12, 2021
On the Insidious ‘Laziness Lie’ at the Heart of the American Myth
Devon Price wonders why we equate sloth with evil.
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Devon Price
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Literary Hub
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January 6, 2021
What Big History Overlooks In Its Myth
Sweeping the human story into a cosmic tale is a thrill but we should be wary about what is overlooked in the grandeur.
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Ian Hesketh
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Aeon
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December 16, 2020
Why Did Renaissance Europeans See Merpeople Everywhere?
An excerpt from a new book that explores the threat of made-up monsters in the age of imperial conquest.
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Vaughn Scribner
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Literary Hub
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September 28, 2020
What We Can Learn From Early American Conspiracy Theories
How an Illuminati conspiracy theory captured American imaginations in the nation’s earliest days.
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John Fea
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TIME
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September 24, 2020
‘Patriotic Education’ Is How White Supremacy Survives
No, Trump can’t rewrite school curriculums himself, but a thousand mini-Trumps on the nation’s school boards can.
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Jeff Sharlet
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Gen
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September 21, 2020
On Language and Colony
A linguistic trajectory of Puerto Rico's identity as the world’s oldest colony.
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Bianca P. Napoleoni Gregory
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Library of Congress
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September 21, 2020
Rock & Roll President: How Musicians Helped Jimmy Carter to the White House
On a documentary in which stars from Bob Dylan to Nile Rodgers discuss how music played a vital role in the unknown politician’s rise to power.
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Jim Farber
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The Guardian
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September 20, 2020
The Free and the Brave
A patriotic parade, a bloody brawl, and the origins of U.S. law enforcement’s war on the political left.
by
Bill Donahue
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The Atavist
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August 24, 2020
This "Miserable African": Race, Crime, and Disease in Colonial Boston
The murder that challenged Cotton Mather’s complex views about race, slavery, and Christianity.
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Mark S. Weiner
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Commonplace
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July 13, 2020
Rendering Judgment on America
A new book systematically defends the American Founding against those who believe it was destined to end in nihilism.
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Samuel Gregg
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Public Discourse
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July 1, 2020
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The Mainstreaming of Christian Zionism Could Warp Foreign Policy
How the history of dispensationalism shapes U.S. foreign policy today.
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Jeffrey Rosario
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Made By History
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June 30, 2020
The Indebted Dead
Tracing the history of the Grateful Dead folktale and the evolving obligations of being alive.
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Colin Dickey
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Lapham’s Quarterly
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June 29, 2020
The Dangerous Power of the Photo Op
American photojournalism has always been entangled with race and religion.
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Rachel McBride Lindsey
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Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
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June 9, 2020
Daniel Webster, Yankee National Conservative
What 'the forgotten man of American conservatism' has to say about current debates on the right.
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Joseph S. Laughon
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The American Conservative
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May 12, 2020
Unpacking Winthrop's Boxes
Winthrop's specimens illustrated an alteration of the New World environment and the political economy of New England according to Winthrop's careful designs.
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Matthew Underwood
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Commonplace
on
May 11, 2020
Exodus: Vaera
For Freud, “chosenness” was a psychopathological fantasy in need of explanation.
by
Len Gutkin
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Jewish Currents
on
April 30, 2020
The Electrifying Speeches of Sojourner Truth
Daina Ramey Berry details the life of the outspoken activist Sojourner Truth and her legendary speaking tour.
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TED
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April 28, 2020
The Science of Abolition
On Hosea Easton’s and David Walker’s attempts to debunk scientific racism.
by
Lynne Feeley
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Lapham’s Quarterly
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March 4, 2020
How America Became “A City Upon a Hill”
The rise and fall of Perry Miller.
by
Abram C. Van Engen
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Humanities
on
January 2, 2020
A Very Lost Cause Love Affair
Is it possible to write a good Civil War romance?
by
Sarah Handley-Cousins
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Nursing Clio
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December 5, 2019
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