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Political cartoon of Albert Gallatin attempting to stop a chariot driven by George Washington.

Nativism, Conspiracy Theories, and Mobs in Federalist America

Many people celebrate the U.S. as a nation of immigrants, but nativism has infused its politics from the outset.
by Sean P. Harvey via The Panorama on December 14, 2021
Capitol rotunda dome.

The Changing Same of U.S. History

Like the 1619 Project, two new books on the Constitution reflect a vigorous debate about what has changed in the American past—and what hasn’t.
by David Waldstreicher via Boston Review on November 10, 2021
A bicyclist rides past the rubble of a church.

The Disasters in Afghanistan and Haiti Share the Same Twisted Root

Half a world away, the citizens of two nations suffer at the hands of a familiar malefactor.
by Jonathan M. Katz via The New Republic on August 20, 2021
William Walker

The Manifest Destiny Marauders Who Gave the “Filibuster” Its Name

Long before Southern Democrats filibustered Civil Rights legislation, “filibusteros” were conquering slave territories for the United States.
by John Patrick Leary via The New Republic on March 5, 2021
A painting of George Washington during the Whiskey Rebellion.

The Revolutionary Language and Behavior of the Whiskey Rebels

On the continued revolutionary rhetoric and ideology that persisted in America even after the American Revolution.
by Kyler Burd via Journal of the American Revolution on December 10, 2020
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Contested Elections Can Unleash Violent White Supremacy. We Have Seen It Before.

Why President Trump’s refusal to commit to accepting the election results is so dangerous.
by Calvin Schermerhorn via Made By History on September 28, 2020
Two drawings, one of a woman on the left and one of a man on the right

Minorcans, New Smyrna, and the American Revolution in East Florida

The little-known story of the laborers who became pawns in a Floridian struggle during the American Revolution.
by George Kotlik via Journal of the American Revolution on August 27, 2020

Lincoln’s Paramilitaries, the “Wide Awakes,” Helped Bring About a Political Revolution

In 1860, a novel paramilitary-style organization mobilized hundreds of thousands against the Southern planter class.
by Matthew E. Stanley via Jacobin on July 11, 2020

A 'Hamilton'-esque Scandal Helped Give Trump his Cudgel

On the origins of the Insurrection Act, which allows the president to call on federal troops and state militias to put down insurrections.
by Gautham Rao via CNN on June 2, 2020
Painting of George Washington.
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How George Washington Held Officials Accountable for Border Violence

And what Congress can learn from his efforts.
by Grace Mallon via Made By History on July 16, 2019

The Wild West Meets the Southern Border

At first glance, frontier towns near the U.S.-Mexico border seem oblivious both of history and of the current political reality.
by Valeria Luiselli via The New Yorker on June 3, 2019
Two people studying law books.

Repository of Historical Gun Laws

The Duke Center for Firearms Law's efforts to catalog the history of gun laws.
via Duke Center For Firearms Law on June 1, 2019
Paul Revere's ride
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The Media Revolution that Guided Paul Revere’s Ride

An anti-imperialist network made his warning possible.
by Joseph M. Adelman via Made By History on April 19, 2019
Men observing teams of horses and mules.

Andrew Jackson and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

How the so-called champion of the common man set a precedent for using federal troops to quash labor unrest.
by Joshua D. Rothman via We're History on January 29, 2019

The First Floridians

In St. Augustine lie the ruins of Fort Mose, built in 1738 as the first free black settlement in what would become the United States.
by Jordan Blumetti via The Bitter Southerner on September 3, 2018

Declaration of War

The violent rise of white supremacy after the Vietnam War.
by Patrick Blanchfield via The Nation on June 20, 2018
Civil War rifles mounted on wall

The Brutal Origins of Gun Rights

A new history argues that the Second Amendment was intended to perpetuate white settlers' violence toward Native Americans.
by Patrick Blanchfield via The New Republic on December 11, 2017
Louis Beam

Armed Resistance, Lone Wolves, and Media Messaging: Meet the Godfather of the ‘Alt-Right’

There would be no Richard Spencer without Louis Beam.
by Laura Smith via Timeline on November 6, 2017
Calle de los Negros, circa 1886.

Calle de los Negros: L.A.'s "Forgotten" Street

How did Calle de los Negros get its name? And why did the city raze it in 1887?
by William D. Estrada via KCET on October 21, 2017

Five Types of Gun Laws the Founding Fathers Loved

A Second Amendment scholar makes the case that gun restrictions are not a recent phenomenon.
by Saul Cornell via The Conversation on October 15, 2017

Disarming the NRA

The Second Amendment does not stand in the way of better gun laws; the NRA does.
by Adam Winkler via New York Review of Books on October 5, 2017

Gun Anarchy and the Unfree State

The real history of the Second Amendment.
by Saul Cornell via The Baffler on October 3, 2017

The Birth of the Ku Klux Brand

A new book re-traces the origins of the 19th-century KKK, which began as a social club before swiftly moving to murder.
by Malcolm Harris via Pacific Standard on February 19, 2016
Illustration of British soldiers fighting colonial soldiers.

Road to Revolution: 1763-1776

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by James Walsh via Digital Public Library of America on October 14, 2015
Pilgrims going to church armed with guns.

God and Guns

Patrick Blanchfield tracks the long-standing entanglement of guns and religion in the United States. Part 1 of 2.
by Patrick Blanchfield via The Revealer on September 25, 2015
Civil War rifles mounted on wall
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Straight Shot: Guns in America

On who has had access to guns in the U.S., and what those guns have meant to the people who have owned them.
via BackStory on January 25, 2013
Lithograph of James Madison from Portrait and Biographical Album of Washtenaw County, Michigan, 1891, Wikimedia.

The Founders’ Muddled Legacy on the Right to Bear Arms Is Killing Us

A case of 18th-century politicking has stymied our ability to deal with a 21st-century crisis.
by William Hogeland via AlterNet on August 14, 2012

To Keep and Bear Arms

A challenge to the "Standard Model" scholars who hold that the Second Amendment protects individual gun rights.
by Garry Wills via New York Review of Books on September 21, 1995
A throng of Trump supporters, some in colonial garb, march through Washington D.C.

The 19th-Century Precursors to the Crises of Trump’s America

Revisiting history shows that violence and constitutional disputes are nothing new in US politics.
by Marcus Alexander Gadson via New Lines on July 4, 2025
African American workers march past a line of National Guards troops with bayonets fixed.

The National Guard’s History of Violent Labor Repression

Donald Trump recently deployed California’s National Guard to repress protests in LA. The National Guard has a long history of breaking up protests and strikes.
by Dana Frank via Jacobin on June 30, 2025
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