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Citizens to Come: Building Beyond the 14th Amendment

Commemoration of the 14th Amendment must not display the abundance of freedom, but the hunger for it on both sides of the border.
by Sonya Posmentier via Public Books on July 10, 2018

Restoring King

There is no figure in recent American history whose memory is more distorted than Martin Luther King Jr.
by Thomas J. Sugrue via Jacobin on January 16, 2018
Sketch of a mother carrying a large platter while children around her run and cheer.

A Backlash Against 'Mixed' Foods Led to the Demise of a Classic American Dish

In the 19th century, puddings were as popular and widespread as pasta dishes are today.
by Helen Zoe Veit via The Conversation on November 20, 2017

What the Guys Who Coined '420' Think About Their Place in Marijuana History

And how the term came to be code for pot-smoking in the first place.
by Olivia B. Waxman via TIME on April 19, 2017

The Pledge of Allegiance's Creepy Past

Seventy-four years ago today, lawmakers passed an amendment to the U.S. Flag Code.
by Stephen A. Smith, Jordan G Teicher, Cecilia O'Leary, Tony Platt, Mary Tierney Coutts, Laura Bell Everett via JSTOR Daily on December 22, 2016
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Invisible Cities, Continued

The 19th century recovery of John Winthrop's sermon, "A City on a Hill."
via BackStory on January 22, 2016

Mother’s Day or Mothers’ Day

The origins of the Hallmark holiday are rooted in a much greater cause.
by Heather Cox Richardson via We're History on May 7, 2015

Is Corned Beef Really Irish?

The rise and fall and rise of the traditional St. Patrick's Day meal.
by Shaylyn Esposito via Smithsonian on March 15, 2013

May Day's Radical History

The date of Occupy's strike has ties to the eight-hour day movement, immigrant workers and American anarchism.
by Jacob Remes via Salon on April 30, 2012
Pilgrim Thanksgiving

Which Thanksgiving?

The forgotten history of Thanksgiving.
by Karl Jacoby via Los Angeles Times on November 26, 2008

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