Current Events that Relate to History
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AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine
Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room. -
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Regime Change
A coin featuring the likeness of President Trump doesn’t have many precedents in American history. The ancient Roman opponents of Julius Caesar could explain why. -
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How “History” Became Central at the Supreme Court
Originalists and historians use the past to accomplish very different tasks.
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ExplainerThe Unfinished Business of American Socialism
For generations, Democrats have borrowed socialism’s most workable ideas. Now Silicon Valley has taken up its dream of a world beyond wage labor.The New Yorker -
ExplainerThis Is a New Way of Doing Impeachment. The Framers Would Have Loved It.
If Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth does not resign in the next few days or weeks, he will almost surely be impeached by the House of Representatives.Slate -
VignetteWhen Lincoln Dealt With a Midterm Drubbing
What can the losers of the 2026 election learn from the Republicans' 1862 defeat?What Would Lincoln Do? -
DispatchRichmond’s Last Monuments
A look at the fate of three Confederate monuments in Richmond's Capitol Square, which were relocated in August 2026.The Civil War Monitor -
NewsHistorians Uncover More Questions for Insurers Over Their Role in the Slave Trade
Academics are slowly piecing together the financial networks behind the transatlantic trafficking of ‘human cargo.’The Guardian -
Comparison
Precedents for the Vice President: Humphrey or Reagan?
The midterms were hard on the GOP, but all is not lost.The American Conservative -
exhibitThe Lives of War Veterans
The experiences of veterans of American wars, from the Civil War to Afghanistan, and our collective obligation to those who have served.
