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The First Drag Queen Was a Former Slave

William Dorsey Swann fought for queer freedom a century before Stonewall.
by Channing Gerard Joseph via The Nation on January 31, 2020
Statue of Thomas Jefferson and an American flag.
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Jefferson's Other Legacy: Religious Liberty

Religious bigotry is only less pressing today than racial bigotry because of progress Jefferson helped bring about.
by Cameron Addis via HNN on January 10, 2020

Tremendous in His Wrath

A review of the most detailed examination yet published of slavery at Mount Vernon.
by Eric Foner via London Review of Books on December 9, 2019

‘Baby, It's Cold Outside' Was Controversial From the Beginning

Here’s what to know about consent in the 1940s, when the song was written.
by Olivia B. Waxman via TIME on December 5, 2019
Photo of John Brown holding a flag and raising his right hand as if in oath.

A Hero in the Midst of Cowards

The righteous rage of John Brown.
by Jonathan Burdick via The Erie Reader on December 4, 2019
African-American cowboys in Bonham, Texas, circa 1913

The Real Texas

What is Texas? Should we even think about so large and diverse a place as having an essence that can be distilled?
by Annette Gordon-Reed via New York Review of Books on October 24, 2019

The Obamanauts

What is the defining achievement of Barack Obama?
by Corey Robin via Dissent on October 7, 2019
Framed portrait of Julia Chinn.

The Erasure and Resurrection of Julia Chinn

Why the nation's ninth vice-president – and his black wife – were purposely forgotten.
by Amrita Chakrabarti Myers via Association of Black Women Historians on March 3, 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

Other People’s Blood

On Paul Volcker.
by Tim Barker via n+1 on February 26, 2019

#MeToo, Networks of Complicity, and the 1920s Klan

How the Klan’s extensive networks of patriarchal power enabled abusive men to prey on women.
by Mara Keire via Process: A Blog for American History on January 24, 2019

When King was Dangerous

He's remembered as a person of conscience who carefully broke unjust laws. But his challenges to state authority place him in a much different tradition: radical labor activism.
by Alex Gourevitch via Jacobin on January 21, 2019
Still from the Golden Girls.

Deconstructing HIV and AIDS on The Golden Girls

In 1990, one of America's most beloved sitcoms took on the HIV epidemic with humor and sensitivity.
by Claire Sewell via Nursing Clio on December 4, 2018

Making Philly a Blue-Collar City

Sports, politics, and civic identity in modern Philadelphia.
by Timothy Lombardo via Sport in American History on September 6, 2018

Who's the Boss?

When conductor and soloist clash, a concerto performance can turn into a contest of wills.
by Sudip Bose via The American Scholar on July 26, 2018
Julia Ann Jackson, age 102, whose narrative was recorded by the WPA, 1937-1938.

Demanding to Be Heard

African American women’s voices from slave narratives to #MeToo.
by Stephanie Richmond via Nursing Clio on June 12, 2018
Hamilton and Burr shooting, Burr at Hamilton and Hamilton to the sky.

Hamilton Vs. Burr: What Really Happened?

Beyond “Hamilton”: How the friends turned into political rivals, and finally into mortal enemies.
by Amelia Onorato via The Nib on April 27, 2018
Political cartoon of Theodore Roosevelt holding his Big Stick and pulling a naval fleet in the Caribbean (1904).

Why Both Liberals and Conservatives Claim Theodore Roosevelt as Their Own

Our 26th President is lauded as an environmentalist, as well as an empire builder.
by Michael Patrick Cullinane via Zócalo Public Square on April 20, 2018

How Restaurants Helped American Women Get the Vote

The history of suffragist dining spaces in the U.S.
by Tove Danovich via Eater on March 29, 2018
Paul Bremmer at a desk, signing his name on a letter.

Paul Bremer, Ski Instructor

Learning to shred with the Bush Administration’s Iraq War fall guy.
by Aaron Gell via Task & Purpose on March 26, 2018
Charles Dickens writing at his table, 1858.

Charles Dickens, America, & The Civil War

What might Charles Dickens have thought about the American Civil War and the American struggle for abolition and social reforms?
by Sarah Kay Bierle via Emerging Civil War on February 23, 2018
A painting of George Washington.
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What Is Presidents’ Day Actually About?

For most of American history, Washington's Birthday was a really big deal, but that’s changed a lot since the middle of the twentieth century.
by Livia Gershon, Barry Schwartz via JSTOR Daily on February 3, 2018
Portrait of Charles Dickens from his 1842 trip to America.

Charles Dickens Had Serious Beef with America and Its Bad Manners

How Charles Dickens' unpleasant trip to Boston led to "A Christmas Carol."
by Samantha Silva via Literary Hub on December 21, 2017
Album with Che Guevara's hair, fingerprints, and photos of his body.

The Death of Che Guevara Declassified

A CIA memo shows that US officials considered his execution a crucial victory—but they were mistaken in believing Che’s ideas could be buried along with his body.
by Peter Kornbluh via The Nation on October 10, 2017
Trump speaking.

When Presidents Get Angry

Other presidents used their anger for a purpose — Trump just rages blindly.
by Mark Perry via Politico Magazine on September 27, 2017
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How Credit Reporting Agencies Got Their Power

In an economy based on doing business with strangers, monitoring people's trustworthiness quickly became very profitable.
by Josh Lauer, Livia Gershon via JSTOR Daily on September 19, 2017
Architectural rendering of a bridge.

The True Measure of Robert Moses (and His Racist Bridges)

Did Robert Moses ordered engineers to build the Southern State Parkway’s bridges extra-low, to prevent poor people in buses from them? The truth is complex.
by Thomas J. Campanella via CityLab on July 9, 2017
Gilbert Motier, the Marquis De La Fayette

Why Has America Named So Many Places After a French Nobleman?

The Marquis de Lafayette's name graces more city parks and streets than perhaps any other foreigner.
by Laura Auricchio via Zócalo Public Square on June 22, 2017

Oscar Dunn And The New Orleans Monument That Never Happened

New Orleans at 300 returns with a story about a monument that was supposed to be erected in the late 1800s, but never happened.
by Laine Kaplan-Levenson via New Orleans Public Radio on May 25, 2017
A political cartoon showing two figures leading donkeys in opposite directions. The donkeys are depicted with the faces of Zachary Taylor and Henry Clay.

Prospects for Partisan Realignment: Lessons from the Demise of the Whigs

What America’s last major party crack-up in the 1850s tells us about the 2010s.
by Philip Wallach via Brookings on March 6, 2017
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