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Wanto Co. grocery store with a sign that reads "I Am An American"

Discovering Judith Shklar’s Skeptical Liberalism of Fear

Judith Shklar fled Nazis and Stalinism before discovering in African-American history the dilemma of modern liberalism.
by Samantha Ashenden, Andreas Hess via Aeon on March 16, 2020
A man wearing a white shirt with a black "L," with people holding flags in the background

How Nazism’s Rise in Europe Spurred Anti-Semitic Movements in the US

On the growing tide of racial animosity in 1930s Los Angeles.
by Donna Rifkind via Literary Hub on February 7, 2020

Nationalist Anthems

Remembering a time when composers mattered more.
by Sudip Bose via The American Scholar on December 2, 2019

The Life and Times of Franz Boas

The founder of cultural anthropology, Franz Boas challenged the reigning notions of race and culture.
by Matthew Wills via JSTOR Daily on December 1, 2019

American Immigration: A Century of Racism

On Daniel Okrent's "The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America."
by Sarah Churchwell via New York Review of Books on September 12, 2019
Broadside for debate between W.E.B. DuBois and Lothrop Stoddard.

When W.E.B. Du Bois Made a Laughing Stock of a White Supremacist

Why the Jim Crow-era debate between the African-American leader and a ridiculous, Nazi-loving racist isn’t as famous as Lincoln-Douglas.
by Ian Frazier via The New Yorker on August 19, 2019

Golden Age Superheroes Were Shaped by the Rise of Fascism

Created in New York by Jewish immigrants, the first comic book superheroes were mythic saviors who could combat the Nazi threat.
by Art Spiegelman via The Guardian on August 17, 2019

Flirting With Fascism

The National Conservatism Conference in Washington had a very 1930s vibe.
by David Austin Walsh via Jewish Currents on July 24, 2019
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy during the Pride 2014 parade in San Francisco, California.

Writing Gay History

How the story itself came out.
by Jim Downs via Humanities on June 27, 2019

The Rocket Scientist Who Had to Elude the FBI Before He Could Escape Earth

Frank Malina's scientific dreams were as radical as his politics.
by Fraser MacDonald via Literary Hub on June 26, 2019

‘Some Suburb of Hell’: America’s New Concentration Camp System

The longer a camp system stays open, the more likely it is that vital things will go wrong.
by Andrea Pitzer via New York Review of Books on June 21, 2019

Creationism, Noah’s Flood, and Race

For centuries, literalist interpretations of the Book of Genesis have fueled scientific racism and white supremacy.
by Paul Braterman via 3 Quarks Daily on March 25, 2019
Josepine Baker vaudeville cartoon

Josephine Baker: Dancer. Icon. Spy.

The Vaudeville star was at the height of her fame in Europe when WWII struck, and used her status for the allies.
by Bianca Xunise via The Nib on February 23, 2019
Donald Trump giving a State of the Union address.

American Uses and Misuses of the Holocaust

Wielding Holocaust memory to make America look good is an American tradition.
by Mari Cohen via Jewish Currents on February 8, 2019

The Unbelievable Story of the Plot Against George Soros

How two Jewish American political consultants helped create the world’s largest anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.
by Hannes Grassegger via BuzzFeed News on January 20, 2019

Racism, Medievalism, and the White Supremacists of Charlottesville

The weekend's demonstrators were the latest in a long line of American racists to ally themselves with an imagined Middle Ages.
by Josephine Livingstone via The New Republic on August 15, 2017

Scaramucci’s Removal Evokes White House Turmoil During the Reagan Years

Anthony Scaramucci's resignation after 10 days broke a record held by Ronald Reagan’s communications director.
by Matt Giles via Longreads on July 31, 2017
Soldiers pose with a human skull.

The Violence Is the Victory

The history of American expansion can be traced through the severed body parts left in its wake.
by Jessie Kindig via n+1 on May 31, 2017

Yes, We’ve Done It Too

A history of the United States meddling in the elections of other countries.
by Jess Engebretson via KQED on March 2, 2017

The Pledge of Allegiance's Creepy Past

Seventy-four years ago today, lawmakers passed an amendment to the U.S. Flag Code.
by Stephen A. Smith, Jordan G Teicher, Cecilia O'Leary, Tony Platt, Mary Tierney Coutts, Laura Bell Everett via JSTOR Daily on December 22, 2016

Harvard’s Eugenics Era

When academics embraced scientific racism, immigration restrictions, and the suppression of “the unfit”.
by Adam S. Cohen via Harvard Magazine on March 1, 2016
Woman who looks unhappy.

Unwanted Sterilization and Eugenics Programs in the United States

A shameful part of America’s history.
by Lisa Ko via PBS NewsHour on January 29, 2016

Is History Written About Men, by Men?

A careful study of recent popular history books reveals a genre dominated by generals, presidents—and male authors.
by Andrew Kahn, Rebecca Onion via Slate on January 6, 2016

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