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When the U.S. Welcomed the ‘Pedro Pan’ Migrants of Cuba
Cold War America resettled unaccompanied minors as an anti-communist imperative. Today, the nation forgets this history.
by
John A. Gronbeck-Tedesco
via
Zócalo Public Square
on
January 8, 2024
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The History Behind the Right's Effort to Take Over Universities
The right has had qualms about universities since the 1930s.
by
Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
via
Made By History
on
October 23, 2023
What the Republican Debates Get Wrong About the Puritans
Pence invoked them at the Republican debates, but a true reckoning with their history provides a different vision of the nation’s future.
by
Peter C. Mancall
via
Zócalo Public Square
on
September 27, 2023
The Fight for Our America
There have always been two Americas. One based in religious zeal, mythology, and inequality; and one grounded in rule of the people and the pursuit of equality.
by
Heather Cox Richardson
via
The New Republic
on
September 26, 2023
Modern Conservatism Was Born on College Campuses. So Why Does the GOP Hate Them?
Leaders of the political right learned lessons from the 1960s that still inform the movement today.
by
Ian Ward
,
Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
via
Politico Magazine
on
September 4, 2023
The Overlooked Origins of the War on Bud Light and Other “Woke” Companies
Starbucks and Anheuser-Busch are the latest corporate targets of tactics honed by segregationists post–Brown v. Board.
by
Lawrence B. Glickman
via
Slate
on
July 5, 2023
Why Republicans Keep Calling for the End of Birthright Citizenship
It’s about more than immigration.
by
Martha S. Jones
via
The Atlantic
on
July 2, 2023
“Black History Is an Absolute Necessity.”
A conversation with Colin Kaepernick on Black studies, white supremacy, and capitalism.
by
Colin Kaepernick
,
Indigo Olivier
via
The New Republic
on
June 19, 2023
The Long War on Black Studies
It would be a mistake to think of the current wave of attacks on “critical race theory” as a culture war. This is a political battle.
by
Robin D. G. Kelley
via
New York Review of Books
on
June 17, 2023
Who Was Fort Bragg Named After? The South’s Worst, Most Hated General.
Mike Pence and Ron DeSantis say they would restore the Fort Bragg name if elected. Its namesake was a “merciless tyrant” who helped lose the Civil War.
by
Ronald G. Shafer
via
Washington Post
on
June 16, 2023
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Republicans Didn’t Always Run Far to the Right in Presidential Primaries
The 1988 presidential primary showed it wasn't always like this — and helped guide the GOP to where it is now.
by
Robert L. Fleegler
via
Made By History
on
June 8, 2023
History Bright and Dark
Americans have often been politically divided. But have the divisions over how we recount our history ever been so deep?
by
Adam Hochschild
via
New York Review of Books
on
May 2, 2023
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The Shameful History of the Lavender Scare Echoes Today
Seventy years after a disgraceful episode of anti-LGTBQ history, we are facing a new wave of McCarthyist fearmongering.
by
David K. Johnson
via
Made By History
on
April 27, 2023
Florida’s Stop Woke Act is Latest in a Long History of Censoring Black Scholarship
America has been declaring war on Black education since this country’s beginnings. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Stop Woke Act seeks to continue this tradition.
by
Darryl Robertson
via
Andscape
on
February 23, 2023
W.E.B. Du Bois, Black History Month and the Importance of African American Studies
As the 20th century’s preeminent scholar-activist on race, W.E.B. Du Bois would not be surprised by modern-day attempts at whitewashing American history.
by
Chad Williams
via
The Conversation
on
February 7, 2023
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Florida is Trying to Roll Back a Century of Gains for Academic Freedom
The state wants to severely limit what professors can say in the classroom.
by
Glenn C. Altschuler
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David Wippman
via
Made By History
on
February 6, 2023
In Florida, Teaching African American History Is Against the Law
The latest battlefield in the GOP’s “anti-woke” crusade.
by
John Fea
via
Current (religion and democracy)
on
January 20, 2023
partner
Two Opposing Approaches To Public Health May Be on the Ballot in 2024
Governors Ron DeSantis and Gretchen Whitmer took opposite approaches to covid in swing states — but each sailed to reelection.
by
Andrew Wehrman
via
Made By History
on
December 5, 2022
partner
Miami Once Provided a Model for Diversity. Now DeSantis Won It Big.
The county once championed a divisive, but productive, method of training professionals to deal with diversity.
by
Catherine Mas
via
Made By History
on
November 10, 2022
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Hurricanes Have Hampered Racial Justice Activism in the Past
Just before a lynch mob was to face trial in Florida in 1926, a storm hit.
by
Brandon T. Jett
via
Made By History
on
October 19, 2022
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