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The Historic Women's Suffrage March on Washington

On March 3, 1913, thousands of women gathered in Washington D.C. for the Women's Suffrage Parade -- the first mass protest for a woman's right to vote.
by Michelle Mehrtens via TED on March 4, 2019
1928 political cartoon of Republican hypocrisy for calling Democrats corrupt.

Interchange: Corruption Has a History

Seven scholars discuss the definition, nature, practice, and periodization of corruption in the United States.
by Mary Frances Berry, Paula Baker, Daniel Czitrom, Barbara Hahn, James Kloppenberg, Naomi Lamoreaux, David Witwer via Journal of American History on March 1, 2019
Mounted NYPD officers parade down Broadway.

World War I Preparedness and the Militarization of the NYPD

From food rationing to drafting soldiers, preparedness and all it involved included a full-scale reorganization of American society, including the NYPD.
by Matthew Guariglia via The Gotham Center on December 27, 2018
Frank Rizzo

Frank Rizzo and the Making of Modern American Politics

How Rizzo's blue-collar populism helped him survive his tumultuous first term as mayor.
by Timothy Lombardo via Tropics of Meta on October 16, 2018
Ripped Puerto Rican flag painted with the words "Together as One"
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No More Annexation: Assassination!

The extremes to which Puerto Rican national Pedro Albizu Campos and his followers fought for independence.
via BackStory on September 7, 2018

Pokémon Go, Before and After August 12

Gaming in the shadow Charlottesville's "Unite the Right" rally.
by Cassius Adair via Nursing Clio on September 5, 2018

Protesting Law Enforcement Is as Old as America Itself

Had British authorities and their soldiers exercised de-escalation tactics, would the United States exist today?
by Robin Washington via The Marshall Project on July 3, 2018

The Birth of the Brady Rule: How a Botched Robbery Led to a Legal Landmark

Every law student knows John Brady’s name. But few know the story of the bumbling murder that ended in a landmark legal ruling.
by Thomas L. Dybdahl via The Marshall Project on June 24, 2018

Bias Training at Starbucks Is a Reminder That the History of Racism Is About Who Belongs Where

A central component of the history of racism is the intersection in which geography and race collide.
by Arica L. Coleman via TIME on May 29, 2018
Vegetable stand at the Mulberry St. bend, photograph by Jacob Riis.

Policing Unpolicable Space: The Mulberry Bend

Sanitation reformers confront a neighborhood seemingly immune to state intervention.
by Matthew Guariglia via The Metropole on May 10, 2018
Black and white photograph of workers of various affiliations march together at a 1946 May Day parade in New York City, holding signs about "world labor unity."

Welcome to Operation Dixie, the Most Ambitious Unionization Attempt in the U.S.

Southern segregation, racism and a militarized police meant the plan was destined to fail.
by Meagan Day via Medium on May 8, 2018
Inside the courtroom during the Ziang Sun Wan trial.

The 1919 Murder Case That Gave Americans the Right to Remain Silent

Decades before the Miranda decision, a Washington triple-homicide paced the way to protect criminal suspects.
by Scott D. Seligman via Zócalo Public Square on April 30, 2018

Housing Segregation In Everything

In 1968, the Fair Housing Act made it illegal to discriminate in housing. So why are neighborhoods still so segregated?
by Gene Demby, Maria Paz Gutierrez, Kara Frame via NPR on April 11, 2018

Still a Long Time Coming

Selma and the unfulfilled promise of civil rights.
by Elias Rodriques via The Nation on March 21, 2018

Black and Red

The history of Black Socialism in America.
by Tanna Tucker, Nestor Castillo via The Nib on February 14, 2018

Remember the Orangeburg Massacre

The February 1968 killing of three student protesters in Orangeburg, SC marked a turning point in the black freedom struggle.
by Robert Greene II via Dissent on February 7, 2018

In 1968, Three Students Were Killed by Police. Today, Few Remember the Orangeburg Massacre

The shootings occurred two years before the deaths at Kent State University, but remain a little-known incident in the Civil Rights Movement.
by Lorraine Boissoneault via Smithsonian on February 7, 2018
Line graph showing a rise in Louisiana's prison incarceration rate since 1978.

Louisiana’s Turn to Mass Incarceration: The Building of a Carceral State

How Louisiana built a carceral state during the War on Crime.
by Lydia Pelot-Hobbs via American Association Of Geographers on February 1, 2018

The Encyclopedia of the Missing

For Meaghan Good, the disappeared are still out here, you just have to know where to look.
by Jeremy Lybarger via Longreads on January 11, 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

Sanctuary Syllabus

Inspired by Trump's election and his anti-immigrant policies, a group of scholars compiled this collection on the idea of "sanctuary."
by Paula Chakravartty, Yoav Halperin, Monica Kim, Rachel Kuo, Molly Nolan, Sonya Posmentier, Sarah Sklaw, Shivani Srivastav via Public Books on December 5, 2017
A man being arrested by an LAPD officer outside of a Mexican restaurant.

The Year 1960

City developers, RAND Corps dropouts, Latino activists—and Lena Horne, taking direct action against racism in Beverley Hills.
by Mike Davis via New Left Review on November 15, 2017
Reagan signing the Anti-Drug Abuse Act.

The Untold Story of Mass Incarceration

Two new books, including ‘Locking Up Our Own,’ address major blind spots about the causes of America’s carceral failure.
by Vesla M. Weaver via Boston Review on October 24, 2017

How a Gilded Age Heiress Became the 'Mother of Forensic Science'

Frances Glessner Lee created meticulous and gruesome dioramas of murder scenes, which are still used to train police today. 
by Sarah Zhang via The Atlantic on October 14, 2017

A Look Back at a 1939 Pro-Nazi Rally and the Protesters Who Organized Against It

Seventy-eight years ago, protesters and white supremacists clashed outside of Madison Square Garden.
by Matt Giles via Longreads on August 14, 2017

The Yakima Terror

Ninety years ago in Washington, a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment resulted in horror for Filipinos.
by Steve Ross via Slate on August 4, 2017

The Rage and Rebellion of the Detroit Riots, Captured in One Poem

50 years later, Philip Levine's poem, "They Feed They Lion," helps us remember and understand that time.
by Elizabeth Flock via PBS NewsHour on July 17, 2017
Someone writes at a desk next to a gavel, with the scales of justice in the background.

The Rise of the Prosecutor Politicians

How local prosecutors' offices have become stepping stones to higher office.
by Jed Handelsman Shugerman via SHUGERBLOG on July 7, 2017

The Devastation of Black Wall Street

Racial violence destroyed an affluent African-American community, seen as a threat to white-dominated American capitalism.
by Kimberly Fain via JSTOR Daily on July 5, 2017

Memorial Day, 1937

Eighty years ago, striking workers in Chicago were shot down by police. It transformed the course of labor rights in the US.
by Ahmed White via Jacobin on May 29, 2017
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