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Leonard Bernstein in the 1960s, at his desk piled with music scores, reading one, pen in hand.

Conservatives Say Liberals Want West Side Story to Be “Woke Side Story”

The beloved musical’s creator struggled to find a place between left and center.
by Daniel Wortel-London via Slate on December 13, 2021
Stack of calculus textbooks.
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Racism In Our Curriculums Isn’t Limited to History. It’s in Math, Too.

Let's recognize the scholar who was behind the other "CRT."
by Theodore Kim via Made By History on December 8, 2021
An elderly Robert Welch sitting at a desk in a wood-paneled office.

We All Live in the John Birch Society’s World Now

In his lifetime, Robert Welch toiled in the mocked and marginal fringe. Today his ideas are the mainstream of the American right.
by Chris Lehmann via The New Republic on November 23, 2021
Black and white photograph of Mississippi SNCC workers at conference at Tougaloo College, 1965.

SNCC’s Unruly Internationalism

Though the organization’s legacy has been domesticated, its grassroots leadership embraced the global fight for freedom.
by Dan Berger via Boston Review on November 15, 2021
Concrete wall with painted silhouettes of people holding hands
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Lessons From the El Mozote Massacre

A conversation with two journalists who were among the first to uncover evidence of a deadly rampage.
by Raymond Bonner, Clyde Haberman via Retro Report on November 11, 2021
Cartoon of a large Ronald Reagan leaning on a small Jimmy Carter.

The Surprising Greatness of Jimmy Carter

A conversation with presidential biographers Jonathan Alter and Kai Bird.
by Jonathan Alter, Timothy Noah, Kai Bird via Washington Monthly on November 8, 2021
Two men watch a bank of televisions showing Colin Powell testifying before the UN

Invisible General: How Colin Powell Conned America

From My Lai to Desert Storm to WMDs.
by Noah Kulwin via The American Prospect on October 22, 2021
President George W. Bush signing the No Child Left Behind act surrounded by children and legislators.
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This is the Problem with Ranking Schools

We keep trying to assess schools quantitatively instead of grappling with some deeper problems.
by Ethan Hutt via Made By History on October 22, 2021
The National Archive rotunda, Washington, D.C.

Why Americans Worship the Constitution

The veneration of the Constitution is directly connected to America’s emergence as global hegemon.
by Aziz Rana via Public Seminar on October 11, 2021
Rural front lawn with a Trump sign.
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Our Urban/Rural Political Divide is Both New — And Decades In The Making

Policies dating to the 1930s have helped shape the conflict defining today’s politics.
by Guian McKee via Made By History on October 8, 2021
Black and white photo of two Disney World "cast members" posed with Mickey Mouse

In the Magic Kingdom, History Was a Lesson Filled With Reassurance

Fifty years ago, Disney World's celebrated opening promised joy and inspiration to all; today the theme park is reckoning with its white middle-class past.
by Bethanee Bemis via Smithsonian on October 7, 2021
Picture of soldiers from WWI.

There Is More War in the Classroom Than You Think

Hitchcock and Herwig discuss their findings on the teaching of war in higher education.
by William I. Hitchcock, Meghan Herwig via War on the Rocks on September 7, 2021

9/11 was a Test. The Books of the Last Two Decades Show How America Failed.

The books of the last two decades show how overreacting to the attacks unmade America’s values.
by Carlos Lozada via Washington Post on September 3, 2021
Cuban Women class photo at Harvard University in the summer of 1900.

‘Cuba: An American History’ Review: That Infernal Little Republic

Cuba has spent its entire existence as a state and much of its late colonial past in Uncle Sam’s purported backyard.
by Felipe Fernández-Armesto via The Wall Street Journal on September 3, 2021
A protest sign against involvement in WWII
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A Brief History of the "Isolationist" Strawman

The word “isolationist” has been used by the U.S. foreign policy establishment to narrow the range of acceptable public opinion on America’s role in the world.
by Brandan P. Buck via HNN on August 29, 2021
Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meeting on shipboard in 1941 with officers in the background.

Revisiting Roosevelt and Churchill's 'Atlantic Charter'

Can the partnership born on a maritime U.S.-U.K. summit still protect democracy?
by Paul Kennedy via The Wall Street Journal on August 27, 2021
The skeleton of a whale

Out to Sea

Since the 1970s, the U.S. and Russia have used marine mammals to further their military objectives, sparking protest from animal rights activists.
by Susanna Space via Guernica on July 15, 2021
Picture of intersections

What Infrastructure Really Means

Making sense of current fights over a word we borrowed from the French long ago.
by Peter A. Shulman via The Atlantic on July 13, 2021
Astronaut John Glenn surrounded by piles of mail

Sexism in the Early Space Program Thwarted the Ambitions of Women

John Glenn's fan mail shows many girls dreamed of the stars.
by Roshanna P. Sylvester via The Conversation on July 13, 2021
President Duterte saluting at monument
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July Fourth is Independence Day for Two Countries. But for One It is Hollow.

For the Philippines, independence from the United States came with strings attached.
by Christopher Capozzola via Made By History on July 4, 2021
Drawing of the Alamo

How Racism, American Idealism, and Patriotism Created the Modern Myth of the Alamo and Davy Crockett

Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford on the making of a misrepresented narrative.
by Chris Tomlinson, Jason Stanford, Bryan Burrough via Literary Hub on June 22, 2021
Riot police clash with demonstrators in Medellín, Colombia, last week.
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The U.S. War on Drugs Helped Unleash the Violence in Colombia Today

Efforts to combat narcotics and communism militarized the country's security forces.
by Kyle Longley via Made By History on June 8, 2021
Charles Schulz sketching Peanuts comics

Charlie Brown Tried to Stay Out of Politics

Why did readers search for deeper meaning in the adventures of Snoopy and the gang?
by Scott Bradfield via The New Republic on June 2, 2021
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The U.S. Role in the El Mozote Massacre Echoes in Today’s Immigration

An ongoing trial is bringing atrocities to light.
by John B. Washington, Nelson Rauda via Made By History on May 12, 2021
John F. Kennedy at his graduation from Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1940

Ending the Kennedy Romance

The first volume of Frederik Logevall’s biography of JFK reveals the scope of his ambition and the weakness of his political commitments.
by Michael Kazin via New York Review of Books on May 7, 2021
Roger Payne and Scott McVay's aural spectrograph rendering the whale sequences

Minor Listening, Major Influence: Revisiting Songs of the Humpback

Recorded accidentally by the Navy during the Cold War, "Songs of the Humpback Whale" became a hit album that changed perceptions about the natural world.
by Alaina Claire Feldman via E-Flux on May 1, 2021
Four mysterious objects spotted in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1952.

How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously

For decades, flying saucers were a punch line. Then the U.S. government got over the taboo.
by Gideon Lewis-Kraus via The New Yorker on April 30, 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
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 mosaic of freedom and associated ideas

How Americans Lost Their Fervor for Freedom

The New Yorker critic's new book is a sequel of sorts to "The Metaphysical Club."
by Evan Kindley via The New Republic on April 14, 2021
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