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The Bible in Revolutionary America
While Enlightenment philosophy may have influenced the wealthy Revolutionary elites, it was the Biblical worldview that prompted widespread resistance.
by
Guy Chet
via
Starting Points
on
June 3, 2024
Brando Unmatched
The legendary actor left a mark in both film history and an industry fraught with self-regard.
by
Giancarlo Sopo
via
The Dispatch
on
April 27, 2024
Bob Marley’s ‘Legend’ Is One of the Bestselling Albums Ever. But Does It Tell His Full Story?
After 40 years and more than 25 million copies sold, what story does ‘Legend’ tell us about Bob Marley and the people listening to it?
by
Eric Ducker
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The Ringer
on
February 14, 2024
Why the Long Shadow of Bush v. Gore Looms Over the Supreme Court’s Colorado Case
In the fight over keeping Trump’s name on the ballot, the 2000 decision is a warning but not a precedent.
by
E. Tammy Kim
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The New Yorker
on
February 7, 2024
On the Shared Histories of Reconstruction in the Americas
In the 19th century, civil wars tore apart the US, Mexico and Argentina. Then came democracy’s fight against reaction.
by
Evan C. Rothera
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Aeon
on
January 16, 2024
When Constitutional-Law Professors Fight
On the folly of relying on history to settle the debate over whether the Fourteenth Amendment should bar Trump from office.
by
William Hogeland
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Hogeland's Bad History
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January 10, 2024
Two Colonists Had Similar Identities, But Only One Felt Compelled to Remain Loyal
What might appear to be common values about shared identities can serve not as a bridge but a wedge.
by
Abby Chandler
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The Conversation
on
January 4, 2024
How the Boston Tea Party's 'Destruction of the Tea' Changed American History
Attacks on private property enraged Colonial leaders and the British public, hardening positions and ruling out compromise.
by
Eliga Gould
via
The Conversation
on
December 13, 2023
Why Some Founding Fathers Disapproved of the Boston Tea Party
While many Americans gushed about the effectiveness of the ‘Destruction of the Tea,’ others thought it went too far.
by
Dave Roos
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HISTORY
on
December 11, 2023
Kissinger's Bombings Likely Killed Hundreds of Thousands of Cambodians and Set Path for Khmer Rouge
A Cambodian scholar who fled the Khmer Rouge as a child writes about the legacy of Henry Kissinger, who died at the age of 100 on Nov 28, 2023.
by
Sophal Ear
via
The Conversation
on
November 30, 2023
Searching for the Perfect Republic
On the 14th amendment – and if it might stop Trump.
by
Eric Foner
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Ted Widmer
via
The Guardian
on
November 15, 2023
The Men Who Started the War
John Brown and the Secret Six—the abolitionists who funded the raid on Harpers Ferry—confronted a question as old as America: When is violence justified?
by
Drew Gilpin Faust
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The Atlantic
on
November 13, 2023
The Fourteenth Amendment's Ambiguous Section Three
Scholars and pundits are suddenly interested in the section disqualifying insurrectionists from offices. But text and history don't offer clear answers.
by
Kurt Lash
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Law & Liberty
on
October 20, 2023
Lou Reed Didn't Want to Be King
Will Hermes's new biography, "Lou Reed: The King of New York," tries—and fails—to pin the rocker down.
by
Hannah Gold
via
The Yale Review
on
October 16, 2023
A Plea for Genuine Peace in Liberation
To address these atrocities and treat Jewish victims, survivors, and families with dignity, we must confront Israel’s subjugation of Palestine.
by
William Horne
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In Case Of Emergency
on
October 12, 2023
The Constitution Prohibits Trump From Ever Being President Again
The only question is whether American citizens today can uphold that commitment.
by
Laurence H. Tribe
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J. Michael Luttig
via
The Atlantic
on
August 19, 2023
The Many South Carolinas in the Americas
Conflict over centralization, political power, and national identity were not unique occurrences in the Americas during the middle decades of the 19th century.
by
Niels Eichhorn
via
Muster
on
May 2, 2023
The Failure of Reconstruction Is to Blame for the Weakness of American Democracy
A new book argues that the American right emerged out of a backlash to multiracial democracy following the Civil War.
by
Matthew E. Stanley
via
Jacobin
on
December 8, 2022
Mythmaking In Manhattan
Stories of 1776 and Santa Claus.
by
Benjamin L. Carp
via
Age of Revolutions
on
December 5, 2022
The Age of Planetary Revolution: Remembering the Future in Science Fiction
Nothing dates our vision of the future like how we remember the past.
by
Carl Abbott
via
Perspectives on History
on
November 14, 2022
The Anarchist Who Authored the Mexican Revolution
A new history of the rebels led by Ricardo Flores Magón emphasizes the role of the United States in the effort to take them down.
by
Geraldo Cadava
via
The New Yorker
on
October 5, 2022
The American Civil War and the Case for a “Long” Age of Revolution
The Age of Revolution, known mainly as the period between the American Revolution and the Revolutions of 1848, continued all the way to 1865.
by
Daniel Koch
via
Muster
on
June 7, 2022
The Unraveling of SST Records
Jim Ruland’s book on the legendary punk label helps explain why we lack a meaningful counterculture today.
by
Michael Friedrich
via
The New Republic
on
May 3, 2022
Cedric Robinson’s Radical Democracy
Rejecting the resignation of the 1970s and ’80s, Robinson found in the disinvested ruins of the city a new egalitarian form of politics.
by
Jared A. Loggins
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The Nation
on
April 18, 2022
Enjoy My Flames
On heavy metal’s fascination with Roman emperors.
by
Jeremy Swist
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Lapham’s Quarterly
on
March 23, 2022
Public Thinker: Destin Jenkins on Breaking Bonds
“What if we identified the politics of municipal debt as circumscribing political horizons and futures?”
by
Destin Jenkins
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Hannah Appel
via
Public Books
on
December 13, 2021
50 Years After Attica, Prisoners Protest Brutal Conditions
If this nation hopes to achieve a justice system that is just, it must remain ever vigilant for any echo from Attica.
by
Heather Ann Thompson
via
TIME
on
September 8, 2021
The Ballot or the Brick
Two books trace anti-police uprisings to the urban riots of the Civil Rights era. But as people took to the streets in 2020, why did so few pick up a brick?
by
David Helps
via
MR Online
on
August 10, 2021
Phraseology and the "Fourteenth Colony"
There have been at least eight provinces in British North America labeled the "fourteenth colony." They cannot all claim the same title.
by
George Kotlik
via
Journal of the American Revolution
on
August 4, 2021
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Every American Needs to Take a History of Mexico Class
Learning the history of Mexico can help Americans better understand themselves.
by
Gabriela Soto Laveaga
via
Made By History
on
July 22, 2021
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