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George W. Bush giving speech

In the Shadow of 9/11

Two new books argue that the War on Terror changed American politics, but what if the sources of its violence were already long present in the country?
by Samuel Moyn via The Nation on September 7, 2021

How the War on Terror Undermined American Democracy

Spencer Ackerman’s new book argues that the forever wars created the conditions for Trump’s rise.
by Patrick Iber via The New Republic on August 5, 2021
Photographer Leni Sinclair in a crowd filming an event.

When Detroit Was Revolutionary

In the 1960s and 1970s, photographer Leni Sinclair stood at the center of a local scene where political and cultural ferment merged.
by Leni Sinclair, Billy Anania via Jacobin on July 7, 2021
George W. Bush speaking to marines

Why Did We Invade Iraq?

The most complete account we are likely to get of the deceptions and duplicities that led to war leaves some crucial mysteries unsolved.
by Fred Kaplan via New York Review of Books on July 6, 2021
C-123 “Provider” aircraft spray Agent Orange over Vietnam during Operation Ranch Hand, which took place between 1962 and 1971.

The People vs. Agent Orange Exposes a Mass Poisoning in Plain Sight

A new PBS documentary investigates the legacy of one of the most dangerous pollutants on the planet, an unsettling cover-up, and the fight for accountability.
by Jasper Craven via The New Republic on June 28, 2021
Illustration of men in orange being watched by onlookers

Vice Age

Chronicling the policing of gay life in the mid-20th century.
by Lewis Rice via Harvard Law Bulletin on June 11, 2021
People on the street and burning car amidst debris

Los Angeles Could Have Rebuilt a Better City After the Rodney King Violence. Here's Why It Failed.

Leading gangs in Los Angeles were making peace as the city burned. How the city failed them rewrites our understanding of that moment.
by Elizabeth Hinton via TIME on May 18, 2021

Free as in Fred

Activists on the campaign were dedicated, but the city of Chicago and the FBI had conspired to murder the city’s best organizer that night in December 1969.
by Simon Balto via The Baffler on May 3, 2021
US military boarding a plan

History's Warning for the U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan

History suggests that a more discreet American presence in Afghanistan will be a provocation rather than a source of security.
by Priya Satia via TIME on April 27, 2021
John F. Kennedy on a TV screen.

The Book That Stopped an Outbreak of Nuclear War

A new history of the Cuban missile crisis emphasizes how close the world came to destruction—and how severe a threat the weapons still pose.
by Andre Pagliarini via The New Republic on April 16, 2021
An illustration featuring a man smoking a cigarette.
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When the CIA Was Everywhere—Except on Screen

Hollywood was just fine avoiding all portrayals of the Central Intelligence Agency for years after the agency's founding in 1947.
by Simon WIllmetts, Matthew Wills via JSTOR Daily on April 15, 2021
A teenage boy is vaccinated against smallpox by a school doctor and a county health nurse, 1938.

The U.S. Has Had 'Vaccine Passports' Before—And They Worked

History shows that the benefits of such a system can extend far beyond the venues into which such a passport would grant admission .
by Jordan E. Taylor via TIME on April 5, 2021
Joe Biden.
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The History of Using Computers to Distribute Benefits Like Biden’s Relief Checks

Technology can break down, but just as often with government tech, glitches are rooted in policy failures.
by Marc Aidinoff via Made By History on March 10, 2021
Andra Day as Billie Holiday in her dressing room.

The Trials of Billie Holiday

Two new movies emphasize the singer’s spirit of defiance and political courage.
by Lidija Haas via The New Republic on February 26, 2021
Artistic photo of Malcolm X

Malcolm’s Ministry

At the end of his remarkable, improbable life, Malcolm X was on the cusp of a reinvention that might have been even more significant than his conversion.
by Brandon M. Terry via New York Review of Books on February 4, 2021
Suburban cul de sac.

How Fear Took Over the American Suburbs

On the rise of suburban vigilantes and NIMBYs in the late 20th century and their enduring power today.
by Kyle Riismandel, Sarah Holder via CityLab on January 14, 2021
President Richard Nixon and Vice President Gerald Ford in the White House, along with their wives, First Lady Pat Nixon and Betty Ford

Gerald Ford and the Perversion of Presidential Pardons

In pardoning Nixon, the 38th president opened the floodgates to boundless executive power.
by James Bovard via The American Conservative on December 29, 2020
Harriet the Spy.

Why Harriet the Spy Had to Lie

An elaborate secret life was a necessity for children’s author Louise Fitzhugh.
by Jennifer Wilson via The New Republic on December 8, 2020
Angela Davis and George Jackson

The Long Shadow of Racial Fascism

Radical Black thinkers have long argued that racial slavery created its own unique form of American fascism.
by Alberto Toscano via Boston Review on October 27, 2020
Visualization of documented visitation networks among reservations placed onto a map made in 1890.

Native Networks and the Spread of the Ghost Dance

A digital companion to "We Do Not Want the Gates Closed Between Us," telling the story of Native American resistance to forced resettlement on reservations.
by Justin Gage via nativeamericannetworks.com on October 8, 2020
Black women, oil painting

Rebellious History

Saidiya Hartman’s "Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments" is a strike against the archives’ silence regarding the lives of Black women in the shadow of slavery.
by Annette Gordon-Reed via New York Review of Books on October 1, 2020

Kamala Harris Isn’t the First Black Woman to Run for VP. Meet Charlotta Bass.

In 1952, the newspaper publisher and activist joined a long-shot bid by the Progressive Party, paving the way for politicians like Harris.
by Teo Armus via Washington Post on August 12, 2020
A line of Black men sit and stand in a half circle. They all where Pullman Porter uniforms.

How Black Pullman Porters Waged a Struggle for “Civil Rights Unionism”

Led by A. Philip Randolph, Black Pullman porters secured dignity on the job — and laid the foundation for the modern Civil Rights Movement.
by Eric Arnesen, Arvind Dilawar via Jacobin on July 28, 2020
Workers removing a Confederate statue

Take it From a Historian. We Don't Owe Anything to Confederate Monuments.

Trump spends so much time defending statues not because he cares about history, but precisely because he doesn’t
by Timothy Snyder via The Guardian on July 23, 2020
NYPD officers in front of an American flag.

There’s Truth in Numbers in Policing – Until There Isn’t

To hold the police accountable for misconduct, data related to police violence must not only become more accessible, it must also become more reliable.
by Carl Suddler via Brookings on June 26, 2020
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The Police Chief Who Inspired Trump’s Tweet Glorifying Violence

Trump echoed a former Miami police chief’s anti-black words and animus.
by Julio Capó Jr. via Made By History on June 1, 2020
Heavily armed police patrolling Los Angeles in the 1960s.

“No Matter How Different the Movements Were, the LAPD Targeted Every One of Them”

From the Black Panthers to the Communist Party, radical Los Angeles in the ’60s was a seething cauldron of unrest, united by the brutal repression of the LAPD.
by Mike Davis, Jon Wiener, Meagan Day via Jacobin on May 29, 2020

Algorithms Associating Appearance and Criminality Have a Dark Past

In discussions about facial-recognition software, phrenology analogies seem like a no-brainer. In fact, they’re a dead-end.
by Catherine Stinson via Aeon on May 15, 2020
Mugshots of female terrorists

The Dark History of America’s First Female Terrorist Group

The women of May 19th bombed the U.S. Capitol and plotted Henry Kissinger’s murder. But they’ve been long forgotten.
by William Roseneau via Politico Magazine on May 3, 2020

How the Black Death Radically Changed the Course of History

A look at the economic changes that occured after the Black Death in Europe and what that could mean for the aftermath of Covid-19.
by Steve LeVine via Medium on April 2, 2020
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