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Lonesome on the Lower East Side

The story of the Bintel Brief, an early twentieth-century advice column for Jewish immigrants.
by Jessica Weisberg via Lapham’s Quarterly on April 4, 2018
A stone marker for a post road, slightly chipped, reading "Boston 8 miles 1734 A.I."

"To Undertake a News-Paper in This Town"

How printers in the 1770s assembled the news for their papers, how they used the postal system, and how they may have approached Twitter.
by Emily Sneff via Declaration Resources Project on September 20, 2017
Roy Takeno, editor, and group reading paper in front of office, Manzanar Relocation Center, California

Behind Barbed Wire

Japanese-American internment camp newspapers.
by Chris Ehrman, Heather Thomas via Library of Congress on August 31, 2017

The Rise of the Image: Every NY Times Front Page Since 1852 in Under a Minute

Every single New York Times front page since 1852 in under a minute. Hint: Pay attention to the images!
by Christopher Jobson via Colossal on February 22, 2017
Cast of Hamilton take a curtain call.

The Original Attack Dog

James Callender spread scurrilous rumors about Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. Then he turned on Thomas Jefferson, too.
by John Dickerson via Slate on August 9, 2016

Here's How Memes Went Viral - In the 1800s

The Infectious Texts project is the compilation of 41,829 issues of 132 newspapers from the Library of Congress.
by Greg Miller via Wired on November 4, 2013

Elizabeth Bisland’s Race Around the World

The American journalist propelled into the limelight when she went head-to-head with Nellie Bly on a race around the world.
by Matthew Goodman via The Public Domain Review on October 6, 2013
Images of Lilli from the February 1956 cover of Spielzeug Export

My Search for Barbie’s Aryan Predecessor

The original doll was not made by Mattel but by a business that perfected its practice making plaster casts of Hitler.
by Tarpley Hitt via The Nation on December 6, 2025
U.S. Supreme Court

On the Sweeping Supreme Court Decision That Led to Widespread High School Censorship

A look at the long history of censorship in public school yearbooks.
by Kate Eichhorn via Literary Hub on November 25, 2025
Theodore Roosevelt speaking with three reporters.
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The President and the Press Corps

Theodore Roosevelt was the first White House occupant to seek control over how newspapers covered him.
by Jordan Friedman via JSTOR Daily on November 6, 2025
Leo Frank.

Justice Miscarried: The Trial, Conviction, and Murder of Leo Frank

Leo Frank’s trial, death sentence, eventual commutation, and finally his lynching all show the nation’s problematic history with anti-Semitism.
by Ryan Reft via The Saturday Evening Post on October 29, 2025

We Used to Read Things in This Country

Technology changes us—and it is currently changing us for the worse.
by Noah McCormack via The Baffler on October 27, 2025
A collage of censored obscenities and the front page of the Dartmouth Review.

Before Trump, and Before the Young Republicans, There Was the Dartmouth Review

Long before Trump, a group of Dartmouth students weaponized outrage and satire to seize the spotlight.
by Rich Barlow via Politico Magazine on October 21, 2025
Illustration of a founding father standing in front of a distorted mirror.

What the Founders Would Say Now

They might be surprised that the republic exists at all.
by Fintan O’Toole via The Atlantic on October 10, 2025
Drawing of Adolph Hitler with its shadow being the pointed hood worn by members of the Ku Klux Klan.

When the Black Press Stood by the Jews Against the Nazis

This important but little-known chapter of Black-Jewish history in the United States is worth remembering.
by Dan Freedman via Moment on September 10, 2025
Louis Ludlow.

War Powers to the People

Louis Ludlow’s war referendum amendment was the high-water mark of American antiwar populism.
by Hunter DeRensis via The American Conservative on September 1, 2025
Black man's face, and maps of Chicago, in an outline of a detective.

The Talented Mr. Bruseaux

He made his name in Chicago investigating race riots, solving crimes, and exposing corruption. But America’s first Black private eye was hiding his own secrets.
by Matthew Wolfe via The Atavist on July 23, 2025
Painting of the Bay of San Francisco, by Eduard Hildebrandt.

Mark Twain, the Californian

In 1864 San Francisco, Twain found hardship, Bohemia, and his voice—transforming from local reporter to rising literary force.
by Ben Tarnoff via Lapham’s Quarterly on July 4, 2025
A cartoon depicts two bandaged men suspended on the scales of justice raising their fists at each other.

Jack London’s Fantastic Revenge

In his short story “The Benefit of the Doubt,” Jack London turned truth into fiction, and then some.
by Andrew Rihn via The Saturday Evening Post on May 19, 2025
Murray Kempton

The Late, Great American Newspaper Columnist

The life and career of Murray Kempton attest to the disappearing ideals of a dying industry. But his example suggests those ideals are not beyond resurrection.
by Roz Milner via The Bulwark on May 9, 2025
Woman in prayer looks up to an angel holding a pen for advice.

What Kind of Questions Did 17th-Century Daters Have?

A 17th-century column shows that dating has always been an anxiety-riddled endeavor.
by Sophia Stewart via The Atlantic on May 7, 2025
Dr. Abdou and the title page of the directory "Travels in America."

Abdou's Directory

This digital project explores Arab American History through the 1907 business directory titled Dr. Abdou’s Travels.
by Akram Khater, Lindsey Waldenberg via Khayrallah Center For Lebanese Diaspora Studies on May 1, 2025
A group of Mexican nationals boarding a bus for repatriation to Mexico from the United States.
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Scared Out of the Community

In the 1930s, approximately half a million Mexicans left the United States. Many families had American-born children to whom Mexico was a foreign land.
by Abraham Hoffman via HNN on March 25, 2025
Front page of the Washington Post above the fold.

The Real Story of the Washington Post’s Editorial Independence

When the Kamala Harris endorsement was spiked, the publisher cited tradition. A closer reading of history tells a different story.
by Steven Mufson via Columbia Journalism Review on February 25, 2025
The Ku Klux Klan parading near the Capitol Building in 1925, holding American flags.

What Felt Impossible Became Possible

George Dale's crusade against the Ku Klux Klan.
by Dan Sinker via Dan Sinker Blog on February 23, 2025
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The Media Spawned McCarthyism. Now It's Happening Again

Some of today's most influential political figures also won power through their willingness to say things that capture media attention.
by A. Brad Schwartz via Made By History on February 9, 2025
A 1905 photo of a Cincinnati, Ohio, home that once functioned as a stop on the Underground Railroad.
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Abolitionism Shows How One Person Can Help Spark a Movement

Rankin's 'Letters on American Slavery' set out a moral argument for abolition that resonated across the nation.
by Caleb Franz via Made By History on December 2, 2024
A drawing of the inside of a printing mill, depicting workers printing art.

The Midnight World

Glenn Fleishman’s history of the comic strip as a technological artifact vividly restores the world of newspaper printing—gamboge, Zip-A-Tone, flongs, and all.
by Michael Chabon via New York Review of Books on November 28, 2024
Painting of Benjamin Franklin reading a manuscript, while a boy operates a printing press behind him.

Benjamin Franklin, Man of Letters

The inventor, philosopher, and elder statesman of the American Revolution never gave up on his first love — publishing.
by Eric Weiner via The Saturday Evening Post on November 12, 2024
Man reading a newspaper

A Brief Literary History of the Newspaper Endorsement

When did endorsements become pro forma, anyway? And what do they even do?
by Brittany Allen via Literary Hub on October 30, 2024
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