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Lydia Maria Child Taught Americans to Make Do With Less
A popular writer’s 1829 self-help book ‘The Frugal Housewife’ was based on the same democratic principles that made her a champion of the abolitionist cause.
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Lydia Moland
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The Wall Street Journal
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November 10, 2022
How Samuel Adams Fought for Independence—Anonymously
Pseudonyms allowed Adams to audition ideas and venture out on limbs without fear of reprisal.
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Stacy Schiff
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Literary Hub
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November 3, 2022
How Would Crazy Horse See His Legacy?
Perhaps no Native American is more admired for military acumen than the Lakota leader. But is that how he wanted to be remembered?
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Pekka Hämäläinen
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Smithsonian
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November 2, 2022
He Wasn’t Like the Other New England “Witches.” His Story Explains a Lot.
The little-told tale of the 1651 trial of Hugh and Mary Parsons.
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Colin Dickey
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Slate
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October 31, 2022
America’s Mythology of Martin Luther
Luther is part myth, mascot, and mantle, symbolizing the hopes and sanctifying the heroes of American evangelicalism.
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Obbie Tyler Todd
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The Gospel Coalition
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October 30, 2022
Jerry Lee Lewis Was an SOB Right to the End
Jerry Lee Lewis was known as the Killer, and it wasn’t a casual sobriquet.
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Bill Wyman
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Vulture
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October 28, 2022
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The Freedman’s Bank Forum Obscures the Bank’s Real History
The bank’s history highlights flaws in using public-private partnerships to address racial inequality.
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Justene Hill Edwards
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Made By History
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October 27, 2022
What Is There To Celebrate?
A review of "C. Vann Woodward: America’s Historian."
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Eric Foner
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London Review of Books
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October 20, 2022
Personifying a Country Ideal, Loretta Lynn Tackled Sexism Through a Complicated Lens
The singer wasn't a feminist torchbearer, but her music amplified women's issues.
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Amanda Marie Martinez
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NPR
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October 9, 2022
How "Nature" Contributed To Science’s Discriminatory Legacy
We want to acknowledge — and learn from — our history.
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Nature
on
September 28, 2022
The Double Life of New York's Black Oyster King
Thomas Downing was a fine-dining pioneer with a secret.
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Briona Lamback
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Atlas Obscura
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September 28, 2022
Rate the Room
The early history of rating credit in America.
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Bruce Carruthers
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Lapham’s Quarterly
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September 21, 2022
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The ‘Florida Man’ is Notorious. Here’s Where the Meme Came From
The practice of seeing Florida’s people, culture and history in caricature form is deeply rooted in the state’s colonial past.
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Julio Capó Jr.
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Tyler Gillespie
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Made By History
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September 14, 2022
The Pardon of President Nixon: Annotated
President Ford’s unconditional pardon of Richard Nixon created political controversy. It also tarnished Ford’s own reputation with the American public.
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Liz Tracey
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JSTOR Daily
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September 8, 2022
Buckminster Fuller’s Greatest Invention
His vision of a tech-optimized future inspired a generation. But his true talent was for burnishing his own image.
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Rebecca Onion
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The New Republic
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August 19, 2022
What Historians Think of Joe Biden-Jimmy Carter Comparisons
Historical experts and former Carter advisers fact-check the critics who have compared Joe Biden to Jimmy Carter.
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Olivia B. Waxman
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TIME
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August 16, 2022
How CCR, “The Boy Scouts of Rock and Roll,” Took California and the Country by Storm
Creedence Clearwater Revival’s unique blend of traditional and progressive sensibilities.
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John Lingan
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Literary Hub
on
August 9, 2022
The Atlantic Writers Project: Hellen Keller
A contemporary Atlantic writer reflects on one of the voices from the magazine's archives who helped shape the publication—and the nation.
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Ellen Cushing
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The Atlantic
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July 11, 2022
Robert McNamara’s Son Reckons With a Legacy of Destruction
Craig McNamara’s family did not talk about the Vietnam War. He spent his life asking questions about it.
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Noah Kulwin
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The New Republic
on
July 6, 2022
One Manner of Law
The religious origins of American liberalism.
by
Marilynne Robinson
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Harper’s
on
July 1, 2022
The 19th Century Divorce That Seized the Nation and Sank a Presidential Candidate
When James G. Blaine went to war with his son's ex-wife in the national press, he had no idea that two could play that game.
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April White
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Politico Magazine
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June 17, 2022
All the Newsroom’s Men
How one-third of “The Watergate Three” got written out of journalism history.
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Joshua Benton
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Nieman Lab
on
June 7, 2022
The Robber Baroness of Northern California
Authorities who investigated Jane Stanford’s mysterious death said the wealthy widow had no enemies. A new book finds that she had many.
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Maia Silber
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The New Yorker
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May 30, 2022
Regime Change, American Style
A new book about Watergate is the first to stress how much we still do not know many of the basic facts about the burglary at its center.
by
Christopher Caldwell
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First Things
on
May 20, 2022
The Irrevocable Step
John Brown and the historical novel.
by
Willis McCumber
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The Baffler
on
May 2, 2022
The End of the Equal Rights Amendment
As the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment lapsed in June 1982, the amendment's foes celebrated, while its proponents looked to the future.
by
Henry Kokkeler
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Boundary Stones
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April 20, 2022
Reconciliation Process
When Charles Sumner died in 1874, a bill he had sponsored two years earlier threatened to overshadow his legacy.
by
Sarah J. Purcell
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Lapham’s Quarterly
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April 13, 2022
A Capital History
Washington has long been a disproportionately gay city—a mecca for clever, ambitious young men who want to escape their hometowns’ prying eyes.
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Bruce Bawer
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Commentary
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April 12, 2022
The Melville of American Painting
In a new exhibit, Winslow Homer, once seen as the oracle of the nation’s innocence, is recast as a poet of conflict.
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Susan Tallman
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The Atlantic
on
April 6, 2022
Juxtaposing Liberal Nationalism and International Politics: Lyndon Johnson on Vietnam War
How and why did Johnson consider American military involvement in Vietnam a worthwhile cause that would benefit American interests and American lives?
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Zachary Clary
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Journal of the History of Ideas Blog
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April 4, 2022
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