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Caricature of Richard Hofstadter surrounded by various American political figures

The Tragedy of the American Political Tradition

What prospects are there today for assessing American politics and history from an early Hofstadterian remove?
by Nick Burns via The Hedgehog Review on August 15, 2022
Dry cracked, barren land at dawn, the former bed of the Salton Sea, 2019.

The Toxic History of the Salton Sea

A new book catalogs the alarming events that created one of the West’s most polluted bodies of water.
by Kyle Paoletta via The Nation on August 10, 2022
A street with a sign above it reading "Welcome to San Bernardino."

California's Never-Ending Secessionist Movement — and its Grim Ties To Slavery in the State

San Bernardino County may explore seceding from California. Many of the earliest separatists wanted to transform Southern California into a slave state.
by Kevin Waite via Los Angeles Times on August 7, 2022
Map showing allotments to tribal citizens.

Sovereignty Is Not So Fragile

McGirt v. Oklahoma and the failure of denationalization.
by Noah Ramage via Perspectives on History on August 2, 2022
Graphic of money breaking the chains holding black hands.

There’s No Freedom Without Reparations

A movement to secure payments for descendants of enslaved people rages on.
by Fabiola Cineas via Vox on June 6, 2022
Debt written on a blackboard

How We All Got in Debt

Consumer debt shapes American lives so thoroughly that it seems eternal and immortal, but it’s actually relatively new to the financial world.
by Louis Hyman, Livia Gershon via JSTOR Daily on June 2, 2022
Albert Turner and Bob Mants are walking directly behind Williams and Lewis across Edmund Pettus Bridge
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Biden’s Push for an Infrastructure Presidency Risks Sacrificing Black Communities

Infrastructure has a long history of cloaking racism and preventing justice.
by N. D. B. Connolly via Made By History on March 15, 2022
Artistic painting showing President Truman (depicted with glasses) in the foreground, and a sketch of President Biden in the background. The two figures are surrounded by America's colors and stars from the American flag.

What Joe Biden Can Learn From Harry Truman

His approval rating hit historic lows, his party was fractious, crises were everywhere. But Truman rescued his presidency, and his legacy.
by John Dickerson via The Atlantic on March 1, 2022
Map of Freedmans Village

The Long Afterlife of Freedman’s Village

Freedman's Village, created in Arlington, VA at the end of the Civil War, became a thriving community of Black residents as part of Reconstruction.
by Lindsey Bestebreurtje, Livia Gershon via JSTOR Daily on February 23, 2022
A political cartoon lampooning the “robber baron” monopolists’ exploitation of laborers, 1883

When Americans Liked Taxes

The idea of liberty has often seemed to mean freedom from government and its spending. But there is an alternate history, one just as foundational and defining.
by Gary Gerstle via New York Review of Books on February 23, 2022
The mushroom cloud created by the Castle Bravo nuclear test

The US Devastated the Marshall Islands — And Is Now Refusing to Aid the Marshallese People

The 1954 US nuclear tests absolutely devastated the small island nation, but the US has steadfastly refused to make real amends for it.
by Chuck McKeever via Jacobin on February 16, 2022
Picture of the U.S. Supreme Court

Reading the 14th Amendment

A review of three books about Abraham Lincoln, the 14th Amendment, and Reconstruction.
by Earl M. Maltz via National Review on February 3, 2022
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Land Acquisition and Dispossession: Mapping the Homestead Act, 1863-1912

Year-by-year maps of homesteading claims and the dispossession of Native Americans.
by Robert K. Nelson, Justin Madron, Julius Wilm via American Panorama on January 18, 2022
Black and white drawing of early 19th century naval vessels.

The Insurers’ Wars

When Thomas Jefferson’s administration was debating whether to declare war against Britain, it came up against America’s wealthy and influential marine underwriters.
by Hannah Farber via Broadstreet on December 29, 2021
Screen frame from the television program Home Improvement, depicting parents chastising their teenage son.

In the ‘90s the U.S. Government Paid TV Networks to Weave “Anti-Drug” Messaging Into Their Plot Lines

These storylines portrayed those addicted to drugs and alcohol as lunatics whose only cure can come from punitive measures, abstinence, and “tough love.”
by Gabe Levine-Drizin via The Column on December 27, 2021
Advertisement during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic.

Political Accountability and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

Why do some political incumbents adopt aggressive measures to slow the spread of infectious diseases while others do not?
by Yuri M. Zhukov, Jacob Walden via Broadstreet on December 10, 2021
Protesters holding flags of the US and Mexico.
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How Prop. 187 Transformed the Immigration Debate and California Politics

Much of the anti-immigrant rhetoric and policy in the news today is similar to a movement that swept the country 20 years ago.
via Retro Report on December 3, 2021
Thirteen incarcerated children at Manzanar's Children's Village.

Manzanar Children’s Village: Japanese American Orphans in a WWII Concentration Camp

In June 1942, Kenji and just over one hundred other children were taken from their parents and relocated to Manzanar.
by Natasha Varner via Tropics of Meta on November 19, 2021
The U.S. national debt clock.

Clearing the Air on the Debt Limit

This report clarifies five issues commonly raised in debt limit debates and explores some open questions.
by D. Andrew Austin, Sean M. Stiff via Congressional Research Service on November 10, 2021
Abraham Lincoln speaking to a crowd.

Stop Making Sense

Are the truths in the Declaration of Independence really self-evident?
by William Hogeland via Hogeland's Bad History on November 8, 2021
Poster of American flag asking people to pledge allegiance and silence about the war.

World War II’s “Rumor Control” Project

How the federal government enlisted ordinary citizens to spy on each other for the war effort.
by Neely Tucker via Library of Congress Blog on November 2, 2021
Residential Security map of central Chicago, sourced from "Mapping Inequality"

How Academia Laid the Groundwork for Redlining

The connections between private industry and government were much more fluid than was previously imagined.
by LaDale Winling, Todd Michney via Platform on November 1, 2021
President Madison ending the Embargo Act cartoon

James Madison and the Debilitating American Tendency to Make Everything About the Constitution

The U.S. Constitution was the reason for Madison and Hamilton's breakup.
by William Hogeland via Hogeland's Bad History on October 11, 2021
Picture of the field at the Cyclone's Stadium in Coney Island, New York.

How Government Devastated Minor League Baseball

And why stopping the subsidies can help bring it back.
by Matt Welch via Reason on October 10, 2021
A wedding cake depicting a same-sex lesbian couple.
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The Golden Era of ‘Traditional Marriage’ Was Never What Conservatives Thought

Law and culture forced LGBTQ people into marriages, but that didn't prevent them from exploring their sexuality.
by Lauren Gutterman via Made By History on September 28, 2021
Image of John C. Calhoun

How Slavery Haunts Today’s Big Debates About Federal Spending

John C. Calhoun knew what a strong federal government might do.
by Ariel Ron via Slate on September 22, 2021
Photo of Jefferson Davis

The Southern Slaveholders Dreamed of a Slaveholding Empire

Antebellum slaveholders weren't content with an economic and social system based on trafficking in human flesh in the South alone.
by Arvind Dilawar, Kevin Waite via Jacobin on September 21, 2021
A protestor wearing syringes, protesting the vaccine mandate
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Doubters’ Push for Religious Exemptions from Coronavirus Vaccination May Not Work

With all organized religions supporting vaccination, states may question the sincerity of those claiming exemptions from getting vaccinated.
by Kira Ganga Kieffer via Made By History on September 20, 2021
Depiction of an agricultural fair with crowds of people gathered around exhibit halls.

Slavery, Technology and the Social Origins of the US Agricultural State

Ariel Ron discusses the rise of the agricultural state in his book, Grassroots Leviathan: Agricultural Reform and the Rural North in the Slaveholding Republic.
by Ariel Ron via Broadstreet on September 3, 2021
Six generations of Black women, portrait taken by R.W. Harrison in Selma, AL, 1893

Black Women and Civil War Pensions

At the intersection of gender and racial discrimination, Black widows struggled to get the compensation they deserved.
by Holly A. Pinheiro Jr. via Black Perspectives on September 1, 2021
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