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The Lincoln Memorial with a crowd of people in front attending its dedication.

A Century Ago, the Lincoln Memorial's Dedication Underscored the Nation's Racial Divide

Seating was segregated, and the ceremony's only Black speaker was forced to drastically revise his speech to avoid spreading "propaganda."

by Kellie B. Gormly via Smithsonian on May 27, 2022

Picture of two warring sides of the abortion debate in a heated exchange.

The Myth That Roe Broke America

The debate over abortion is an important part of the story of polarization in American politics, but it is not its genesis.

by Adam Serwer via The Atlantic on May 18, 2022

Elderly woman holding a Gray Panthers sign. (from Wikimedia Commons)

Gray Panthers: Bending Bureaucracy and Building Power

The Gray Panthers empowered elderly people to see themselves as experts capable of disentangling convoluted bureaucracies.

by Maya Sandler via LPE Project on May 10, 2022

Photo of Jackie Robinson and Jacki Robinson Jr at the Youth March for Integrated Schools demonstration in Washington DC with Harry Belafonte.

Jackie Robinson, Pioneer of BDS

The Dodgers great didn’t just break Major League Baseball’s color line. He was also an activist whose legacy reaches from Brooklyn to South Africa to Palestine.

by Robert Ross via The Nation on April 15, 2022

Women in 1978 Equal Rights Amendment March hold a banner that reads "National ERA March for Ratification and Extension"

The 1978 Equal Rights Amendment March

On a broiling summer afternoon in 1978, the Women's Movement held what was then known as the largest parade for feminism in history.

by Henry Kokkeler via Boundary Stones on April 13, 2022

Nipsey Russell, Harry Belafonte, Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr. smiling and laughing.

The Right to Joy and Pleasure is a Crucial Element of Racial Justice

Addressing systemic racism and state violence is not enough.

by Brence Pernell via Made By History on February 16, 2022

A close up picture of the beginning of the U.S. Constitution

The Constitution Was Meant to Guard Against Oligarchy

A new book aims to recover the Constitution’s pivotal role in shaping claims of justice and equality.

by Chris Lehmann via The New Republic on February 10, 2022

Picture of the U.S. Supreme Court

Reading the 14th Amendment

A review of three books about Abraham Lincoln, the 14th Amendment, and Reconstruction.

by Earl M. Maltz via National Review on February 3, 2022

Painting of the constitutional convention

Federalism and the Founders

The question of how to balance state and national power was perhaps the single most important and most challenging question confronting the early republic.

by Allen C. Guelzo via National Affairs on January 7, 2022

Brett Kavanaugh

What Justice Kavanaugh Gets Wrong About Abortion and Neutrality

Calls for the court to remain neutral have long been tools for denying Americans rights.

by David Cohen, Maya Manian via Made By History on December 13, 2021

Black and white lithograph depicting the Founders signing the Declaration of Independence.

Have Americans Got George III All Wrong?

George III was a model monarch, whose reputation finally deserves rehabilitation a quarter of a millennium later.

by Andrew Roberts via The Spectator on November 18, 2021

1885 Map of St. Louis

Explore 'Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis'

This digital exploration of the region's LGBTQ community from 1946 to 1992 includes an interactive map and several thematic StoryMaps.

via Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis on September 27, 2021

A cowboy on a horse surrounded by grazing cows on open grassland.

A Short Political-Economic History of Property Rights in the American West

How the Tragedy of the Commons theory played out in reality.

by Mathias Bühler via Broadstreet on September 10, 2021

What Made the Battle of Blair Mountain the Largest Labor Uprising in American History

Its legacy lives on today in the struggles faced by modern miners seeking workers' rights.

by Abby Lee Hood via Smithsonian on August 25, 2021

Job seekers wait to be called into the Heartland Workforce Solutions office in Omaha last summer.

How Cruelty Became the Point of Our Labor and Welfare Policies

Why do so many politicians think people only work if threatened or forced into doing so?

by Gail Savage via Made By History on May 26, 2021

A red gun and blue gun pointing in opposite directions, with flags spelling "We"

Originalism, Divided

The theory has not provided the clarity some of its early proponents had hoped it would.

by Harry Litman via The Atlantic on May 25, 2021

What is Critical Race Theory and Why Did Oklahoma Just Ban It?

The theory, drawing the ire of the right, can help us understand our past.

by Kathryn Schumaker via Made By History on May 19, 2021

Yuri Kochiyama depicted in a Pop Art style panel of images

1921 Marks Anniversaries of Both American Exclusion and Inclusion

On the 100th anniversary of Yuri Kochiyama’s birth and the passage of the Emergency Quota Act, Railton explores inclusion and exclusion in US history.

by Ben Railton via The Saturday Evening Post on May 19, 2021

Volunteer registered nurses from New Mexico give people coronavirus vaccines at a rural vaccination site in Columbus, N.M.

Volunteering and Generosity Are No Substitutes for Government Programs

Conservatives have weaponized Americans’ desire to help to attack the social safety net.

by Katherine Turk via Made By History on April 19, 2021

Illustration of a gavel by Vahram Muradyan

Why Do Americans Have So Few Rights?

How we came to rely on the courts, instead of the democratic process, for justice.

by Samuel Moyn via The New Republic on March 9, 2021

Illustration of the Reconstruction era, with black men waving flags and listening to a speech in front of a governmet building while a white mob comes to attack them with clubs

America’s Political Roots Are in Eutaw, Alabama

When I think about the 1870 riot, I remember how the country rejected the opportunity it had.

by Adam Harris via The Atlantic on February 26, 2021

Recruiting poster for USCT featuring a lithograph of African American soldiers.

In 1868, Black Suffrage Was on the Ballot

At the height of the Reconstruction, the pressing issue of the election was Black male suffrage.

by Jordan Grant via Smithsonian on February 19, 2021

Illustration of a smoker with coins instead of puffs of smoke coming from his cigarette

Pinhookers and Pets: Inventing the Non-Smoker

Who needs a public health system when sickness is a personal failure?

by Jackson Lears via London Review of Books on February 18, 2021

"We the People"; US Constitution

It Would Be Great if the United States Were Actually a Democracy

The pervasive mythmaking about the supposed wisdom of the founders has covered up a central truth: the US Constitution is an antidemocratic mess.

by Aziz Rana, Chris Maisano via Jacobin on February 16, 2021

Front-page photo of James E. Shepperson from the Black newspaper, the Seattle Republican, on Oct. 26, 1900.

How Wyoming’s Black Coal Miners Shaped Their Own History

Many early Wyoming coal towns had thriving Black communities.

by Brigida R. Blasi via High Country News on January 28, 2021

Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (Zitkala-Ša): Advocate for the "Indian Vote"

The story of Indigenous women’s participation in the struggle for women’s suffrage is highly complex, and Zitkala-Ša’s story provides an illuminating example.

by Cathleen D. Cahill via National Park Service on December 14, 2020

A map of Mexico.

When the Enslaved Went South

How Mexico—and the fugitives who went there—helped make freedom possible in America.

by Alice L. Baumgartner via The New Yorker on November 19, 2020

Cover image of "Freedom an Unruly History"

What We Call Freedom Has Never Been About Being Free

The modern conception of freedom emerged as an antidemocratic reaction by elites who wanted to curtail state power.

by Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, Annelien de Dijn via The Nation on October 29, 2020

As Evictions Loom, Cities Revisit a Housing Solution From the 70s

Proposals giving tenants the right to purchase their building are being revived as Covid-19 puts renters at risk.

by Clyde Haberman via Retro Report on October 1, 2020

Black Political Activism and the Fight for Voting Rights in Missouri

Nick Sacco takes a moment to remember the 15th Amendment.

by Nick Sacco via Muster on September 29, 2020

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