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Martin Luther King Jr. and the Meaning of Emancipation

He was a revolutionary, if one committed to nonviolence. But nonviolence does not exhaust his philosophy.

by Asad Haider via n+1 on January 18, 2019

How Big Bonuses for Winning Coaches Became a Tradition in College Football

These bonuses are not a reaction to a multi-billion-dollar market that rewards winning – they are the foundation of it.

by Jasmine E. Harris via The Conversation on December 20, 2018

Howard Thurman.

The Overlooked Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement

Remembering Howard Thurman and other forgotten activists.

by David B. Gowler via Made By History on December 11, 2018

Black Cross Nurses parade through Harlem in 1922.

And the Women Shall Lead Us

A new book shows how women's leadership in black nationalist movements has always been hidden in plain sight.

by Stephen G. Hall via Public Books on December 3, 2018

Make Ford Great Again

For now, yesterday is where the money is.

by Daniel Albert via n+1 on December 2, 2018

Malcolm X.

The Missing Malcolm X

Our understanding of Malcolm X is inextricably linked to his autobiography, but newly discovered materials force us to reexamine his legacy.

by Garrett Felber via Boston Review on November 28, 2018

Artistic photo for black history

The Trouble With Uplift

A curiously inflexible brand of race-first neoliberalism has taken root in American political discourse.

by Adolph Reed Jr. via The Baffler on September 4, 2018

Steve Gaines, prays with his wife at the 2018 Southern Baptist Convention meeting.

Southern Baptists, Gender Hierarchy, and the Road to Trump

Many Southern Baptists in the 1970s supported abortion rights and gender equality. What happened?

by R. Marie Griffith via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on July 10, 2018

Well-Behaved Women Make History Too

What gets lost when it’s only the rebel girls who get lionized?

by Joanna Scutts via Slate on June 21, 2018

Reagan giving his "tear down this wall" speech at the Brandenburg Gate in 1987.

Ronald Reagan and the Cold War: What Mattered Most

By seeking to talk to Soviet leaders and end the Cold War, Reagan helped to win it.

by Melvyn P. Leffler via Texas National Security Review on June 5, 2018

How the ‘Watergate Babies’ Broke American Politics

In an effort to open Congress, they institutionalized a confrontational style that permeates contemporary politics today.

by John A. Lawrence via Politico Magazine on May 26, 2018

The Presidency Is Too Big to Succeed

The problems of presidential gigantism can’t be solved by finding the right giant—the office is dying from its own growth.

by Jeremi Suri via The Atlantic on May 9, 2018

The Hardest Job in the World

What if the problem isn’t the president—it’s the presidency?

by John Dickerson via The Atlantic on April 17, 2018

Martin Luther King, Jr. was More Radical Than You Think

On the 50th anniversary of his death, it’s time to remember who he really was.

by Ben Passmore via The Nib on April 4, 2018

What Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People” Can Teach the Modern Worker

Dale Carnegie treated the employee-employer relationship as a sacred, symbiotic bond.

by Jessica Weisberg via The New Yorker on April 2, 2018

Dolores Huerta receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Obama.

Pioneering Labor Activist Dolores Huerta

Huerta was far more than an assistant of Cesar Chavez, leader of United Farm Workers, and she risked her life for her activism.

by Dolores Huerta, Lily Rothman via TIME on March 27, 2018

Paul Bremmer at a desk, signing his name on a letter.

Paul Bremer, Ski Instructor

Learning to shred with the Bush Administration’s Iraq War fall guy.

by Aaron Gell via Task & Purpose on March 26, 2018

America Is Still Saddled with the Politics of the Seventies

It’s unsurprising considering the public careers of today’s political leaders began in the 1970s.

by Michael Barone via National Review on March 2, 2018

Hating on Herbert Hoover

Hoover was a brilliant manager, a wizard of logistics, and an effective humanitarian. Why do we remember him as a failure?

by Nicholas Lemann via The New Yorker on October 23, 2017

Pour One Out for Ulysses S. Grant

His presidency was known for corruption, scandal, and booze. In a new book, Ron Chernow attempts to rehabilitate it.

by Adam Gopnik via The New Yorker on October 2, 2017

Trump Is A 19th-Century President Facing 21st-Century Problems

His hands-off approach to policy-making and moral leadership hearkens back to much earlier times.

by Julia Azari via FiveThirtyEight on August 28, 2017

What Does Trump's Golfing Reveal about His Personality?

Donald Trump has been playing a lot of golf since becoming president. Can his habit be explained by his "sky-high extroversion?"

by Jessica Brown via JSTOR Daily on August 2, 2017

New Age Activism: Maria W. Stewart and Black Lives Matter

Black women have always been equal partners in, if not central to, the tradition of Black protest and liberation movements.

by Westenley Alcenat via Black Perspectives on July 24, 2017

The Poverty of Entrepreneurship: The Silicon Valley Theory of History

How Silicon Valley coopts history for its own autocratic ends.

by John Patrick Leary via The New Inquiry on June 9, 2017

After the Civil War, Robert E. Lee Led the Charge for Reconciliation

Lee should not be defined not only by his time as a Confederate general, but also by his actions after the war was over.

by R. David Cox via Richmond Times-Dispatch on May 27, 2017

The Night That Decided the Confederate President

How a little too much punch changed the course of the Confederacy.

by Phill Greenwalt via Emerging Civil War on May 25, 2017

Mr. President, You're Right About Andrew Jackson

If Jackson's presidency had been later, he may have prevented the Civil War.

by Daniel Ruddy via Newsmax on May 6, 2017

What Will Future Historians Say About President Trump's First 100 Days? Here Are 11 Guesses

Experts weigh in on how historians of the future may assess President Trump's achievements after his first 100 days in office.

by Ibram X. Kendi, David McCullough, Timothy Naftali, George H. Nash, Anne E. Parsons, Heather Ann Thompson, Julie M. Weise, Alice S. Yang, Kyle G. Volk, Pablo A. Piccato, Roger Pilon via TIME on April 27, 2017

Organizing for Change: The Genius of the First Earth Day

What we can learn from the successes of local activists in 1970.

by Adam Rome via Process: A Blog for American History on April 21, 2017

Why America’s Founding Fathers Wanted the President to Take a Salary

One of the very reasons the framers wanted the president to take a salary, was to avoid potential conflicts of interest.

by Jena McGregor via Washington Post on March 15, 2017

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