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Past U.S. Policies Have Made Life Worse for Guatemalans
If the Biden administration wants to address migration, it must recognize U.S. complicity in Guatemala’s problems.
by
Catherine Nolan-Ferrell
via
Made By History
on
June 21, 2021
What Made Gilded Age Politics So Acrimonious?
Fearful of increasing participation, elites of the era attempted to rein in democracy.
by
Chris Lehmann
via
The New Republic
on
June 21, 2021
Juneteenth Is About Freedom
On Juneteenth, we should remember both the struggle against chattel slavery and the struggle for radical freedom during Reconstruction.
by
Dale Kretz
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Jacobin
on
June 19, 2021
The United States' First Civil Rights Movement
A new history charts the radical agitation around Black rights and freedom back to the early nineteenth century.
by
Kellie Carter Jackson
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The Nation
on
June 16, 2021
When the Government Supported Writers
Government support created jobs, built trust, and invigorated American literature. We should try it again.
by
Max Holleran
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The New Republic
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June 15, 2021
It’s Time to Break Up the Ivy League Cartel
Democracy requires something more than a handful of super-rich universities.
by
Matt Stoller
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Sam Haselby
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
on
May 28, 2021
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How Cruelty Became the Point of Our Labor and Welfare Policies
Why do so many politicians think people only work if threatened or forced into doing so?
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Gail Savage
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Made By History
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May 26, 2021
‘One Oppressive Economy Begets Another’
Louisiana’s petroleum industry profits from exploiting historic inequalities, showing how slavery laid the groundwork for environmental racism.
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Anya Groner
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The Atlantic
on
May 7, 2021
The Lost Legacy of the Girl Stunt Reporter
At the end of the nineteenth century, a wave of women rethought what journalism could say, sound like, and do. Why were they forgotten?
by
Katy Waldman
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The New Yorker
on
April 29, 2021
The Forgotten History of the Campaign to Purge Chinese from America
The surge in violence against Asian-Americans is a reminder that America’s present reality reflects its exclusionary past.
by
Michael Luo
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The New Yorker
on
April 22, 2021
Cameras for Class Struggle
How the radical documentarians of the Workers' Film and Photo League put their art in the service of social movements.
by
Max Pearl
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Art In America
on
April 21, 2021
The Men Who Turned Slavery Into Big Business
The domestic slave trade was no sideshow in our history, and slave traders were not bit players on the stage.
by
Joshua D. Rothman
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The Atlantic
on
April 20, 2021
The U.S. Has Had 'Vaccine Passports' Before—And They Worked
History shows that the benefits of such a system can extend far beyond the venues into which such a passport would grant admission .
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Jordan E. Taylor
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TIME
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April 5, 2021
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MLK’s Radical Vision Was Rooted in a Long History of Black Unionism
Why unionism is so integral to achieving equality.
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Peter Cole
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Made By History
on
April 4, 2021
A Virginia Mental Institution for Black Patients Yields a Trove of Disturbing Records
Racism documented in files from the “Central Lunatic Asylum for the Colored Insane.”
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Britt Peterson
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Washington Post Magazine
on
March 26, 2021
The Woman Who Helped a President Change America During His First 100 Days
Frances Perkins was the first female Cabinet secretary in U.S. history, paving the way for the record number of women serving in President Biden’s Cabinet.
by
Ronald G. Shafer
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Washington Post
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March 14, 2021
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Violence Against Asian Americans Is Part of a Troubling Pattern
Recognizing that is crucial to ending the violence and the hate driving it.
by
Stephanie Hinnershitz
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Made By History
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March 11, 2021
'Pure America': Eugenics Past and Present
Historian Elizabeth Catte traces the history and influence of eugenics from her backyard across the country.
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Elizabeth Catte
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Adam Willems
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Scalawag
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March 2, 2021
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The Missing Piece of the Minimum Wage Debate
History shows that boosting the minimum wage leads to consumer spending.
by
Colleen Doody
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Made By History
on
February 25, 2021
Experiments in Self-Reliance
Thoreau’s life is a lesson not in self-reliance, but in discerning whom and what to rely on, whether you’re one person or a state of 29 million.
by
Jonathan Malesic
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Commonweal
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February 24, 2021
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Britney Spears’s Plight Reflects a Long History of Men Controlling Women Stars
Since the 19th century, men have served as gatekeepers in the entertainment industry, controlling women’s careers.
by
Sara Lampert
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Made By History
on
February 24, 2021
The Arch of Injustice
St. Louis seems to define America’s past—but does it offer insight for the future?
by
Steven Hahn
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Public Books
on
February 16, 2021
It Would Be Great if the United States Were Actually a Democracy
The pervasive mythmaking about the supposed wisdom of the founders has covered up a central truth: the US Constitution is an antidemocratic mess.
by
Aziz Rana
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Chris Maisano
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Jacobin
on
February 16, 2021
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Photogrammar
A web-based visualization platform for exploring the 170,000 photos taken by U.S. government agencies during the Great Depression.
by
Lauren Tilton
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Taylor Arnold
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American Panorama
on
February 10, 2021
The Unheroic Life of Stan Lee
In a career of many flops, he laid claim to the outsized success of Marvel Comics.
by
Jillian Steinhauer
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The New Republic
on
February 9, 2021
Bring Back the Nervous Breakdown
It used to be okay to admit that the world had simply become too much.
by
Jerry Useem
via
The Atlantic
on
February 8, 2021
Backlash Forever
It’s time to abandon the assumption that workers have a “natural” home on the center-left.
by
Gabriel Winant
via
Dissent
on
February 1, 2021
On Atonement
News outlets have apologized for past racism. That should only be the start.
by
Alexandria Neason
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Columbia Journalism Review
on
January 28, 2021
Putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill Is Not a Sign of Progress
It's a sign of disrespect.
by
Brittney C. Cooper
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TIME
on
January 27, 2021
What Price Wholeness?
A new proposal for reparations for slavery raises three critical questions: How much does America owe? Where will the money come from? And who gets paid?
by
Shennette Garrett-Scott
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New York Review of Books
on
January 18, 2021
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