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White house with a crown on it, next to Westminster Palace.

America’s King

America long ago rejected the trappings of monarchy in favor of republicanism, but many have wanted to have it both ways.

by Howe Whitman III via Law & Liberty on September 10, 2024

A drawing of two people speaking with a third person's head listening between them.

Diverging Majority

Demography has not managed to be destiny in the past half-century—but predictions of a millenarian shift have not lost their appeal.

by Rick Perlstein, Geraldo Cadava via The Baffler on September 3, 2024

A political cartoon depicting Brighma Young walking in front of a group of his wives, the majority of whom are depicted as non-white.

The Sovereignty of the Latter-day Saints

Less about morality than about rights, the Mormon War of 1858 hinged on the issue of polygamy, pitting a Utah community against federal authorities.

by Katie McBride Moench via JSTOR Daily on August 28, 2024

C. G. Garrett photographed with five Black contemporaries outside of a building in Columbia, South Carolina.

Riding With Mr. Washington

How my great-grandfather invented himself at the end of Reconstruction.

by David Nicholson via The American Scholar on August 22, 2024

A swamp in Southampton County, Virginia.

An Extraordinary Historical Collaboration Sees Nat Turner's Rebellion in a Prophetic Light

A new book argues that we misunderstand the forces that drove the notorious slave rebel.

by David W. Blight via Los Angeles Times on August 9, 2024

Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson.

Hate Burst Out: Chicago, 1968

It is hard not to figure the 1968 election as inaugurating the cultural and political polarisation of the American electorate so evident today.

by Kim Phillips-Fein via London Review of Books on August 7, 2024

People holding antiwar signs at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

A Brief History of the Democratic Party

The Democratic Party, and the US political system as a whole, is a very strange beast.

by Doug Henwood, Adam Hilton via Jacobin on August 6, 2024

James Baldwin

The Brilliance in James Baldwin’s Letters

The famous author, who would have been 100 years old today, was best known for his novels and essays. But correspondence was where his light shone brightest.

by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on August 2, 2024

Angela Davis standing at podium, speaking at Communist Party USA event.

How and Why American Communism Failed

Plus: One historian’s about-face on the Communist record.

by Ronald Radosh via The Bulwark on August 2, 2024

William McKinley

Trump Is Right About McKinley

“The most underrated president” was a model of successful governance in a world in flux.

by Sean Durns via The American Conservative on August 1, 2024

George Washington portrait with the outline of a father and child cut out.

Being a ‘Childless’ President Was Once Seen as a Virtue

Ask George Washington.

by Cassandra A. Good via The Atlantic on July 31, 2024

Thomas Nast’s 1874 elephant illustration.

What History Tells Us Might Happen to the Republican Party

The signs that precede the crumbling of American political parties and the creation of new ones.

by Lindsay M. Chervinsky via The Bulwark on July 31, 2024

Wilbert E. Longfellow being saved from the water by a female lifeguard.

Women Have the Daring to Be Real Life Savers

How a tragedy in New York City convinced Americans to learn how to swim.

by Vicki Valosik via HNN on July 16, 2024

The Little White School House in Ripon, Wisconsin.

Looking Back at Wisconsin's Long History with the Republican Party

The one-room schoolhouse that was one of the birthplaces of the GOP.

by Chuck Quirmbach via WUWM on July 13, 2024

A man tacks applications to Princeton University on a bulletin board

The Rise of the College Application Essay

The essay component of American college applications has a long history, but its purpose has changed over time.

by Sarah Stoller via Made By History on July 11, 2024

People seated at town hall meeting.

What We Get Wrong About White Workers

Deindustrialization has helped create a right-wing turn in many Midwestern towns. Long traditions of labor militancy can explain why it hasn’t in others.

by Chris Maisano, Stephanie Ternullo via Jacobin on July 9, 2024

Chief Justice Earl Warren (left), President Richard Nixon (center), and Chief Justice Warren E. Burger (right).

I Argued ‘U.S. v. Nixon.’ The Supreme Court’s New Ruling on Presidential Immunity Appalled Me.

Fifty years after ruling against a corrupt president, the Court has now decided that presidents are above the law.

by Philip Allen Lacovara via The Bulwark on July 8, 2024

Republican elephant and Democratic donkey with crossed arms turned away from each other.

Party People

Many recoil at the thought of stronger political parties. But revitalized parties could be exactly what our ailing democracy needs.

by John Sides via Democracy Journal on June 13, 2024

Normandy American Cemetery.

Who Were the Americans Who Fought on D-Day?

A new exhibition seeks to understand the young soldiers who came ashore at Normandy.

by Kami Rice via The Bulwark on June 6, 2024

Lincoln Center on the opening night of the Met Opera, 1966.

Curtains for Lincoln Center

On the falsification of Lincoln Center’s history.

by James Panero via The New Criterion on April 17, 2024

North Carolina Mutual executives.

Black Capitalism and the City

African American insurance and the actuarial double bind.

by Ginger Nolan via Places Journal on April 16, 2024

Native American ruin.

A 600-Year-Old Blueprint for Weathering Climate Change

During the Little Ice Age, Native North Americans devised whole new economic, social, and political structures.

by Kathleen DuVal via The Atlantic on April 2, 2024

The Civic Arena that hosted basketball teams from 1961-1972.

Pittsburgh Was Briefly a Basketball Town. Could It Happen Again?

Connie Hawkins overcame scandal and setbacks to star for the Pittsburgh Pipers, leading them to an ABA title, paving the way for NBA reforms.

by Jonathan Burdick via Pittsburgh City Paper on April 1, 2024

Cesar Chavez standing next to Luis Valdez.

Cesar Chavez, Family and Filmmaking with Luis Valdez

Luis Valdez on his friendship with Cesar Chavez, his works in the National Film Registry, and a lifetime of activism.

by Luis Valdez, Stacie Seifrit-Griffin via Library of Congress Blog on March 27, 2024

Vice President Joe Biden visits Israel on January 13, 2014.

The Shoah After Gaza

Jewish suffering at the hands of Nazis are the foundation on which most descriptions of extreme ideology and atrocity have been built.

by Pankaj Mishra via London Review of Books on March 21, 2024

Rip Van Winkle painting by Albertis del Orient Browere, 1833.

Age Before Duty

What role does age play in determining the status of equals?

by Darrin M. McMahon via HNN on March 19, 2024

An illustration of a solar eclipse next to a portrait of James Fenimore Cooper.

Solar Eclipses in American History

How the spectacle of the 1806 solar eclipse impacted the national consciousness.

by Matthew Smith via Origins on March 14, 2024

Caitlin Clark celebrating on basketball court

Caitlin Clark’s Scoring Record Spotlights the History of a Forgotten College Sports Association

Before being pushed aside by the NCAA, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women governed women’s college athletics.

by Diane Williams via The Conversation on February 29, 2024

Bust of Isaiah Bowman at Johns Hopkins University.

Why is Johns Hopkins Still Honoring an Antisemite?

Isaiah Bowman was one of the worst college presidents in American history.

by Sanford Jacoby, Laurel Leff via The Chronicle of Higher Education on February 22, 2024

Irma Sherman, Chair of McMaid Workers Organizing Committee.

How Four Black Women Changed Labor Organizing Forever

40 years ago in Chicago, McMaid workers sparked a movement.

by Keith Kelleher via The Forge on February 13, 2024

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