American Samoa — Bunk History

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The Supreme Court Gets a Chance to Revisit America’s Imperialist Past

A trio of American Samoan plaintiffs are asking the high court to end their status as second-class citizens.

by Matt Ford via The New Republic on September 19, 2022

How American Samoa Kept a Pandemic at Bay

A story of quarantine.

by James Stout via Lapham’s Quarterly on April 2, 2020

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How Cultural Anthropologists Redefined Humanity

A brave band of scholars set out to save us from racism and sexism. What happened?

by Louis Menand via The New Yorker on August 29, 2019

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A History of Technological Hype

When it comes to education technology, school leaders have often leaped before they looked.

by Adam Laats, Victoria E. M. Cain via Phi Delta Kappan on February 22, 2021

Stamp celebrating women's suffrage in the Philippines.

Votes for Colonized Women

How the politics of American imperialism often intersected with calls for women's suffrage.

by Laura Prieto via Process: A Blog for American History on May 28, 2020

Hiram Revels.

Birthright Citizenship and Reconstruction’s Unfinished Revolution

The idea that birth on U.S. soil confers citizenship has remained both foundational and contested.

by Martha S. Jones via The Journal Of The Civil War Era on January 26, 2017

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