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The USS Constitution glides through Boston Harbor.

Early Americans Knew Better Than President Trump How To Prioritize Health

A public uprising forced Boston to prioritize fighting smallpox over the economy in 1792.

by Andrew Wehrman via Made By History on July 17, 2020

Walt Disney's Empty Promise

For so many of the millions of tourists who come to Orlando, this—Disney, Universal Studios, I-Drive, all of it—stands in for America itself.

by Kent Russell via The Paris Review on July 10, 2020

Robert E. Lee Memorial covered in graffiti and projections and surrounded by protesters.

The Racism of Confederate Monuments Extends to Voter Suppression

GOP-led state legislatures have not only prevented voters from exercising their rights as citizens, they have usurped local control to remove monuments legally.

by Karen L. Cox via Karen L. Cox Blog on June 30, 2020

Liberal Reform Threatens to Expand the Police Power – Just as it Did in the Past

How calls for “real reforms” have resulted in measures that further shield police from real accountability.

by Max Felker-Kantor via HNN on June 28, 2020

The Racist History of Curfews in America

The restrictions imposed during recent racial justice protests have their roots in efforts to “contain” Black Americans.

by Linda Poon via CityLab on June 18, 2020

A street of brick storefronts in Cumberland, Kentucky.

Appalachian Hillsides as Black Ecologies: Housing, Memory, and The Sanctified Hill Disaster of 1972

A landslide that exposed racial inequalities embedded in Appalachian communities.

by Jillean McCommons via Black Perspectives on June 16, 2020

Debt and the Underdevelopment of Black America

How municipal debt contributed to the development of white America and underdevelopment of Black America.

by Destin Jenkins via Just Money on June 15, 2020

A row of police officers with guns

Police Have Long History of Responding to Black Movements by Playing the Victim

Amid calls to defund police, cops are framing themselves as victims. We must remember who is really being brutalized.

by Max Felker-Kantor via Truthout on June 13, 2020

A man in a blue check suit with news microphones pointed at him gestures to rows of uniformed police officers standing behind him.

The Long Tie Between Police Unions and Police Violence — and What to do About It

Limits on when police can use force is a better solution than banning police unions.

by Aaron Bekemeyer via Made By History on June 9, 2020

A sign that reads "We Want White Tenants in Our White Community." Two American flags are on top of the sign.

Highway Robbery

How Detroit cops and courts steer segregation and drive incarceration.

by Jade Chowning, Erin Keith, Geoff Leonard via ArcGIS StoryMaps on June 8, 2020

Protester on his knees holding a sign faces police.

Los Angeles Showed in 1992 How Not To Respond To Today’s Uprisings

The lessons of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising and its aftermath still resonate.

by V. N. Trinh via Made By History on May 31, 2020

A Complete Halt to the Liquor Traffic: Drink and Disease in the 1918 Epidemic

In Philadelphia, authorities faced a familiar challenge: to protect public health while maintaining individuals' rights to act, speak, and assemble freely.

by E. Thomas Ewing via Nursing Clio on May 19, 2020

A woman updates a museum display of newspaper front pages.

The Answer to the Media Industry’s Woes? Publicly Owned Newspapers.

Newspapers must be for the people. It’s worth investing our tax dollars in them.

by Victor Pickard via Made By History on May 18, 2020

Patients and Patience: The Long Career of Yellow Fever

Extending the narrative of Philadelphia's epidemic past 1793 yields lessons that are more complex and less comforting than the story that's often told.

by Simon Finger via The Panorama on May 18, 2020

The Day Police Bombed a City Street: Can Scars of 1985 Move Atrocity be Healed?

An airstrike killed 11 people, including five children, in an assault on a Philadelphia black liberation group. Now a reconciliation effort is under way.

by Ed Pilkington via The Guardian on May 10, 2020

Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during coronavirus briefing

Cities and States Need Aid — But Also Oversight

Federal funding during and after the New Deal ended up hurting cities because of who spent it and how.

by Brent Cebul, Daniel Wortel-London via Made By History on May 4, 2020

When the Seattle General Strike and the 1918 Flu Collided

The first major general strike in the United States coincided with the last major pandemic. Here’s the full story.

by Cal Winslow via Jacobin on May 1, 2020

A Public Calamity

The ways that authorities in Richmond, Virginia, responded to the 1918 Flu offer a lens onto what – and who – was most valued by those in power there.

via Future Of America's Past on May 1, 2020

Federal Reserve building.

The Fed Could Undo Decades of Damage to Cities. Here’s How.

The bond market has fueled vast inequities between cities and suburbs — especially in smaller locales.

by Destin Jenkins via Made By History on April 27, 2020

A woman videochats on her phone

During Epidemics, Media (And Now Social Media) Have Always Helped People to Connect

In a devastating 1793 epidemic people transformed their newspaper into something like today’s social media.

by David Paul Nord via Made By History on April 27, 2020

Typhoid Mary Was a Maligned Immigrant Who Got a Bum Rap

Now, she's become hashtag shorthand for people who defy social distancing orders.

by Katherine A. Foss via The Conversation on April 24, 2020

Public Health Isn’t The Enemy of Economic Well-Being

As 19th century reformers showed, only a healthy workforce can fuel economic prosperity.

by Melanie A. Kiechle via Made By History on April 24, 2020

A Brief Criminal History of the Mask

How a New York law on “masquerading” passed in the early nineteenth century has been used—and abused—in the decades since.

by Melissa Gira Grant via The New Republic on April 21, 2020

Illustration of a mob of white men burning down a building.

What a White-Supremacist Coup Looks Like

In Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898, the victory of racial prejudice over democratic principle and the rule of law was unnervingly complete.

by Caleb Crain via The New Yorker on April 20, 2020

Power and Policing in New York City

How the NYPD and its conservative allies have used fear and race baiting to curtail attempts to limit policing power in the city.

by Willie Mack via Black Perspectives on April 18, 2020

If You Think Quarantine Life Is Weird Today, Try Living It in 1918

From atomizer crazes to stranded actor troupes to school by phone, daily life during the flu pandemic was a trip.

by Michael Waters via Slate on April 17, 2020

Quarantine in Nineteenth-Century New York

As COVID-19 races through New York, we asked Lorna Ebner to tell us about previous attempts to mitigate disease in the city.

by Lorna Ebner via Books, Health and History on April 14, 2020

Trump at a press conference.

Covid-19 Needs Federal Leadership, Not Authoritarianism from Trump

Official responses to the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 shows that the refusal to accept responsibility can have catastrophic consequences.

by Grace Mallon via Made By History on April 14, 2020

Women wearing masks during the 1918 Flu.

To Save Lives, Social Distancing Must Continue Longer Than We Expect

The lessons of the 1918 flu pandemic.

by Howard Markel, J. Alexander Navarro via Made By History on April 8, 2020

In 1918 and 2020, Race Colors America’s Response to Epidemics

A look at how Jim Crow affected the treatment of African Americans fighting the Spanish flu.

by Soraya Nadia McDonald via Andscape on April 1, 2020

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