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National Guard on the Rio Grande.

Can President Trump Legally Send Troops to the Border?

Critics argue the move would violate the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act. One problem: There is no 1878 Posse Comitatus Act.

by Kevin Adams via Made By History on April 17, 2018

Victorian couple courting with a church steeple in the background

Victorian Era

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.

by Tona Hangen via Digital Public Library of America on February 28, 2018

Thomas Jefferson's two-volume personal copy of George Sale's 1734 translation of the Qur'an. Library of Congress.

Why Thomas Jefferson Owned a Qur’an

Islam in America dates to the founding fathers, says Smithsonian’s religion curator Peter Manseau.

by Peter Manseau via Smithsonian on January 31, 2018

Street Fighting Woman

A new biography of Lucy Parsons makes it clear that the activist deserves attention apart from her more well-known husband.

by Eric Foner via New York Review of Books on December 21, 2017

Customers at an African American bank in Harlem.

We Need More Government, Not Less, in The War on Poverty

The myth of the “dependent” poor.

by Mehrsa Baradaran via Made By History on December 8, 2017

A line of prisoners picking cotton in Huntsville, Texas.

The Oil Boom’s Roots in East Texas Cotton Farming

Oil’s rise was as dependent on the old as much as the new. The industry also benefited from changes in agriculture.

by Scot McFarlane via Texas Monthly on November 1, 2017

African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century

An obscure legal loophole is often to blame.

by Leah Douglas via The Nation on June 26, 2017

Oscar Dunn And The New Orleans Monument That Never Happened

New Orleans at 300 returns with a story about a monument that was supposed to be erected in the late 1800s, but never happened.

by Laine Kaplan-Levenson via New Orleans Public Radio on May 25, 2017

A Tale of Racial Passing and the U.S.-Mexico Border

The border blurred the stark dividing line between white and black in America, something that Americans like William Ellis used to their advantage.

by Jonathan Blitzer via The New Yorker on July 20, 2016

Barbering for Freedom

Segregation, separatism, and the history of black barbershops.

by Elias Rodriques via n+1 on September 28, 2015

These Maps Reveal How Slavery Expanded Across the United States

As the hunger for more farmland stretched west, so too did the demand for enslaved labor.

by Lincoln Mullen via Smithsonian on May 15, 2014

Tales of Brave Ulysses

Ulysses S. Grant was overlooked by historians and underestimated by contemporaries. H.W. Brands reevaluates Grant’s presidency.

by H. W. Brands via Lapham’s Quarterly on October 1, 2012

The Secret History of Guns

What gun regulations meant to the founders, and why the Black Panthers are the true pioneers of today's pro-gun movement.

by Adam Winkler via The Atlantic on September 1, 2011

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