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Poster for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show reenactment of Custer's last stand.

The Indians Win

Why have Americans been obsessed with this one loss rather than dozens of victories?

via National Museum Of The American Indian on February 19, 2018

A Terraqueous Counter-Narrative in US History

For hundreds of years, Florida has had the reputation of being a little unstable.

by D. Berton Emerson via Los Angeles Review of Books on February 18, 2018

The Amplified Age

Jenny Hendrix on the 'Naughty Nineties,' the decade in which America rediscovered sex.

by Jenny Hendrix via The Times Literary Supplement on January 23, 2018

Drawing of soldiers in combat uniforms.

The Good War

How America’s infatuation with World War II has eroded our conscience.

by Mike Dawson via The Nib on January 10, 2018

Teen Idol Frankie Lymon's Tragic Rise and Fall Tells the Truth About 1950s America

The mirage of the singer's soaring success echoes the mirage of post-war tranquility at home.

by Jeff MacGregor via Smithsonian on January 4, 2018

No One Writes Great Christmas Songs Anymore

But maybe those midcentury classics weren't really Christmas songs at all.

by Addison Del Mastro via The American Conservative on December 21, 2017

The Real Refugees of Casablanca

When it came to gathering refugees, the waiting room of the US consulate was probably the closest thing to Rick’s Café Américain.

by Meredith Hindley via Longreads on November 23, 2017

How the KKK Shaped Modern Comic Book Superheroes

Masked men who take the law into their own hands.

by Chris Gavaler via Literary Hub on November 3, 2017

The Strange Story of the Forever 1980s

Why the makers of today's popular culture are still so obsessed with the Reagan era.

by Jarrett Ruminski via That Devil History on October 29, 2017

Stereograph titled 'The Toucans' depicting three toucans and a snake amid plants and rocks

Stereographs Were the Original Virtual Reality

The shocking power of immersing oneself in another world was all the buzz once before—about 150 years ago.

by Clive Thompson via Smithsonian on September 21, 2017

Magazine comic image of soldiers in Vietnam.

Comics Captured America's Growing Ambivalence About the Vietnam War

Comics were able to reflect changing views on the conflict in a way few other popular culture forms could.

by Cathy Schlund-Vials via The Conversation on September 20, 2017

What Time Capsules, Meant for Future Americans, Say About How We See Ourselves Today

We used to fill our time capsules with fancy stuff. Now we put in junk.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on September 8, 2017

A 1902 football game mid-play, with men from both sides rushing at each other

God and the Gridiron Game

America's obsession with football is nearly as old as the game itself.

by Paul Putz, Hunter Hampton via Christianity Today on September 6, 2017

Jump-Rope Songs Were Once a Cornerstone of American Folklore. Now It’s Memes.

The Library of Congress is turning to the internet for a new generation of shared culture.

by Jacob Brogan via Slate on September 4, 2017

The Mystique of the American Diner, From Jack Kerouac to “Twin Peaks”

Freedom, fear and friendliness mingle in these emblematic eateries.

by Ryan P. Smith via Smithsonian on August 31, 2017

Old West Theme Parks Paint a False Picture of Pioneer California

As the nation debates monuments and public memory, it’s important to understand how other cultural sites help people learn (false) history.

by Amanda Tewes via The Conversation on August 30, 2017

Picture of Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the film, "Dirty Dancing."

The Back-Alley Abortion That Almost Didn't Make it into 'Dirty Dancing'

For the 30th anniversary of "Dirty Dancing," we spoke to the film's screenwriter about her revolutionary decision to include a depiction of an illegal abortion.

by Marisa Crawford, Eleanor Bergstein via Vice on August 27, 2017

Every Song of the Summer Since 1958

Each year there is one undeniable 'song of summer.'

by MetroLyrics via YouTube on August 24, 2017

Falling Out of Love with the Civil War

America's unconditional love of the Civil War has blinded us to its true meaning.

by Sarah Handley-Cousins via Nursing Clio on August 21, 2017

Think This Solar Eclipse Is Getting a Lot of Hype? You Should Have Seen 1878

The darkness of the eclipse lit up American minds more than a century ago.

by Olivia B. Waxman via TIME on August 18, 2017

From Boy Geniuses to Mad Scientists

How Americans got so weird about science.

by Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly on August 4, 2017

The Vietnam War That Never Goes Away

Popular theater productions and Hollywood movies about the Vietnam War have a continued place in popular culture and memory.

by Bruce Chadwick via HNN on August 4, 2017

The TV That Created Donald Trump

Rewatching “The Apprentice,” the show that made his Presidency possible.

by Emily Nussbaum via The New Yorker on July 31, 2017

The Umpire Strikes Out: Baseball Music and Labor

The classic baseball hit "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" has a lot more to do with U.S. history than one might think.

by Wendi Maloney via Library of Congress on July 31, 2017

Brian Tochterman on the 'Summer of Hell'

What E.B. White, Mickey Spillane, Death Wish, hip-hop, and the “Summer of Hell” have in common.

by Brian Tochterman, Sarah Cleary via UNC Press Blog on July 21, 2017

In 1947, A High-Altitude Balloon Crash Landed in Roswell. The Aliens Never Left

Despite its persistence in popular culture, extraterrestrial life owes more to the imagination than reality.

by Donovan Webster via Smithsonian on July 5, 2017

Katharine Hepburn, an iconic tomboy, cocking a gun in 1935.

Tomboys Were a Trend 100 Years Ago, but Mostly to Bring Up the Birth Rate for White Babies

Fear of diminishing broodstock got the gals going outdoors.

by Laura Smith via Timeline on June 21, 2017

How "This Land Is Your Land" Went From Protest Song to Singalong

Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” has lost a bit of its protest oomph—in part because of a decades-long denial of its later verses.

by Mark Allan Jackson, Erin Blakemore via JSTOR Daily on June 15, 2017

All 213 Beatles Songs, Ranked From Worst to Best

We had to count them all.

by Bill Wyman via Vulture on June 7, 2017

Great White shark

Blood in The Water: Four Dead, A Coast Terrified and The Birth of Modern Shark Mania

A series of deadly shark attacks by the Matawan Man-Eater shook New Jersey and prompted President Wilson to declare war on sharks.

by Steve Hendrix via Retropolis on May 31, 2017

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