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A Supreme Court Justice Wrote the Greatest “No Kings” Essay in History

This opinion is a milestone in the rule of law and is regularly cited by conservative and liberal justices alike.

by Gerard Magliocca via Slate on July 10, 2025

National Archives building.

Scratching the Record

On the long history of governments attempting to restrict access to documents about their inner workings.

by Asheesh Kapur Siddique via HNN on July 8, 2025

Samuel Gompers the president of the American Federation of Labor in December 1920.

America’s Brutal Capitalist Class Tamed Its Labor Movement

The unique brutality of the US capitalist class bred a labor movement that has often limited itself to being a private insurance provider.

by Maya Adereth via Jacobin on July 7, 2025

Declaration of Independence marked up with red marker.

Here Are the Declaration of Independence’s Grievances Against King George III. Many Apply to Trump.

It’s uncanny.

by Tim Murphy, David Corn via Mother Jones on July 3, 2025

Engraving of Founding Fathers reading the Declaration of Independence while onlookers rally.

Does America Have a Founding Philosophy?

It depends on how you read the Declaration’s “self-evident” truths.

by James R. Stoner, Jr. via Modern Age on July 1, 2025

A row of California National Guardsmen stand atop a top step in riot gear.

Trump’s Deportation Frenzy Echoes the Fugitive Slave Hunts of the 1850s

Trump's crackdown on immigrants bears alarming parallels to the fugitive slave obsessions of the pre-Civil War South.

by Garrett Epps via Washington Monthly on June 11, 2025

Illustration equating Israel's “Who is a Jew?” policy with the Nazi selection process.

Jew? Not a Jew?

The untold story of how American Jewry and the Jewish state almost resolved the question of who is a Jew.

by Tracy Frydberg via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on June 10, 2025

Scroll and quill pen

Brutality and Opacity

Birthright citizenship under attack.

by Elisa Gonzalez via The Drift on May 29, 2025

Broadside about the Fugitive Slave law.

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: Annotated

The Fugitive Slave Act erased the most basic of constitutional rights for enslaved people and incentivized US Commissioners to support kidnappers.

by Liz Tracey via JSTOR Daily on May 19, 2025

How to Not Get Poisoned in America

"We should go back into history and ask: Why did we need the federal Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906?"

by Deborah Blum, Talia Lavin via The Sword And the Sandwich on April 30, 2025

Collage of the Battles of Lexington and Concord and patriotic imagery.

Revolution and Progress on Lexington Green

The American Revolution’s first battle is a reminder that liberty isn't the result of inevitable progress but a prize won by those willing to fight for it.

by Richard Samuelson via Law & Liberty on April 25, 2025

Painting of the Battle of San Pasquale in the U.S.-Mexico War.

Borders May Change, But People Remain

The legacies of conflict—and their increasingly accessible images in a global age—frame the shared bonds of trauma in keeping their memories alive.

by Emiliano Aguilar via Public Books on April 24, 2025

Justice John Roberts.

The Supreme Court Could Take Another Shot at Voting Rights

If the justices take up a case on Virginia’s felon disenfranchisement law, they’ll be burrowing back to Reconstruction-era jurisprudence.

by Matt Ford via The New Republic on April 22, 2025

View of New Amsterdam from the 1620s.

The Dutch Roots of American Liberty

New York would never be the Puritans' austere city on a hill, yet it became America’s vibrant heart of capitalism.

by John O. McGinnis via Law & Liberty on April 10, 2025

Josephine Baker and a soldier.

The Superstar Turned Spy Who Fought the Nazis and for Civil Rights

A new book highlights Josephine Baker’s wartime contribution, and how she used her fame to provide cover and promote equal rights.

by Jon Henley via The Guardian on April 6, 2025

Civil rights lawyers including Thurgood Marshall and Constance Baker Motley.

Trump's Attack on Lawyers and Law Firms Takes a Page Out of the Southern 1950s Playbook

American authoritarians fear the uniquely American power of litigation.

by Sherrilyn Ifill via Sherrilyn's Newsletter on March 24, 2025

A young boy peers out from a hole in a fence as his friends play basketball in a court where police officers are gathering for a patrol.

How White-Collar Criminals Plundered a Brooklyn Neighborhood

How East New York was ransacked by the real estate industry and abandoned by the city in the process.

by Kristen Martin via The Nation on March 20, 2025

Eve Ewing, and the cover of her book "Original Sins."

How Do We Combat the Racist History of Public Education?

On the schoolhouse’s role in enforcing racial hierarchy.

by Naomi Elias, Eve L. Ewing via The Nation on March 4, 2025

Frances Perkins and Border Patrol officers.

The 1930s Case That Sparked a Debate About Deportation

The story Frances Perkins, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Labor Secretary, highlights the importance of protecting due process.

by Rebecca Brenner Graham via Made By History on March 4, 2025

Dark, distorted painting of the American Revolution.

Tracing America’s Obsession With Conspiracy Theories Back to Its Founding

The revolutionary roots of a corrosive national pastime.

by Andrew Lawler via Literary Hub on February 25, 2025

A doctor vaccinating a patient.

The Origins of the Anti-Vaccination Movement

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s nomination to lead HHS reflects the rising power of an anti-vaccination movement more than 100 years in the making.

by Helen L. Murphy via Made By History on January 29, 2025

A collage of the United States Constitution, seal, and a hand holding two small American flags.

The Attack on Birthright Citizenship Is a Big Test for the Constitution

Does the text mean what it plainly says?

by Adam Serwer via The Atlantic on January 22, 2025

Photo of Jimmy Carter.

Carter and Chile: How Humanitarian was the President?

The 'human rights president' had some tough political decisions to make regarding Augusto Pinochet in 1979.

by Peter Kornbluh via Responsible Statecraft on January 10, 2025

Newborn babies sleeping in a maternity ward.

The Coming Assault on Birthright Citizenship

The Constitution is absolutely clear on this point, but will that matter?

by Amanda Frost via The Atlantic on January 7, 2025

President Roosevelt signs the proclamation naming December 15 as Bill of Rights Day.

The Reinvention of the Bill of Rights

The New Deal-era creation of “Bill of Rights Day” obscures the real nature and guardrails of American liberty.

by Jerome C. Foss via Law & Liberty on December 13, 2024

Photo of men holding sign that says "end token equality draft women."

The Debate About Men Being Left Behind Is Decades Old

It's crucial to understand the real history behind claims that men are being marginalized.

by Theresa Iker via Made By History on December 12, 2024

Bracero workers in line getting paperwork filled out.

A New Bracero Program Is Not the Solution

An Eisenhower-era initiative holds key lessons for Trump’s immigration policy.

by Mae Ngai via The Atlantic on December 9, 2024

Signatures on a treaty.

The Treaty on the Severn River

Baltimore is Native American land — that's the first thing I want you to know.

by Emma Katherine Bilski via Contingent on November 30, 2024

Berkeley students and protesters gather during a protest and celebration at Berkeley, California in 1969.

The Left’s Reversal on Free Speech

Historically, liberals defended the First Amendment and our free speech rights. Now, too many on the left seek to undermine constitutional protections.

by Patrick M. Garry via Law & Liberty on November 18, 2024

William Rehnquist

The Late Supreme Court Chief Who Haunts Today’s Right-Wing Justices

William Rehnquist went from a lonely dissenter to an institutionalist chief—and his opinions are all the rage among the court’s current conservatives.

by Duncan Hosie via The New Republic on October 23, 2024

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