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Nostalgia is Gaming's Biggest Trend

"Tanglewood" is the first new Sega Genesis game in years - the latest example of gaming developers looking back, not ahead.
by Lewis Gordon via The Outline on August 27, 2018

Paens to the 'Postwar Order' Won't Save Us

A critique of a recent open letter by members of the foreign policy intelligentsia.
by Stephen Wertheim via War on the Rocks on August 6, 2018

Rereading Childhood Books Teaches Adults About Themselves

Whether they delight or disappoint, old books provide touchstones for tracking personal growth.
by Emma Court via The Atlantic on July 27, 2018
Head coach Tom Landry of the Dallas Cowboys, surrounded by his team.

How Football Coaches Became the Vanguard of American Conservatism

Coaches have long sacralized the gridiron, extolling it alongside faith, family and the military as a setting stone of the social order.
by Aaron Timms via The Guardian on July 25, 2018
Map of world happiness.

Are Things Getting Better or Worse?

Why assessing the state of the world is harder than it sounds.
by Joshua Rothman via The New Yorker on July 23, 2018

“The Town Was Us”

How the New England town became the mythical landscape of American democracy.
by Garrett Dash Nelson via Places Journal on July 1, 2018
Items from the collection of the French National Conservatory of Video Games.

The Beautiful, Genuine Artistry of Retro Video Games

Amidst so much politics and tribalism, they can provide portals into thoughtfully rendered alternate worlds.
by Addison Del Mastro via The American Conservative on May 18, 2018

The Death and Life of the Instant-Print Camera

The iPhone era has ushered in a new fondness for analog photography that has turned clunky cameras into necessary accessories.
by Molly McHugh via The Ringer on May 15, 2018
Demonstrators hold a painting of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump outside a Trump rally in Phoenix, Arizona, August 22, 2017.

American Democracy Has Faced Worse Threats Than Donald Trump

The golden age of American politics was illiberal, undemocratic, and bloody.
by Ezra Klein via Vox on May 10, 2018

How the Log Cabin Became an American Symbol

We have the Swedes and William Henry Harrison to thank for the popularization of the log cabin.
by Andrew Belonsky via Mental Floss on April 19, 2018
A picture of the White House

Forget About It

Warnings against "normalizing" outrageous political acts misstate the problem. It’s never the immediate present that gets normalized — it’s the not-so-distant past.
by Corey Robin via Harper’s on April 1, 2018

Agriculture Wars

On country music as a lens through which to trace the corporatization of American farming.
by Nick Murray via Viewpoint Magazine on March 12, 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

The Hamburger: An American Lyric

How hamburgers became a staple of the American diet.
by Carol J. Adams via The Paris Review on February 12, 2018

The Last Scan

Inside the desperate fight to keep old TVs alive.
by Adi Robertson via The Verge on February 6, 2018

Are White Evangelicals Sacrificing The Future In Search Of The Past?

The religious profile of young adults today differs dramatically from that of older Americans.
by Daniel Cox via FiveThirtyEight on January 24, 2018
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Encountering the Plantation Myth Where You'd Least Expect It

Well off Savannah's tourist trail, there's a replica of an antebellum plantation home in the middle of a public housing project.
by Kevin M. Levin on January 19, 2018
Political cartoon of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis pulling apart a US map while McClellan tries to hold them together.

Politics Is More Partisan Now, But It’s Not More Divisive

And anyway, agreement between the two parties has often masked serious problems.
by Julia Azari via FiveThirtyEight on January 19, 2018

Inside the Weird World of Historical Re-enactors

From Civil War uniforms to Viking smelts, meet the people who bring history to life.
by Erin Sylvester via The Walrus on January 10, 2018
Drawing of soldiers in combat uniforms.

The Good War

How America’s infatuation with World War II has eroded our conscience.
by Mike Dawson via The Nib on January 10, 2018

Everyday Soviet Nostalgia

Retracing the 1947 journey that John Steinbeck and Robert Capa took to introduce America to Soviet life.
by Laura Reston via The New Republic on January 2, 2018

1968’s Chaos: The Assassinations, Riots and Protests that Defined Our World

On the 50th anniversary of that extraordinary year, historians consider 1968’s meaning and global context.
by Michael S. Rosenwald via Washington Post on January 1, 2018

No One Writes Great Christmas Songs Anymore

But maybe those midcentury classics weren't really Christmas songs at all.
by Addison Del Mastro via The American Conservative on December 21, 2017

When America Was a Developing Country

The nostalgia of some conservatives hearkens back to a different—and irretrievable—economic time.
by Addison Del Mastro via The American Conservative on December 13, 2017

The Painful History of a Confederate Monument Tells Itself

Haunting archival footage of Stone Mountain's creation.
by Emily Buder via The Atlantic on December 1, 2017

How John Wayne Became a Hollow Masculine Icon

The actor’s persona was inextricable from the toxic culture of Cold War machismo.
by Stephen Metcalf via The Atlantic on November 9, 2017

Civil-Rights Protests Have Never Been Popular

Activists can’t persuade their contemporaries—they’re aiming at the next generation.
by Ta-Nehisi Coates via The Atlantic on October 3, 2017

Guardians of White Innocence

The Sons of Confederate Veterans want to convince Americans that Southern heritage isn’t about slavery. Is it a lost cause?
by Katy Waldman via Slate on September 25, 2017

Old West Theme Parks Paint a False Picture of Pioneer California

As the nation debates monuments and public memory, it’s important to understand how other cultural sites help people learn (false) history.
by Amanda Tewes via The Conversation on August 30, 2017

Yes, Gone With the Wind Is Another Neo-Confederate Monument

How the classic film helped promote a Reconstruction myth that was central to the maintenance of Jim Crow.
by Ed Kilgore via Intelligencer on August 30, 2017
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