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Henry Grady’s Vision of a “New South.”

Civil War Memory, Reconciliation, and Social Media: A Cautionary Tale

The importance of contextualization and critical evaluation in historical analysis.
by Kevin M. Levin via Civil War Memory on December 26, 2023
A white mob poses for a photograph in front of the charred remains of the Daily Record building they burned.

Majority-Black Wilmington, N.C., Fell to White Mob’s Coup 125 Years Ago

The 1898 Wilmington massacre overthrew the elected government in the majority-Black city, killed many Black residents and torched a Black-run newspaper.
by DeNeen L. Brown via Retropolis on November 10, 2023
A collage of images of Henry Ford and newspaper articles about him.

America’s Most Dangerous Anti-Jewish Propagandist

Making sense of anti-Semitism today requires examining Henry Ford’s outsize part in its origins.
by Daniel Schulman via The Atlantic on November 7, 2023
William F. Buckley Jr.

The Evolution of Conservative Journalism

From Bill Buckley to our 24/7 media circus.
by Johnny Miller via National Review on October 12, 2023
A Chicago Cubs pitcher warms up.

An "Old-Fashioned Pitchers' Duel" Didn't Always Mean What You Think

A deep dive into the historical context and changing meanings of a time-honored term.
by Lauren Theisen via Defector on September 14, 2023
Injured reporter interviewing bloodied antiwar demonstrator

Seeing Was Not Believing

A new book identifies the 1968 Democratic convention as the moment when broad public regard for the news media gave way to widespread distrust, and American divisiveness took off.
by Eric Foner via New York Review of Books on August 30, 2023
Photos of Harriet Boyd and Cora Stewart.

They Were Fearless 1890s War Correspondents—and They Were Women

Were Harriet Boyd and Cora Stewart rivals in Greece in 1897? The fog of war has obscured a groundbreaking tale.
by Richard Byrne via The New Republic on August 25, 2023
Title page and verso of a 1727 printing of Plutarch's Lives

"Those Noble Qualities": Classical Pseudonyms as Reflections of Divergent Republican Value Systems

Writing under ancient veneers allowed partisans to politicize and weaponize ancient history during the turbulent start of the Federal Republic.
by Shawn David McGhee via Journal of the American Revolution on August 3, 2023
Drawing from "Little Nemo in Slumberland" by Winsor McCay
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The Cutting-Edge Cartoons of Winsor McCay

A prolific, meticulous artist, McCay created characters and storyscapes that inspired generations of cartoonists and animators.
by Betsy Golden Kellem via JSTOR Daily on July 26, 2023
George Gordon Meade

After Winning the Battle of Gettysburg, George Meade Fought With—and Lost to—the Press

The Civil War general's reputation was shaped by partisan politics, editorial whims and his own personal failings.
by Nicholas Liu via Smithsonian on July 3, 2023
Newspaper clipping from an Abolitionist paper

The Hypocrisy of This Nation!

How abolitionists viewed the American flag.
by Matthew J. Clavin via Lapham’s Quarterly on June 14, 2023
Photo-Illustraton of Adolph Ochs.

The Invention of Objectivity

The view from nowhere came from somewhere.
by Darrell Hartman via The Atlantic on June 3, 2023
A mold for casting color on a Peanuts comic.

The Sunday Funnies’ Colorful History

Look closely—very closely—at a Sunday comic strip in a printed newspaper.
by Glenn Fleishman via The Nib on May 18, 2023
The Works of Mercy illustration by Sarah Fuller, 2019.

The Anarchism of the Catholic Worker

In its 90th year, the radical peace movement is reinvigorating itself by going hyper-local.
by Renée Darline Roden via The Nation on May 8, 2023
Syrian children, possibly in Little Syria, Manhattan.

Remembering New York’s Little Syria

The ethnic enclave in Lower Manhattan was home to refugees fleeing civil war and entrepreneurs taking advantage of a globalizing economy.
by Ben Railton via The Saturday Evening Post on April 25, 2023
Four men gather around a horse drawn cart carrying newspapers from Philadelphia, New York and Maryland.

There’s Already a Solution to the Crisis of Local News. Just Ask This Founding Father.

As modern lawmakers consider various means of public assistance for local news, they can learn from the founders’ approach to supporting journals and gazettes.
by Steven Waldman via Politico Magazine on April 2, 2023
People working in fields, figures in an account book, and a copy of the Guardian newspaper.

Guardian Owner Apologises for Founders’ Links to Transatlantic Slavery

Scott Trust to invest in decade-long programme of restorative justice after academic research into newspaper’s origins.
by David Olusoga via The Guardian on March 28, 2023
Samuel Ringgold Ward and Frederick Douglass.

Frederick Douglass Thought This Abolitionist Was a 'Vastly Superior' Orator and Thinker

A new book offers the first full-length biography of newspaper editor, labor leader and minister Samuel Ringgold Ward.
by Richard Blackett via Smithsonian on March 24, 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
Marihuana revenue stamp $1 1937

1910s Cannabis Discourse and Prohibition

Does marijuana prohibition have racist origins? Where did ideas of “reefer madness” come from? This project looks to the historical record for answers.
by Isaac Campos via The Drug Page on March 7, 2023
Table of election returns printed in newspaper in 1796.

Collusion, Theft, Violence, and Lies: Lurid Tales of American Elections

1796, the first contested presidential election.
by William Hogeland via Hogeland's Bad History on March 3, 2023
Comic strip: Bungleton Green and the Mystic Commandos: "Jon Smythe has escaped being lynched by Green Men but is captured by the "Dark Mystery!".

Jay Jackson’s Audacious Comics

Written during World War II, Bungleton Green and the Mystic Commandos imagined a future liberated from racism and inequality.
by Jeet Heer via The Nation on February 23, 2023

America’s Public Bible: A Commentary

An interactive scholarly work that uncovers the history of the Bible in the 19th- and early 20th-century United States.
by Lincoln Mullen via Stanford University Press on December 13, 2022
Colonists leaving families to fight the British.

How Fake Foreign News Fed Political Fervor and Led to the American Revolution

Fuel for the revolution came from a source familiar today: distorted news reports used to drum up enthusiasm for overthrowing an illegitimate government.
by Jordan Taylor via The Conversation on December 5, 2022
Building of the old Pendleton Farmers' Society.

Ablaze: The 1849 White Supremacist Attack on a South Carolina Post Office

The bonfire was a public spectacle for Black people, as well as any white dissenters. It was a calculated warning.
by Susanna Ashton via Southern Spaces on December 2, 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
Portrait of Samuel Adams with sunglasses photoshopped onto his face.

How Samuel Adams Fought for Independence—Anonymously

Pseudonyms allowed Adams to audition ideas and venture out on limbs without fear of reprisal.
by Stacy Schiff via Literary Hub on November 3, 2022
Illustration of Samuel Adams writing a document, with images of the American revolution behind him.

How Samuel Adams Helped Ferment a Revolution

A virtuoso of the eighteenth-century version of viral memes and fake news, he had a sense of political theatre that helped create a radical new reality.
by Adam Gopnik via The New Yorker on October 24, 2022
Albert Sidney Burleson partially obscured by postage stamps with Woodrow Wilson's face.

America’s Top Censor—So Far

Woodrow Wilson’s postmaster put papers out of business and jailed journalists. The tools he used still exist.
by Adam Hochschild via Mother Jones on October 13, 2022
Ricardo Flores Magon's mugshot.

The Anarchist Who Authored the Mexican Revolution

A new history of the rebels led by Ricardo Flores Magón emphasizes the role of the United States in the effort to take them down.
by Geraldo Cadava via The New Yorker on October 5, 2022
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