Filter by:

Filter by published date

Viewing 1081–1110 of 1182 results. Go to first page

Racism After Redlining

In "Race for Profit," Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor walks us through the ways racist housing policy survived the abolition of redlining.
Nurses on strike.
partner

We Had a Better Social Safety Net. Then We Busted Unions.

COVID-19 has taught us all just how frayed our social safety net has become, and how its holes make us all more vulnerable.

Will This Year’s Census Be the Last?

In the past two centuries, the evolution of the U.S. Census has tracked the country’s social tensions and reflected its political controversies.
A drawing in the style of a 1980s video game of shooting at rainbows.

Jesse Jackson’s Political Revolution

Before Bernie Bros vs. the DNC, there was Jesse Jackson vs. the Atari Democrats.
Exhibit

“All Persons Born or Naturalized in the United States...”

A collection of resources exploring the evolving meanings of American citizenship and how they have been applied -- or denied -- to different groups of Americans.

The Vexed History of Zionism and the Left

A new book asks why the left fell out of love with Zionism, but what it reveals is why liberal Zionists fell out of love with the left.

Carrying Community: The Black Midwife’s Bag in the American South

Black midwives were central to community health networks in the South.

How Nativism Went Mainstream

Three decades ago, California was the launchpad for a virulent strain of anti-immigrant politics that soon spread nationwide.

How Black Lives Matter Is Changing What Students Learn During Black History Month

“Whenever there’s a tragedy in black America, there’s always been an uptick of black history courses."

The Fight to Preserve African-American History

Activists and preservationists are changing the kinds of places that are protected—and what it means to preserve them.

The Way We Write History Has Changed

A deep dive into an archive will never be the same.

1619?

What to the historian is 1619? What to Africans and their descendants is 1619?

Higher Education's Reckoning with Slavery

Two decades of activism and scholarship have led to critical self-examination.
John Maynard Keynes

On Horizontal and Vertical Approaches to Intellectual History

There are two ways to understand John Maynard Keynes: tracing his influences and legacies, and highlighting the ideas and perspectives he missed.
Street signs on the corner of Rosa L. Parks Avenue and North Jeff Davis Avenue.

Atlas of Southern Memory

An interactive map of public commemoration of the Civil War and the civil rights movement in the South.

The Fight Over the 1619 Project Is Not About the Facts

A dispute between some scholars and the authors of NYT Magazine’s issue on slavery represents a fundamental disagreement over the trajectory of U.S. society.
Lithograph replacing Andrew Johnson with Trump giving a political speech from a train.

Trump's not Richard Nixon. He's Andrew Johnson.

Betrayal. Paranoia. Cowardice. We've been here before.

Nationalist Anthems

Remembering a time when composers mattered more.
Painting imagining the First Thanksgiving at Plymouth.

Thanksgiving Is Another Reminder of What America Forgot

The absence of Native perspectives in American history books and classrooms has been remarked on for over 50 years. Will it ever change?

Elections in Colonial America Were Huge, Booze-Fueled Parties

From rum to cakes to rowdy parades, election day was a time for gathering and celebration.
partner

Why Forbidding Asylum Seekers From Working Undermines the Right to Seek Asylum

A new Trump administration proposal would undermine the rights of all workers and harm asylum seekers.
Big Bird on the set of 'Sesame Street'

The Unmistakable Black Roots of 'Sesame Street'

Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the beloved children’s television show was shaped by the African-American communities in Harlem and beyond.
African-American cowboys in Bonham, Texas, circa 1913

The Real Texas

What is Texas? Should we even think about so large and diverse a place as having an essence that can be distilled?

The Christian History of Korean-American Adoption

How World Vision and Compassion International sparked an Oregon family to raise eight mixed-race children.

The Obamanauts

What is the defining achievement of Barack Obama?

Marijuana Reform Should Focus On Inequality

When regulators dictate who grows a cash crop, they can spread the wealth—or help the rich get richer.
Woman in 18th century dress and hairstyle.

Las Marthas

At a colonial debutante ball in Texas, girls wear 100 pound dresses and pretend to be Martha Washington. What does it mean to find yourself in the in-between?

The Slow Build Up to the American Revolution

American revolutionaries had a far wider range of reasons for supporting rebellion than we often assume.

The University of Texas’s Secret Strategy to Keep Out Black Students

Long-hidden documents show the school’s blueprint for slowing integration during the civil-rights era.
Drawing of a man and his donkey from the book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, circa 1800s.

Americans Have Always Celebrated Hacks and Swindlers

In 19th-century New England, rule-breaking Yankees were a source of national pride.

Immigration Enforcement and the U.S.-Mexico Border

A microsyllabus on the history of the U.S.-Mexico border, refugees, and deportation.

Filter Results:

Suggested Filters:

Idea

Person