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Bad Bunny performs for the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.

Bad Bunny and the Political History of Reggaeton

The genre is the product of migration, rebirth, and the struggle to be heard.

by Catherine Osborn via Foreign Policy on September 2, 2022

Is History History? Identity Politics and Teleologies of the Present

When historians concede to discuss the past with the terms of the present, they abandon the skill set that makes them historians.

by James H. Sweet via Perspectives on History on August 17, 2022

President William Howard Taft signs New Mexico into statehood at the White House. The signing was witnessed by dignitaries on Jan. 6, 1912

Building Uncle Sam, Inc.

These Progressive Era Republicans wanted to run the Federal government like a business.

by Paul Moreno via Law & Liberty on May 25, 2022

Hope in the Desert: Democratic Party Blues

In 'What It Took to Win,' Michael Kazin traces the history over the past two centuries of what he calls ‘the oldest mass party in the world’.

by Eric Foner via London Review of Books on May 4, 2022

Third World Women's Alliance member demonstrating in crowd

How Black Feminists Defined Abortion Rights

As liberation movements bloomed, they offered a vision of reproductive justice that was about equality, not just “choice.”

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor via The New Yorker on February 22, 2022

Montpelier, the home of James Madison in Orange, Virginia

Is History for Sale?

The omnipresence of slavery at historic sites today seems intended to tarnish remarkable achievements and promote the cause of identity politics.

by Mark Pulliam via Law & Liberty on October 5, 2021

Tucker Carlson’s Cries About Immigrants Have a Disturbing 19th-Century Parallel

The “great replacement theory” is nothing new.

by Zachary M. Schrag via Made By History on May 17, 2021

Biden in the Oval Office signing executive actions

Biden Rescinding the 1776 Commission Doesn't End the Fight over History

The 1776 Commission marks the depth of right-wing commitment to ideological pseudo-history that can be used to shut down meaningful conversation about racism.

by Nicole Hemmer via CNN on January 21, 2021

James Baldwin, Here and Elsewhere

How the United States terrorizes the rest of the world, Baldwin realized abroad, echoed how it terrorized its inhabitants at home.

by Begum Adalet via Public Books on December 16, 2020

Shirley Chisolm

Losing Primary Candidates Still Influence the Race

What Shirley Chisholm can teach 2020 candidates as they exit.

by Anastasia Curwood via Made By History on March 3, 2020

The Most Fascinating Riot You've Never Heard Of

The Astor Place Opera House Riot of 1849 combined two of 19th-century America’s favorite pastimes: going to the theater and rioting.

by John Ganz via The Outline on February 11, 2020

1619 and All That

The Editor of the American Historical Review weighs in on recent historiographical debates around the New York Times' 1619 Project.

by Alex Lichtenstein via American Historical Review on February 3, 2020

Pictures of people in collage form.

The Center Does Not Hold

Jill Lepore’s awkward embrace of the nation.

by Daniel Immerwahr via The Nation on October 29, 2019

Why Pete Buttigieg's Theory About Secretly Gay Presidents Is Complicated

Buttigieg believes he probably won’t be the first gay president if he’s elected in 2020.

by Jasmine Aguilera via TIME on June 18, 2019

The Southern Paradox: The Democratic Party Below the Mason-Dixon Line

How the region switched from being the stronghold of one party to the base of its adversary.

by Michael Kazin via The Nation on February 21, 2019

The Roots of Evangelicals’ Political Fervor

White evangelical Christians are among President Trump’s most important supporters. But more than 40 years ago, they were on the margins of American politics.

via Retro Report on October 28, 2018

Democrats Would Be Better Off Today If Bill Clinton Had Never Been President

A look at the Clinton blunders that continue to damage his party today.

by Neil Swidey via Boston Globe on July 10, 2018

Evangelical Fear Elected Trump

The history of evangelicalism in America is shot through with fear—but it also contains an alternative.

by John Fea via The Atlantic on June 24, 2018

The New Old Democrats

It’s not the 1990s anymore. People want the government to help solve big problems. Here’s how the Democrats must respond.

by Jake Sullivan via Democracy Journal on June 20, 2018

Thank Sean Hannity for the Trump Presidency

The conservative media made this president, and the conservative media will keep him in office.

by Brian Rosenwald via Made By History on April 23, 2018

The GOP's Evolution On Immigration

Republicans used to take a softer line on immigration. What happened?

by Don Gonyea via NPR on January 25, 2018

When America Was a Developing Country

The nostalgia of some conservatives hearkens back to a different—and irretrievable—economic time.

by Addison Del Mastro via The American Conservative on December 13, 2017

What If Jimmie Durham, Noted Cherokee Artist, Is Not Actually Cherokee?

He’s been called “the art world’s Rachel Dolezal.”

by Michael Slenske via Vulture on November 1, 2017

Trump speaking at Liberty University.

Is the Term 'Evangelical' Redeemable?

One historian, who also happens to be an evangelical Christian, says no.

by Thomas S. Kidd via The Gospel Coalition on September 8, 2017

Ending DACA Isn’t About the Rule of Law. It’s About Race.

The federal government has long extended amnesty to white Americans.

by Christopher F. Petrella via Made By History on September 6, 2017

Samuel Huntington, a Prophet for the Trump Era

The writings of the late Harvard political scientist anticipate America's political and intellectual battles -- and point to the country we may become.

by Carlos Lozada via Washington Post on July 18, 2017

The Black Panthers and Young Patriots at a press conference.

The Panthers and the Patriots

The story of how a group of poor whites in Chicago united with the Black Panthers to fight racism and capitalism.

by Michael McCanne via Jacobin on May 19, 2017

Democracy Without the People

Trump inherits a branch of government already well equipped to undermine democracy.

by Thea Riofrancos via n+1 on February 6, 2017

Political Correctness: How The Right Invented a Phantom Enemy

Invoking this vague and ever-shifting nemesis has been the right's favorite tactic, and Trump’s victory is its greatest triumph.

by Moira Weigel via The Guardian on November 30, 2016

Billy Graham and Richard Nixon

The King’s Chapel and the King’s Court

Richard Nixon, Billy Graham, and their White House church services.

by Kevin M. Kruse via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on July 7, 2015

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