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Richard Slotkin.

“A Theory of America”: Mythmaking with Richard Slotkin

"I was always working on a theory of America."

by Kathleen Belew, Richard S. Slotkin via Public Books on April 19, 2024

U.S. presidential seal

Founding-Era History Doesn’t Support Trump’s Immunity Claim

Historians Rosemarie Zagarri and Holly Brewer explain the anti-monarchical origins of the Constitution and the presidency.

by Rosemarie Zagarri, Holly Brewer via Brennan Center For Justice on February 21, 2024

The Boston Tea Party.

Why Some Founding Fathers Disapproved of the Boston Tea Party

While many Americans gushed about the effectiveness of the ‘Destruction of the Tea,’ others thought it went too far.

by Dave Roos via HISTORY on December 11, 2023

Signing of the Declaration of Independence.

How Christianity Influenced America’s Notions of Equality

'All men are created equal' coexisted with the understanding that not all were meant to be treated equally in life.

by Darrin M. McMahon via TIME on November 15, 2023

Join, or Die , a 1754 political cartoon by Benjamin Franklin.

A Shotgun Wedding

Barely-disguised hostilities sometimes belied the rebels’ declared identity as the United States of America.

by Lynn Uzzell via Law & Liberty on November 9, 2023

Representative Mike Johnson speaking about his faith on Fox News

Of Little Faith

The relatively unknown Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana has been elevated to the powerful position of Speaker of the House.

by Kevin M. Kruse via Campaign Trails on November 1, 2023

“The Washington Family” painting by Edward Savage from the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Political Nepo Babies Root Back to America’s Founding

How family political dynasties in America came to be.

by Cassandra A. Good via TIME on October 12, 2023

John Trumbull's painting of Alexander Hamilton, 1806 (National Portrait Gallery).

Founding Philosemitism

Alexander Hamilton always believed that the providential protection that kept the small Jewish world alive would embrace his own extraordinary nation.

by Juliana Geran Pilon via Law & Liberty on October 3, 2023

Another text is visible beneath a ripped piece of writing

How America's First Banned Book Survived and Became an Anti-Authoritarian Icon

The Puritans outlawed Thomas Morton's "New English Canaan" because it was critical of the society they were building in colonial New England.

by Colleen Connolly via Smithsonian on October 2, 2023

Title page and verso of a 1727 printing of Plutarch's Lives

"Those Noble Qualities": Classical Pseudonyms as Reflections of Divergent Republican Value Systems

Writing under ancient veneers allowed partisans to politicize and weaponize ancient history during the turbulent start of the Federal Republic.

by Shawn David McGhee via Journal of the American Revolution on August 3, 2023

The leaders of the Continental Congress: Adams, Hamilton, Jefferson, and Morris.

The Disabled Founding Father who Put the ‘United’ in ‘United States’

Newly digitized journals reveal the life of Gouverneur Morris, the Constitution preamble writer, vocal opponent of slavery and disabled congressman.

by Gillian Brockell via Retropolis on July 30, 2023

Layered collage of an eye over the portrait of Thomas Jefferson, against the backdrop of the Declaration of Independence.

Who Really Wrote ‘the Pursuit of Happiness’?

The voice of Doctor Johnson, archcritic of the American Revolution, was constantly in mind for the Declaration of Independence’s drafter.

by Peter Moore via The Atlantic on July 4, 2023

Absalom Jones.

1619 Rightly Understood

David Hackett Fischer's book "African Founders" should be the starting point for any reflection on the enduring African influence on American national ideals.

by Wilfred M. McClay via First Things on May 13, 2023

Founding Fathers sitting around a table

80 Is Different in 2023 Than in 1776 – But Even Back Then, a Grizzled Franklin Led

Americans have long nurtured mixed feelings about age and aged leaders. Yet during the country’s founding, a young America admired venerable old sages.

by Maurizio Valsania via The Conversation on April 25, 2023

Ron Desantis, his face partially covered by books, with soft gold lighting on his face and the book spines

The Forgotten Ron DeSantis Book

The Florida governor’s long-ignored 2011 work, "Dreams From Our Founding Fathers," reveals a distinct vision of American history.

by David Waldstreicher via The Atlantic on February 22, 2023

Illustration of a happy Founder with flowers as eyes.

Happiness In America Isn’t What It Used to Be

"We have lost sight of some essential aspects of happiness that the founders clearly had in mind."

by Darrin M. McMahon via TIME on January 10, 2023

Alexander Hamilton stands guard over the U.S. Treasury building in Washington.

The Constitutional Case for Disarming the Debt Ceiling

The Framers would have never tolerated debt-limit brinkmanship. It’s time to put this terrible idea on trial.

by Thomas Geoghegan via The New Republic on January 6, 2023

The front cover of Peter Manseau's new book, featuring a photo of Jefferson's bible.

Doubting Thomas

Is Jefferson's Bible evidence that the Founding Fathers engaged with scripture to birth a Christian nation? Or that they sought to foster a new secular order?

by Ed Simon via Los Angeles Review of Books on November 6, 2022

Image of theater proscenium with '1776' on the stage.ng

The '1776' Project

The Broadway revival of the musical means less to reanimate the nation’s founding than to talk back to it.

by Jane Kamensky via The Atlantic on October 13, 2022

Portrait photo of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Justice Jackson Offered Democrats a Road Map for Securing Equal Rights

Tying the fight for equal rights to the founders and the Constitution has worked before.

by Evan Turiano via Made By History on October 10, 2022

$Graphic design of a red, fractured United States on a yellow background$

There Is Absolutely Nothing to Support the ‘Independent State Legislature’ Theory

Such a doctrine would be antithetical to the Framers’ intent, and to the text, fundamental design, and architecture of the Constitution.

by J. Michael Luttig via The Atlantic on October 3, 2022

Toward a Non-Usable History

"The New York Times" as the world's most exhausted professor.

by William Hogeland via Hogeland's Bad History on September 19, 2022

Black and white photo of the “Star-Spangled Banner” flown during the War of 1812, 1914.

A Fiery Gospel

A conversation about changing the American story.

by Lewis H. Lapham, Kermit Roosevelt III via Lapham’s Quarterly on September 19, 2022

Painting of the Constitutional Convention in black and white.

Fraudulent Document Cited in Supreme Court Bid to Torch Election Law

Supporters of the “independent state legislature theory” are quoting fake history.

by Brian Palmer, Ethan Herenstein via Politico Magazine on September 15, 2022

A celebration outside the Supreme Court on June 24, in Washington. (Steve Helber/AP)

The Christian Right’s Version of History Paid Off on Abortion and Guns

How Christian conservatives' version of American history shaped the Supreme Court’s abortion and gun decisions.

by Lauren R. Kerby via Made By History on July 18, 2022

Evangelical lobbyist Peggy Nienaber (R) claims she prayed with Supreme Court justices as her organization was writing amicus briefs on cases like Dobbs.

Can SCOTUS Majority Learn the Lessons of Early America Before it's Too Late?

Breaking down the myths of originalism and America's founding.

by J. L. Tomlin, Thomas Lecaque via Religion Dispatches on July 18, 2022

Artwork of Congress on July 4, 1776

Eighteenth Century Track Changes: Uncovering Revisions in Founding Fathers’ Documents

Let’s consider the significance and responsibility of outlining, drafting, and shaping our nation as the Founding Fathers put pen to paper.

by Tana Villafana via Library of Congress Blog on July 7, 2022

A picture of the front of the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court’s Faux ‘Originalism’

The conservative Supreme Court's favorite judicial philosophy requires a very, very firm grasp of history — one that none of the justices seem to possess.

by Joshua Zeitz via Politico Magazine on June 26, 2022

Contemplation of Justice statue

The Supreme Court’s Selective Memory

The Court’s striking down of a New York gun law relies on a fundamentally anti-democratic historical record that excludes women and people of color.

by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on June 24, 2022

Statue of Jefferson in front of white columns of building facade

The Decline of Church-State Separation

The author of new book explains the fraught and turbulent relationship between religion and government in the U.S.

by Steven Green, Eric C. Miller via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on April 26, 2022

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