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The Black Cockade and the Tricolor
Space and place in New York City's responses to the French Revolution.
by
Mike Rapport
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Age of Revolutions
on
March 4, 2024
Betty Smith Enchanted a Generation of Readers with ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’
No other 20th-century American novel did quite so much to burnish Brooklyn’s reputation.
by
Rachel Gordan
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The Conversation
on
February 27, 2024
Class, Race, and the Formation of Urban Black Communities
A review of three new studies about how race and class intersect.
by
Randal Maurice Jelks
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The Common Reader
on
February 21, 2024
Who Were the Real 49ers?
San Francisco 49ers fans may feel like their team name is less racist than the “Chiefs,” but given the history of the Gold Rush, they shouldn’t be so smug.
by
Simon Moya-Smith
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The Nation
on
February 9, 2024
It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop
We cannot understand the last fifty years of U.S. history—certainly not the first thing about Black history—without studying the emergence and evolution of rap.
by
Austin McCoy
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The Baffler
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January 9, 2024
How Corporate America’s Obsession With Creativity Wrecked the World and Brought Us Elon Musk
Samuel W. Franklin’s latest book explains how we sold ourselves out to a fake virtue.
by
Timothy Noah
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The New Republic
on
December 30, 2023
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The Politics of Fear Is Damaging American Education—And Has Been for Decades
Politicians have often sought to remedy educational panic with remedies that do more harm than good.
by
Diana D'Amico Pawlewicz
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Made By History
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December 14, 2023
The Fulbright Program Is Quietly Burying Its History
Fulbright created an exchange program which sends Americans abroad and advances international engagement and mutual understanding. Yet it’s not his only legacy.
by
Karin Fischer
via
The Chronicle of Higher Education
on
December 8, 2023
After the Blaine Era
The landscape for educational freedom is finally freed of 19th century prejudices, but other federal constitutional questions remain.
by
Bruno V. Manno
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Law & Liberty
on
December 4, 2023
What Betty Friedan Knew
Judge the author of the “Feminine Mystique” not by the gains she made, but by her experience.
by
Hermione Hoby
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The New Republic
on
December 1, 2023
How Publicity of Killers of the Flower Moon Recalls Rosebud Yellow Robe’s 1950 Hollywood Tour
On the performance of authenticity and the native stories left to tell.
by
Paul Morton
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Literary Hub
on
November 20, 2023
How Pinochet's Chile Became a Laboratory for Neoliberalism
The Chicago Boys and the tragedy of the Chilean coup.
by
Vincent Bevins
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The Nation
on
November 14, 2023
How Reconstruction Created American Public Education
Freedpeople and their advocates persuaded the nation to embrace schooling for all.
by
Adam Harris
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The Atlantic
on
November 13, 2023
‘The Exorcist’ & Catholicism
What explains the traditionalist Catholic infatuation with ‘The Exorcist’?
by
Paul Baumann
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Commonweal
on
October 31, 2023
Nonfiction That Rivals Little Women: The Forgotten Essays of Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott is best known for Little Women, but she earned her first taste of celebrity as an essayist.
by
Liz Rosenberg
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Literary Hub
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October 24, 2023
Fit Nation
A conversation about "the gains and pains of America’s exercise obsession."
by
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
,
Lara Freidenfelds
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Nursing Clio
on
September 27, 2023
What Even Is "Leadership"?
And why won't all the worst people stop talking about it?
by
Charles Petersen
via
Making History
on
September 21, 2023
We Must Not Forget What Happened to the World’s Indigenous Children
Thousands of Indigenous children suffered and died in residential ‘schools’ around the world. Their stories must be heard.
by
Steve Minton
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Aeon
on
July 21, 2023
How An Untested, Cash-Strapped TV Show About Books Became An American Classic
Despite facing political headwinds and raising 'suspicion' among publishers, 'Reading Rainbow' introduced generations of American kids to books.
by
Jonathan Taylor
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Los Angeles Times
on
July 11, 2023
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Why Are Schools Still Segregated? The Broken Promise of Brown v. Board of Education
The Brown v. Board of Education ruling opened the floodgates for busing across the country, but what happened when the buses stopped rolling?
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Retro Report
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June 22, 2023
“Black History Is an Absolute Necessity.”
A conversation with Colin Kaepernick on Black studies, white supremacy, and capitalism.
by
Colin Kaepernick
,
Indigo Olivier
via
The New Republic
on
June 19, 2023
Deep States
The old Midwest was a place animated by the belief that a self-governing republic is the best regime for man.
by
Wilfred M. McClay
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Claremont Review of Books
on
May 31, 2023
Academic Freedom’s Origin Story
While academic freedom is foundational to American higher education today, it is a relatively recent development.
by
Melissa De Witte
via
Stanford Graduate School Of Education
on
May 1, 2023
The Gift of Slam Poetry
A short history of a misunderstood literary genre and the world it created.
by
Joshua Bennett
via
The Nation
on
April 26, 2023
Scott Joplin
The ragtime composer's life, career, and resurrection.
by
Alan Jacobs
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Comment
on
April 24, 2023
Mother Cabrini, the First American Saint of the Catholic Church
Remembering Mother Cabrini's humanitarian work for Italian immigrants.
by
Nick Ripatrazone
via
Humanities
on
April 6, 2023
After the War on Cancer
Raising awareness helped turn cancer from a stigmatized disease into a treatable one. But it hasn’t made affording that treatment any easier.
by
Libby Watson
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The Baffler
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March 23, 2023
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Schools for Black American Children Predated the Revolution
Efforts in early America to educate Black children offer us a template for addressing educational inequality today.
by
Grant Stanton
via
Made By History
on
February 27, 2023
Open Letter In Defense of AP African American Studies
University faculty nationwide rebuke Ron DeSantis's recent decision to ban the course from Florida schools.
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Medium
on
January 31, 2023
How a Group of Black Activists Inspired Solidarity and Struggle in Mississippi
Freedom Summer in the segregationist heart of the Deep South.
by
Dan Berger
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Literary Hub
on
January 25, 2023
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