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The "Sacred 20" nurses at the Naval Hospital in Washington, D.C., ca. 1908.

Remembering the Sacred 20 at Arlington National Cemetery

The first women to serve in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps helped improve military medicine and expand women’s opportunities to officially serve in the armed forces.

by Allison S. Finkelstein via Arlington National Cemetery on March 23, 2023

Eilhu Root.

The Shameful Imperialist Legacy of Elihu Root, Godfather of Corporate Law

How a celebrated corporate lawyer named Elihu Root became the driving force behind some of the worst U.S. atrocities ever perpetrated abroad.

by Nathan Porceng via Balls And Strikes on March 8, 2023

The United States flag flying above that of Guam.

Trapped by Empire

The government of Guam has appointed a Commission on Decolonization, but U.S. control means that all of the island’s options have substantial downsides.

by Van Jackson via Dissent on February 8, 2023

President Biden meets with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in New York

What Is Forgotten in the U.S.-Philippines Friendship

Fifty years after his father declared martial law, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was welcomed in New York.

by Adrian De Leon via Made By History on September 25, 2022

Members of the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps pose on Minerva Terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park in 1896. From Montana Historical Society.

The Black Buffalo Soldiers Who Biked Across the American West

In 1897, the 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps embarked on a 1,900-mile journey from Montana to Missouri.

by David Kindy via Smithsonian on June 14, 2022

An American soldier guards a Japanese internment camp at Manzanar, Calif., on May 23, 1943.

Is it Possible to Condemn One Empire Without Upholding Another?

The danger of making wars into moral crusades.

by Moon-Ho Jung via Made By History on May 22, 2022

Black-and-white image of two men behind bar

The Gilded Age In a Glass: From Innovation to Prohibition

Cocktails — the ingredients, the stories, the pageantry — can reveal more than expected about the Gilded Age.

by Zachary Veith via The Gotham Center on December 28, 2021

In plane sight: Loadmasters look over Tumon Bay, Guam, during Exercise Cope North.

Guam: Resisting Empire at the “Tip of the Spear”

The Pentagon is increasing its forces on the US territory, but Indigenous residents are fighting back.

by Chris Gelardi via The Nation on November 2, 2021

Vehicles at Bagram air base in Afghanistan on July 5 after the U.S. military departed.

U.S. Military’s Longtime Reliance on Contractors Fueled Afghanistan Loss

Relying on private contractors has always created problems for the U.S. military.

by John DeLee via Made By History on October 7, 2021

Fort Huachuca in 1894.

The American Maginot Line (Pt. 2)

Exploring the history of U.S. empire through the story of Fort Huachuca – the “Guardian of the Frontier.”

by Alex Aviña via Foreign Exchanges on September 27, 2021

Jacqueline Jones

Biography’s Occupational Hazards: Confronting Your Subject as Both Person and Persona

As a biographer, Jacqueline Jones found herself wondering how she should deal with aspects of her subject’s life that left her baffled, even mystified.

by Jacqueline Jones via Perspectives on History on September 8, 2021

Nellie Bly.

The Lost Legacy of the Girl Stunt Reporter

At the end of the nineteenth century, a wave of women rethought what journalism could say, sound like, and do. Why were they forgotten?

by Katy Waldman via The New Yorker on April 29, 2021

The Invention of the Police

Why did American policing get so big, so fast? The answer, mainly, is slavery.

by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on July 13, 2020

Crowds at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.

The Largest Human Zoo in World History

Visiting the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis.

by Walter Johnson via Lapham’s Quarterly on April 14, 2020

Slavery, and American Racism, Were Born in Genocide

Martin Luther King Jr. recognized that Imperial expansion over stolen Indian land shaped and deepened the American Revolution’s relationship to slavery.

by Greg Grandin via The Nation on January 20, 2020

Four people looking at a latrine

The Paradise of the Latrine

American toilet-building and the continuities of colonial and postcolonial development.

by Simon Toner via Modern American History on November 29, 2019

Puerto Rican flag in tatters near smoking buildings.

How the U.S. Cashed in on Puerto Rico

In 1898, the US emerged with a profitable jewel in its colonial crown.

by Rosa Colón via The Nib on July 8, 2019

‘Some Suburb of Hell’: America’s New Concentration Camp System

The longer a camp system stays open, the more likely it is that vital things will go wrong.

by Andrea Pitzer via New York Review of Books on June 21, 2019

The Myth of the American Frontier

Greg Grandin’s new book charts the past and present of American expansionism and its high human costs.

by Jedediah Britton-Purdy via The Nation on April 1, 2019

When the Frontier Becomes the Wall

What the border fight means for one of the nation’s most potent, and most violent, myths.

by Francisco Cantú via The New Yorker on March 4, 2019

Imperial Exceptionalism

Is it time for an end to American imperialism? Two authors re-examine American intervention overseas.

by Jackson Lears via New York Review of Books on January 29, 2019

Rudyard Kipling

Reconsidering Rudyard Kipling

Was the author and poet best known for 'The Jungle Book' and 'Kim' truly a racist imperialist?

by John Rossi via The American Conservative on August 22, 2018

Diagram of a Spencer rifle.

From Spencer Rifles to M-16s: A History Of The Weapons US Troops Wield In War

Muzzleloaders have evolved into smart-style automatic firearms in just 150 years.

by Richard S. Faulkner, Jeff Schogol via Task & Purpose on July 10, 2018

They Fought and Died for America. Then America Turned Its Back.

260,000 Filipinos served in World War II, when the country was a US territory. Most veterans have never seen benefits.

by Hertz Alegrio via Narratively on July 3, 2018

A Century Ago, Progressives Were the Ones Shouting 'Fake News'

The term "fake news" dates back to the end of the 19th century.

by Matthew F. Jordan via The Conversation on February 1, 2018

William Randolph Hearst for President

Another news cycle, another media mogul stirring up electoral buzz.

by Jonathan Zimmerman via Lapham’s Quarterly on January 22, 2018

Neil Armstrong and the American flag on the moon.

Twilight of Empire

Why the 1969 moon landing signaled the end of the massive American empire of the 20th century.

by Daniel Immerwahr via Modern American History on January 22, 2018

Indian bicycle troops at the battle of the Somme in 1916.

How Colonial Violence Came Home: The Ugly Truth of the First World War

We remember WWI as an unexpected catastrophe. But for the millions living under imperialist rule, terror and degradation were nothing new.

by Pankaj Mishra via The Guardian on November 10, 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

"Inspiration of Christopher Columbus" painting, depicting Columbus gazing out at sea.

How Columbus, Of All People, Became a National Symbol

Christopher Columbus was a narcissist.

by William Francis Keegan via The Conversation on October 6, 2017

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