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A Post-Mortem

A look at the impeachment of Warren Hastings and the nature of American power.

by Malick W. Ghachem via Age of Revolutions on February 13, 2020

Joe Biden Tried to Cut Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare for 40 Years

Joe Biden was once a New Deal Democrat. Then he “evolved” and starting backing decades of Republican plans to cut Medicare and Social Security.

by Branko Marcetic via Jacobin on January 29, 2020

The Hidden Stakes of the 1619 Controversy

Critics of the New York Times’s 1619 Project obscure a longstanding debate among historians over whether the American Revolution was a proslavery revolt.

by David Waldstreicher via Boston Review on January 24, 2020

‘A Doubtful Freedom’

Andrew Delbanco's new book positions the debate over fugitive slaves as a central factor in the nation's slide toward disunion.

by David W. Blight via New York Review of Books on January 14, 2020

Historians' Statement on the Impeachment of President Trump

Over 1000 historians have signed this statement condemning President Trump's actions.

via Medium on December 18, 2019

The Remembered Past

On the beginnings of our stories—and the history of who owns them.

by Lewis H. Lapham via Lapham’s Quarterly on December 14, 2019

American Slavery and ‘the Relentless Unforeseen’

What 1619 has become to the history of American slavery, 1688 is to the history of American antislavery.

by Sean Wilentz via New York Review of Books on November 19, 2019

The Case Against an American King, Then and Now

Liesl Schillinger Considers the Impeachment of Donald Trump vs. the Indictment of George III.

by Liesl Schillinger via Literary Hub on November 8, 2019

Revolutionary War reenactment.

The Second-Amendment Case for Gun Control

It's a myth that the Founders opposed the regulation of deadly weapons.

by Saul Cornell via The New Republic on August 4, 2019

The American Revolution’s Starving, Barefoot, Heroic Troops

Our young nation was very poor, the war was very expensive, and Congress and the states wanted everyone else to pay.

by Jay Cost via National Review on May 27, 2019

We Hold These Ideas to Be Self-Evident

Michael Kimmage considers "The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History" by Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen.

by Michael Kimmage via Los Angeles Review of Books on April 29, 2019

The Prophet Is Human

A towering new biography of the great American orator and public intellectual Frederick Douglass.

by Mary F. Corey via Los Angeles Review of Books on April 11, 2019

Here’s Every Defense of the Electoral College — and Why They’re All Wrong

Most of the arguments for preserving our insane system are morally odious, unsubstantiated, and/or factually incorrect.

by Eric Levitz via Intelligencer on March 20, 2019

The Long Road to Women’s Suffrage

The “Anthony Amendment” was introduced with no luck for 41 years. And even then, it wasn’t for everyone.

by Eleri Harris, Ellen T. Crenshaw via The Nib on March 8, 2019

Frederick Douglass Forum

An online forum on the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass.

by David W. Blight, Leigh Fought, Manisha Sinha, Chris Shell, Noelle Trent, Neil Roberts, Christopher Bonner via Black Perspectives on November 30, 2018

Electing the House of Representatives

A series of interactive maps showing the results of nearly two centuries of congressional elections.

by Robert K. Nelson, LaDale Winling via American Panorama on October 15, 2018

America Is Living James Madison’s Nightmare

The Founders designed a government that would resist mob rule. They didn’t anticipate how strong the mob could become.

by Jeffrey Rosen via The Atlantic on September 12, 2018

Citizenship Shouldn't Be a Birthright

Guaranteeing citizen status simply for being born here is a deliberate misreading of the Fourteenth Amendment.

by Michael Anton via Washington Post on July 18, 2018

Citizens: 150 Years of the 14th Amendment

In 1868, black activists had already been promoting birthright as the basis of their national belonging for nearly half a century.

by Martha S. Jones via Public Books on July 9, 2018

How Corporations Won Their Civil Rights

The Court got it right—but it's not a conclusion we should be entirely comfortable with.

by Robert VerBruggen via The American Conservative on July 3, 2018

The Birth of the Brady Rule: How a Botched Robbery Led to a Legal Landmark

Every law student knows John Brady’s name. But few know the story of the bumbling murder that ended in a landmark legal ruling.

by Thomas L. Dybdahl via The Marshall Project on June 24, 2018

Putin and Trump.

The Secret Life of Statutes: A Century of the Trading with the Enemy Act

What began as an effort to define and punish trading with the enemy has transformed into economic warfare.

by Benjamin Coates via Modern American History on May 16, 2018

Why We Doubt Capable Children

How we inherited our modern understanding of childhood from the 18th-century revolutionary era.

by Julia M. Gossard via The Junto on April 17, 2018

National Guard on the Rio Grande.

Can President Trump Legally Send Troops to the Border?

Critics argue the move would violate the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act. One problem: There is no 1878 Posse Comitatus Act.

by Kevin Adams via Made By History on April 17, 2018

How Congress Used the Post Office to Unite the Nation

Trump says Amazon is scamming the USPS. But its low shipping rates were a game changer for rural America.

by Stephen Mihm via Bloomberg on April 4, 2018

Congress Handed to the President the Power to Level Tariffs

A republic needs a legislature that can handle such tasks. We don’t have one.

by Jay Cost via National Review on March 5, 2018

Dred Scott Strains the Mystic Chords

Dred Scott was an opportunity to settle what the South had previously been unable to achieve either legislatively or judicially.

by Michael Liss via 3 Quarks Daily on March 5, 2018

James Madison Would Like a Few Words on Trade Wars

The fourth president tried all kinds of sanctions to open markets, but still ended up in the War of 1812.

by Noah Feldman via Bloomberg on March 5, 2018

Josef K. in Washington

A review of "Closing the Courthouse Door: How Your Constitutional Rights Became Unenforceable" by Erwin Chemerinsky.

by David Luban via New York Review of Books on March 2, 2018

Drawing showing Nixon and Clinton in a criminal line-up

How Impeachment Works

It’s not enough to bring the articles of impeachment against an official – you have to convict them, too.

by Allyson Shwed via The Nib on February 23, 2018

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