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Is Capitalism Racist?

A scholar depicts white supremacy as the economic engine of American history.

by Nicholas Lemann via The New Yorker on May 18, 2020

We Remember World War II Wrong

In the middle of the biggest international crisis ever since, it’s time to admit what the war was—and wasn’t.

by Adam Tooze via Foreign Policy on May 7, 2020

I Helped Fact-Check the 1619 Project. The Times Ignored Me.

The paper’s series on slavery made avoidable mistakes. But the attacks from its critics are much more dangerous.

by Leslie M. Harris via Politico Magazine on March 6, 2020

A War for Settler Colonialism

Refocusing the study of the Civil War on the West shows that events out west were not simply “noteworthy”; they were emblematic.

by Paul Barba via Muster on March 3, 2020

Illustration of Lincoln consulting with military figures in a tent.

Did Lincoln Really Matter?

What the Civil War tells us about who has the power to shape history.

by Adam Gopnik via The New Yorker on February 10, 2020

1619 and All That

The Editor of the American Historical Review weighs in on recent historiographical debates around the New York Times' 1619 Project.

by Alex Lichtenstein via American Historical Review on February 3, 2020

1619?

What to the historian is 1619? What to Africans and their descendants is 1619?

by Sasha Turner via Black Perspectives on January 14, 2020

How Biden Kept Screwing Up Iraq—Over and Over and Over Again

Biden didn’t just vote to authorize the Iraq war for “peace and security.” He got it wrong at every stage.

by Spencer Ackerman via The Daily Beast on December 19, 2019

Preaching a Conspiracy Theory

The 1619 Project offers bitterness, fragility, and intellectual corruption—not history.

by Allen C. Guelzo via City Journal on December 8, 2019

Eric Foner’s Story of American Freedom

Eric Foner has helped us better understand the ambiguous consequences of what were almost always only partial victories.

by Michael Kazin via The Nation on December 2, 2019

The Life and Times of Franz Boas

The founder of cultural anthropology, Franz Boas challenged the reigning notions of race and culture.

by Matthew Wills via JSTOR Daily on December 1, 2019

An Unfinished Revolution

A new three-part PBS documentary explores the failure of Reconstruction and the Redemption of the South.

by James Oakes via New York Review of Books on November 21, 2019

The United States Overthrew Iran’s Last Democratic Leader

Archival records make clear that the U.S. government was the key actor in the 1953 coup that ousted Mohammad Mosaddeq—not the Iranian clergy.

by Roham Alvandi via Foreign Policy on October 30, 2019

Pictures of people in collage form.

The Center Does Not Hold

Jill Lepore’s awkward embrace of the nation.

by Daniel Immerwahr via The Nation on October 29, 2019

The Slow Build Up to the American Revolution

American revolutionaries had a far wider range of reasons for supporting rebellion than we often assume.

by T. H. Breen via Literary Hub on September 23, 2019

The Battle to Rewrite Texas History

Supporters of traditional narratives are fighting to keep their grip on the public imagination.

by Christopher Hooks via Texas Monthly on September 18, 2019

Painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The Nation Is Imperfect. The Constitution Is Still a 'Glorious Liberty Document.'

As part of its “1619” inquiry into slavery's legacy, The New York Times revives 19th century revisionist history on the founding.

by Timothy Sandefur via Reason on August 21, 2019

A Brief History of the History Wars

Conservative uproar over the 1619 Project is just the most recent clash in a battle over how we should understand America’s past.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on August 20, 2019

The Times Are A Changin’

Reports of the death of nuanced interpretations of the Civil War have been grossly exaggerated.

by Nick Sacco via Exploring the Past on July 9, 2019

The Imperfect, Unfinished Work of Women’s Suffrage

A century after the 19th Amendment, it’s worth remembering why suffragists fought so hard, and who was fighting against them.

by Casey N. Cep via The New Yorker on July 1, 2019

Here Comes the D-Day Myth Again

The Allied invasion of France was an important step in the war against the Nazis. But it was by no means a turning point.

by Kevin Kennedy via HNN on June 6, 2019

One of D-Day’s Most Famous, Heroic Assaults May Have Been Unnecessary

Pointe du Hoc’s importance as a military objective has become the subject of heated debate as the invasion’s anniversary approaches.

by Scott Higham via Retropolis on June 2, 2019

The Language of the Unheard

A new book rescues the Poor People’s Campaign from its reputation as a desperate last cry of the civil rights movement.

by Robert Greene II via The Nation on May 20, 2019

The Author of a New Book About Andrew Johnson on the Right Reasons to Impeach a President

Johnson’s impeachment was driven by his refusal to rid the country of the lingering effects of slavery.

by Brenda Wineapple, Isaac Chotiner via The New Yorker on May 8, 2019

How Cults Made America

A new book argues that, politically, messianic movements were often light-years ahead of their time. But at what cost?

by Tom Bissell via The New Yorker on April 24, 2019

Enslaved people being baptized.

'Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World'

A Q&A with author Katharine Gerbner about "Protestant Supremacy."

by Katharine Gerbner, Casey Schmitt via The Junto on April 19, 2019

Lincoln portrait superimposed on rainbow flag

So What if Lincoln Was Gay?

Reflections from the author of a novel that does not shy away from the question of Lincoln's sexuality.

by Louis Bayard via The Paris Review on April 16, 2019

Oklahoma Was Never Really O.K.

A new production exposes the darkness that’s always been at the heart of the musical — and the American experiment.

by Frank Rich via Vulture on April 2, 2019

Charles Beard: Punished for Seeking Peace

His reputation was savaged because he had the temerity to question the 'Good War' narrative.

by Andrew J. Bacevich via The American Conservative on March 21, 2019

The Mistress's Tools

White women and the economy of slavery.

by Lynne Feeley via The Nation on February 26, 2019

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