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My Grandfather Participated in One of America’s Deadliest Racial Conflicts

J. Chester Johnson on the Elaine Race Massacre of 1919.

by J. Chester Johnson via Literary Hub on May 6, 2020

The Tyranny of the Minority, from Iowa Caucus to Electoral College

The problem of minority rule isn’t Trumpian or temporary; it’s bipartisan and enduring.

by Corey Robin via New York Review of Books on February 21, 2020

A Personal Act of Reparation

The long aftermath of a North Carolina man’s decision to deed a plot of land to his former slaves.

by Kirk Savage via Lapham’s Quarterly on December 15, 2019

African-American cowboys in Bonham, Texas, circa 1913

The Real Texas

What is Texas? Should we even think about so large and diverse a place as having an essence that can be distilled?

by Annette Gordon-Reed via New York Review of Books on October 24, 2019

The University of Texas’s Secret Strategy to Keep Out Black Students

Long-hidden documents show the school’s blueprint for slowing integration during the civil-rights era.

by Asher Price via The Atlantic on September 19, 2019

Black schoolchildren and teacher in classroom, some seated at desks, and others gathered around a model log cabin.

Who Was the First Black Child to Go to an Integrated School?

She was a high-schooler in Iowa more than 150 years ago.

by Russell Ellsworth Lovell II via The Conversation on September 10, 2019

The 40-Year War

William Barr’s long struggle against congressional oversight.

by Brad Miller via The American Prospect on September 9, 2019

Nine Things You Didn’t Know About the Semicolon

People have passionate feelings about the oddball punctuation. Here are some things you probably didn't know about it.

by Cecelia Watson via The Millions on July 29, 2019

Crow teepee painting by George Catlin

The Supreme Court Upheld Treaty Rights for the Crow Nation

Amid continued standoffs between tribes and states over treaties signed before statehood was achieved, the ruling is a victory for Native rights.

by Massoud Hayoun via Pacific Standard on May 22, 2019

Spencer Dam destroyed by floodwaters.

The Missouri River Flood Hits a Historic Native American Homeland

In the wake of devastating floods, one writer reflects on the importance of place to Great Plains Indians.

by Ian Frazier via The New Yorker on April 3, 2019

How Did the Constitution Become America’s Authoritative Text?

A new history of the early republic explores the origins of originalism.

by Karen J. Greenberg via The Nation on February 7, 2019

The Old Culture War Over Bible Reading in Public Schools is Starting Again

It was among the first social issues to split American Protestants into liberal and conservative camps.

by David Mislin via The Conversation on February 4, 2019

Best American History Reads of 2018

Bunk's editor shares some of his favorite pieces from the year.

by Tony Field via Medium on January 8, 2019

How Big Bonuses for Winning Coaches Became a Tradition in College Football

These bonuses are not a reaction to a multi-billion-dollar market that rewards winning – they are the foundation of it.

by Jasmine E. Harris via The Conversation on December 20, 2018

Right to work states highlighted on a map.

The Right to Work Really Means the Right to Work for Less

Why business interests have spent 70+ years crusading for right-to-work laws.

by Elizabeth Tandy Shermer via Made by History on April 24, 2018

Gun Studies Syllabus

Imagine a class on gun control activism. Here's what its syllabus might look like.

by Caroline E. Light, Lindsay Livingston via Public Books on April 12, 2018

Why Does the U.S. Sentence Children to Life in Prison?

No other nation sentences people to die in prison for offenses committed as minors.

by Katie Rose Quandt via JSTOR Daily on January 31, 2018

Roe v. Wade Lawyer 'Amazed' Americans Still Fighting Over Abortion

On the 45th anniversary of the famous decision, Sarah Weddington reflects on what has – and hasn't – changed.

by Sarah Weddington, Olivia B. Waxman via Made By History on January 20, 2018

The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the U.S. Antitrust Movement

A short history puts contemporary anti-monopoly movements in context.

by Ariel Ezrachi, Maurice E. Stucke via Harvard Business Review on December 15, 2017

Hannah Mayer Stone with Margaret Sanger and other activists.

An Emancipation Proclamation to the Motherhood of America

A profile of Hannah Mayer Stone, one of the key figures in the struggle to make contraception safe, effective, and widely available.

by Jennifer Young via The New Inquiry on November 16, 2017

Painting of the signing of the Constitution.

The Gun Argument That’s Not Even Wrong

Why the “Founders’ Intent” doesn’t matter.

by Yonatan Zunger via NewCo Shift on October 2, 2017

A Presumption of Guilt

Capital punishment and the legacy of terror lynching in the American South.

by Bryan Stevenson via New York Review of Books on July 13, 2017

Executing 'Idiots'

Would the Founders have protected people we execute now?

by Michael Clemente via The Marshall Project on July 27, 2015

Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Footnote Four

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's solo dissent from an affirmative action case was inspired by a footnote.

by Lincoln Caplan via The New Yorker on September 13, 2013

Ruth Bader Ginsburg sitting on a chair in a room with a fireplace

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Moved the Supreme Court

Despite her path-braking work as a litigator before the Court, she doesn't believe that large-scale social change should come from the courts.

by Jeffrey Toobin via The New Yorker on March 11, 2013

Caricature drawing of Charles Black

Pursuing the Pursuit of Happiness

Traditional Supreme Court precedent may depend too much on substantive due process to safeguard human rights.

by Laurence H. Tribe via New York Review of Books on September 24, 1998

The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti

After Sacco and Vanzetti's final appeal was rejected, Felix Frankfurter, then a professor at Harvard Law School, laid out the many problems with their trials.

by Felix Frankfurter via The Atlantic on March 1, 1927

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