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The National Memorial for Peace and Justice.

Grappling With the Overthrow of Reconstruction

Two new books ask us to shift our attention away from the white vigilantes of Jim Crow and instead focus on what it meant for the survivors.
by Eric Herschthal via The New Republic on March 23, 2023
Demonstrators march with t-shirts and signs in support of labor unions.
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Labor Union Activism Is on the Rise, Recalling the Great Depression

Spurred by the pandemic, new groups of workers are pushing to form unions in activism not seen since the 1930s.
via Retro Report on March 23, 2023
15 women involved in the Montgomery Bus Boycott; Rosa Parks's mugshot is the center.

The Women Behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott

We've heard about Rosa Parks and her crucial role, but Parks was just one of many women involved.
by Karen Grigsby Bates via NPR on March 22, 2023
Elsie Robinson

'Listen, World!': The Story of America's Most-Read Woman, Elsie Robinson

She risked everything to escape a life of poverty and become one of the nation's most read columnists, while advocating for the advancement of women.
by Allison Gilbert, Julia Scheeres via Ms. Magazine on March 16, 2023
Malcolm Harris, left, and the cover of his book "Palo Alto," right. (Photo by Julia Burke)

The Obscene Invention of California Capitalism

A new history examines Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, the West Coast's settler ideology, and recent turbulence in the world of tech.
by Malcolm Harris, Emma Hager via The Nation on March 15, 2023
A painting of the American Founders at the Constitutional Convention.

Inventing American Constitutionalism

On "Power and Liberty," a condensed version of Gordon Wood's entire sweep of scholarship about constitutionalism.
by Gordon S. Wood, Brian A. Smith via Law & Liberty on March 10, 2023
Oscar statues.

What the Oscars Represent: Meritocracy Without Merit

How the institution’s reactionary origins still leak into today’s film culture.
by David Hajdu via The Nation on March 8, 2023
Illustration of Mina Miller Edison in front of news clippings about her.

Mina Miller Edison Was Much More Than the Wife of the 'Wizard of Menlo Park'

The second wife of Thomas Edison, she viewed domestic labor as a science, calling herself a "home executive."
by Katherine Hobbs via Smithsonian on March 3, 2023
The Lady of the Rockies statue. Photo by Doug Zwick/Flickr.

The 90-foot Sentinel of Butte, Montana

What does a statue dedicated to mothers reveal about women’s rights?
by Leah Sottile via High Country News on March 1, 2023
A shattered painting of Adam Smith.

The Betrayal of Adam Smith

How conservatives made him their icon and distorted his ideas.
by Kim Phillips-Fein via The New Republic on February 27, 2023
A Black soldier of the 12th Armored Division stands guard over a group of Nazi prisoners captured in the surrounding German forest, April 1945.

Prisoners Like Us: German POW and Black American Solidarity

During World War II, almost a half million POWs were interned in the United States, where they forged sympathetic relationships with Black American soldiers.
by Matthew Wills, Matthias Reiss via JSTOR Daily on February 25, 2023
Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 4.
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The Air Pollution Disaster that Echoes in the Ohio Train Derailment

What is an industry-made disaster, and what is caused by natural factors like weather?
by Cassondra Hanna via Made By History on February 22, 2023
A group of white veteran students in 1945, beneficiaries of the GI Bill.

The Blindness of Colorblindness

Revisiting "When Affirmative Action Was White," nearly two decades on.
by Ira Katznelson via Boston Review on February 6, 2023
Man under the starry sky.

Thoreau and the Business of Distraction

Thoreau-themed goods, designed for mindfulness, are the marketplace’s remedies for a problem which, according to Thoreau, was created by the marketplace itself.
by Caleb Smith via Princeton University Press on February 4, 2023
Helen Hall (R, front), chair of the Consumers’ National Federation, with a committee at the White House making demands for a "new deal" for consumers, 1938.

“Ethical Consumption” Used to Mean Something More Than Feeling Smug About Your Purchases

A century ago, it was once motivated by the goal of economic reorganization.
by Nick French via Jacobin on January 31, 2023
Men in suits with briefcases walking.

The Myth of the Socially Conscious Corporation

The argument that corporations have historically been a force for good—and can be again—is wishful thinking.
by Meagan Day via The New Republic on January 27, 2023
"Manhattan Nocturne," drawing of buildings by Armin Landeck (1938)

Excursus on the History of New York

The machine breaks down: A brief history of Tammany Hall.
by John Ganz via Unpopular Front on January 20, 2023
Lillian Gilbreth lecturing at Purdue University.

Recognizing the Humanity of the Worker

Lillian Gilbreth, who died just over fifty years ago, saw that the worker could not be understood as a cog in the machine.
by Richard Gunderman via Law & Liberty on January 12, 2023
The cover of "Sectionalism and American Political Development: 1880-1980"

Sectional Industrialization

Political scientist Richard Bensel explains the feedback loops between policy commitments of political elites and the regional distribution of political power.
by Justin H. Vassallo, Richard Franklin Bensel via Phenomenal World on January 7, 2023
Abandoned and burned-out buildings in the East Village in 1986.

Edifice Complex

Restoring the term “burnout” to its roots in landlord arson puts the dispossession of poor city dwellers at its center.
by Bench Ansfield via Jewish Currents on January 3, 2023
A migrant child plays with a Captain America action figure by the U.S. border in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
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U.S. Policies Like Title 42 Make Migrants More Vulnerable to Smugglers

Since the 1960s, border enforcement and deterrence policies have made migrants vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.
by Ivón Padilla-Rodríguez via Made By History on January 3, 2023
Farmers working in an orchard.
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The Unlikely Supporters of a Bill That Would Increase Guest Workers

The history of guest worker programs should give pause to supporters of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.
by Matt Garcia via Made By History on December 14, 2022
1849 sketch of Pittsburgh from Coal Hill
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Time for a Revolution

The economic transformations wrought by industrial capitalism in the 1820s and 30s look different when viewed up close.
by Ed Ayers on November 28, 2022
Cover of "Escape to the City" featuring an urban neighborhood.

Fugitive Slaves in the Antebellum South and the Question of Freedom in American History

The oft forgetten story of fugitive slaves whose escape from bondage found them in the Antebellum South's major cities.
by Viola Franziska Müller via UNC Press Blog on November 14, 2022
The Ashokan Reservoir in upstate New York at sunset.

The Towns at the Bottom of New York City’s Reservoirs

A new book uncovers the story of New York’s pursuit of water, and the homes and communities destroyed in the process.
by Robert Sullivan via The New Republic on November 10, 2022
Charlie Brown and his friends at a store with a Christmas sale.

When Christmas Started Creeping

Christmas starts earlier every year — or does it?
by Bill Black via Contingent on November 8, 2022
Illustration of African American Civil War soldier examining newspaper by torchlight as a Black family watches.

On War and U.S. Slavery: Enslaved Black Women’s Experiences

Enslaved women’s experiences with war must be extended to include the everyday warfare of slavery.
by Karen Cook Bell via Black Perspectives on November 7, 2022
Black and white illustration of immigrants on a boat sailing into the harbor next to the Statue of Liberty.

How Jewish Immigrants from Eastern Europe Were Introduced to Whiteness

That status has been taken as obvious, then questioned, then reasserted over the decades.
by Emily Tamkin via Literary Hub on November 3, 2022
Illustration of William and Florence Kelley

The Father-Daughter Team Who Reformed America

Meet the duo who helped achieve the most important labor and civil rights victories of their age.
by Jon Grinspan via Smithsonian on November 3, 2022
Twentieth-century porcelain dolls made by German company Armand Marseille

How Porcelain Dolls Became the Ultimate Victorian Status Symbol

Class-obsessed consumers found the cold, hard and highly breakable figurines irresistible
by Maria Teresa Hart via Smithsonian on November 1, 2022
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