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U.S. soldiers in the Civil War.

Expanding the Slaveocracy

The international ambitions of the US slaveholding class and the abolitionist movement that brought them down.
by Eric Foner, Matthew Karp via Jacobin on March 21, 2017

Why Did White Workers Leave the Democratic Party?

Historian Judith Stein debunks liberal myths about racism, the New Deal, and why the Democrats moved right.
by Judith Stein, Connor Kilpatrick via Jacobin on September 6, 2016
Jeff Bezos

“What We Have is Capture of the Regulators’ Minds, A Much More Sophisticated Form of Capture Than Putting Money in Their Pockets”

How every major industry and marketplace in America came to be controlled by a single, monolithic player.
by Barry C. Lynn, Asher Schechter via Pro-Market on March 26, 2016
Interactive map (above) and graph (below) showing the canals of the American Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, 1820 to 1860.
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Canals 1820-1890

An interactive map of U.S. canals in the first half of the 19th century.
by Ed Ayers, Robert K. Nelson, Scott Nesbit, Justin Madron, Nathaniel Ayers, Beaumont Smith via American Panorama on December 1, 2015

Our Mis-Leading Indicators

How statistical data came to rule public policy.
by Stephen Macekura via Public Books on September 15, 2014

The Twin Insurgency

The postmodern state is under siege from plutocrats and criminals who unknowingly compound each other’s insidiousness.
by Nils Gilman via The American Interest on June 15, 2014
Sign saying "WHIP INFLATION NOW" with image of Uncle Sam whipping a personification of inflation

The Rise of Inflation

Understanding how inflation came to be a mainstay in modern economics.
by Rebecca L. Spang via Cabinet on June 14, 2013
Income tax form

Tax Time

Why we pay.
by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on November 19, 2012

The History of Health Care Spending in 7 Graphs

Health care spending grew more slowly in the past two years than it has in over five decades.
via Washington Post on January 9, 2012

How Poverty Was, and Was Not, Pictured Before the Civil War

Images were important in defining the Republic between the Revolution and the Civil War and they distinctively both did and did not show Americans in need.
by Jonathan Prude via Commonplace on April 12, 2010
Marine hospital

Sailors’ Health and National Wealth

That the federal government created this health care system for merchant mariners in the early American republic will surprise many.
by Gautham Rao via Commonplace on October 1, 2008
Alexander Hamilton.

Inventing Alexander Hamilton

The troubling embrace of the founder of American finance.
by William Hogeland via Boston Review on November 1, 2007
Welcome to Delaware sign.

Rogue State

The case against Delaware.
by Jonathan Chait via The New Republic on August 19, 2002

The Education of David Stockman

"None of us really understands what's going on with all these numbers."
by William Greider via The Atlantic on December 15, 1981
House Speaker Newt Gingrich listens as President Clinton.

The Age of Revenge

Once upon a brief time, there was consensus around social progress. But the backlash began almost immediately—and has been with us ever since.
by Ellen Fitzpatrick via Democracy Journal on February 13, 2026
Revolutionaries storming the Bastille.

Passage To A Better World

The meaning of “revolution” has shifted between feared upheaval and hopeful progress, and its promises often bring violence and mixed results.
by Richard Bourke via Literary Review on February 12, 2026
A worker assembling an automobile.

Trump Is Tearing Apart the North American Auto Industry

In the 1960s, the Auto Pact deal integrated the US and Canada’s auto sectors. Donald Trump’s trade war will all but guarantee its unraveling.
by Taylor C. Noakes via Jacobin on February 10, 2026
Art piece of two black women and a motif of kente cloth and cowrie shells.

The Black Feminist Collective That Gave Us Identity Politics

The Combahee River Collective’s 1977 statement reshaped the politics of the Black left and beyond.
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor via Hammer & Hope on January 16, 2026
A woman comforting another woman, who has her face planted in a pile of papers.

The Bleak History of the American Work Ethic

In "Make Your Own Job," Erik Baker shows just how long Americans have scrambled to pile work on top of work—and at what cost.
by Nick Juravich via The Nation on January 6, 2026
Bonus Army veterans heading to Washington, D.C., on the outside of a freight train, 1932.

A Painful Paradox: Hoover and the Bonus March

How a president poised to lead a prosperous nation came to use the army against American citizens desperate for economic relief.
by Michael Liss via 3 Quarks Daily on December 30, 2025
Political cartoon depicting the Monroe Doctrine as a fence keeping Germans and British out of the Americas.

The Monroe Doctrine in 2025

A refresher on the original intent of John Quincy Adams's 1823 policy statement in the wake of the recent announcement of the "Trump Corollary."
by Lindsay M. Chervinsky via Imperfect Union on December 15, 2025
Obama hands the Paris Agreement documents to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The Paris Climate Agreement at 10 Years

Declassified records begin to detail the U.S. negotiating strategy in the historic accord.
by Rachel Santarsiero via National Security Archive on December 12, 2025
Birds-eye view of water park in Wisconsin Dells.

How the Wisconsin Dells Turned Nature Into the Ultimate Indoor Destination

What the rise of the “Waterpark Capital of the World” means for its namesake riverscape.
by Matthew King via The Metropole on November 11, 2025
Map of Texas's congressional districts.

How Redistricting Turned a Setback Into a Bloodbath

The 1894 election cycle holds some key lessons for partisan gerrymanders today.
by Alan Greenblatt via Politico Magazine on November 10, 2025
The American flag as two speech balloons.

The Ideal That Underlies the Declaration of Independence

Restoring stability to American politics will require reviving an age-old concept: common ground.
by Walter Isaacson via The Atlantic on November 9, 2025

We Used to Read Things in This Country

Technology changes us—and it is currently changing us for the worse.
by Noah McCormack via The Baffler on October 27, 2025
The Erie Canal near Little Falls, New York, c. 1905.

363 Miles That Transformed America

The Erie Canal, dug by human muscle, aided by improvised cleverness, helped build a nation.
by George F. Will via Washington Post on October 22, 2025
Front entrance of the New York Stock Exchange building reflected in a modern glass building.

The A.I. Boom and the Spectre of 1929

As some financial leaders fret publicly about the stock market falling to earth, a new book recounts the greatest crash of them all.
by John Cassidy via The New Yorker on October 13, 2025
Screen shots and captions from a public service campaign about the economy.

The Ad Campaign for Capitalism

In the 1970s, corporate America struck back at the forces attempting to rein it in. One of their tactics was a public service announcement.
by David Sirota, Jared Jacang Maher via The American Prospect on October 13, 2025
John Brown stands armed, positioned before Union and Confederate people fighting amid smoke and devastation.

Why Donald Trump Wants to Erase John Brown’s Fiery Abolitionist Legacy (and Why He Will Fail)

Reflections on Harper's Ferry amid a government shutdown.
by Robert S. Levine via Literary Hub on October 10, 2025
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