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For Private Prisons, Detaining Immigrants Is Big Business

Today, despite their mixed record, private prison companies are overseeing the vast majority of undocumented migrants.
by Sarah Weiser, Noah Madoff, Anne Checler via Retro Report on October 1, 2018
Statue of John C. Calhoun and spire of Emanuel AME church in Charleston.

The South Carolina Monument That Symbolizes Clashing Memories of Slavery

In Charleston, a monument to John C. Calhoun squares off against its symbolic rival, the steeple of Emanuel A.M.E. Church, where a white supremacist killed nine.
by Ethan J. Kytle, Blain Roberts via Zócalo Public Square on September 6, 2018
Artistic photo for black history

The Trouble With Uplift

A curiously inflexible brand of race-first neoliberalism has taken root in American political discourse.
by Adolph Reed Jr. via The Baffler on September 4, 2018
Cartoon depiction of a labor strike

“Labor Day” Isn’t Labor Day

The annual worker’s holiday in the rest of the world is May Day. Why not here?
by Sam Wallman via The Nib on September 3, 2018

As Goes the South, So Goes the Nation

History haunts, but Alabama changes.
by Imani Perry via Harper’s on July 15, 2018

What Does It Mean to Give David Petraeus the Floor?

Some historians worry that giving the former general an invitation to keynote means giving him a pulpit.
by Gunar Olsen via The Nation on July 5, 2018

Forgotten Feminisms: Johnnie Tillmon's Battle Against 'The Man'

Tillmon and other National Welfare Rights Organization members defied mainstream ideas of feminism in their fight for welfare.
by Judith Shulevitz via New York Review of Books on June 26, 2018

Where Does the War on History End?

Those who seek to hide the achievements of our greatest men and women are making a monumental mistake.
by Tony Parsons via British GQ on June 21, 2018

John Wesley Harding at Fifty: WWDD?

Bob Dylan's confessional album resisted the political radicalism and activism of 1967.
by Anthony Chaney via U.S. Intellectual History Blog on June 13, 2018

How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman

Wilma Rudolph won three Olympic golds and was among the first athletes to use her celebrity to fight for civil rights.
by Kate Siber via Outside on June 8, 2018

NFL Tells Players Patriotism Trumps Protest

Here’s why that didn’t work during WWI.
by Chad Williams via The Conversation on May 29, 2018
Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux.

New Documents Reveal How the FBI Deployed a Televangelist to Discredit Martin Luther King

Elder Michaux, a popular black evangelist, aided the bureau's campaign to destroy King's reputation.
by Lerone A. Martin via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on April 3, 2018

'The Teacher Would Suddenly Yell "Drop!"'

The duck-and-cover school exercises from the nuclear era are being invoked as a parallel to active shooter drills.
by Rebecca Onion via Slate on March 13, 2018
Peter Rodriguez, Wilson High School student, at the microphone of a school board meeting, waving his draft card.

How a Jewish Youth Camp Birthed the 1968 East L.A. Chicano Student Walkouts

‘The young Mexican American is tired of waiting for the Promised Land.’
by Gustavo Arellano via Tablet on March 2, 2018
Illustration of a Black woman offering a leaflet promoting a liquor store boycott.

Harlem's 'Whiskey Rebellion,' the Civil Rights Campaign for Black Liquor Salesmen

The fight against 'Jim Crow jobs' took blood, sweat, tears, and boycotts.
by Cynthia R. Greenlee via Vice on February 22, 2018
Demonstrators marching for a $15 minimum wage.

Memphis Sanitation Workers Went on Strike 50 Years Ago. The Battle Goes On.

Fast-food workers in the Fight for $15 movement are making the same demands sanitation workers made five decades ago.
by Cleophus Smith, Betti Douglas via The Guardian on February 12, 2018

Black Charleston and the Battle Over Confederate Statues

The debate over a Charleston monument to John Calhoun exemplifies the problems of contextualizing Confederate monuments.
by Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders via Black Perspectives on January 29, 2018
1972 Shirley Chisolm campaign poster.

‘Unbought and Unbossed’: Shirley Chisholm’s Feminist Mantra Is Still Relevant 50 Years Later

Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress, constantly defied those who tried to constrain her due to race and gender.
by Ed Morales via Washington Post on January 26, 2018

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
Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg Is Still Thinking About the Papers He Didn’t Get to Leak

The man who leaked the Pentagon Papers is back with a new book, The Doomsday Machine.
by Andrew Rice via Intelligencer on November 28, 2017

Activists Splatter Red Paint on Roosevelt Monument at American Museum of Natural History

The early-morning action is the latest in a series of protests demanding the statue’s removal.
by Claire Voon via Hyperallergic on October 26, 2017
Activists march in a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in Washington, D.C. (March 10, 2017).

DAPL and the American Indian as 'Protector'

Native Americans' fights for environmental protection should not be seen as battles against progress.
by Paul C. Rosier via Hindsights on September 7, 2017
A plaque in Brooklyn commemorating Robert E. Lee.

It’s Hard to Get Rid of a Confederate Memorial in New York City

At least one monument has come down this summer, but two streets in Brooklyn have proved difficult to rename.
by Robert Sullivan via The New Yorker on August 23, 2017
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When ‘Free Speech’ Becomes a Political Weapon

What we can learn from liberal anti-communists.
by Jennifer Delton via Made By History on August 22, 2017
Demonstrators walk on a beach.

Remembering the Bloody 'Wade-In' That Opened Beaches to Black Americans

Activists are working to preserve the history of the “wade-ins” that opened the space to everyone.
by Linda Poon via CityLab on June 21, 2017
A worker prepares to remove a statue of Jefferson Davis.

How Robert E. Lee Got Knocked Off His Pedestal

Before New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu made his celebrated speech, a grassroots movement forced the city to take down its monuments to white supremacy.
by Michael "Quess" Moore, Brentin Mock via CityLab on May 29, 2017

Bureaucrats as Activists: A Revisionist Take on Conservation

Career bureaucrats in the Trump administration are proving that bureaucrats can be dedicated to a cause other than themselves.
by Benjamin Heber Johnson via Process: A Blog for American History on May 23, 2017

Celebrating the Life and Activism of Jackie Robinson

Those who honor Jackie Robinson must remember his importance outside the baseball diamond.
by Matthew Teutsch via Black Perspectives on May 9, 2017
Line graph comparing executive actions over presidents' first 100 days in office.

Trump in Action: Comparing the Pace of Trump's Executive Orders to Recent Presidents

How do Trump's first 100 days measure up?
via The American Presidency Project on April 29, 2017

What Will Future Historians Say About President Trump's First 100 Days? Here Are 11 Guesses

Experts weigh in on how historians of the future may assess President Trump's achievements after his first 100 days in office.
by Ibram X. Kendi, David McCullough, Timothy Naftali, George H. Nash, Anne E. Parsons, Heather Ann Thompson, Julie M. Weise, Alice S. Yang, Kyle G. Volk, Pablo A. Piccato, Roger Pilon via TIME on April 27, 2017
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