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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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AntecedentThe Threat of U.S. Intervention in Venezuela: A Debate Since The 1930s
The debates surrounding the 2026 abduction of Nicolás Maduro in historical context.Age of Revolutions -
Book ReviewHow Tech Rules
The AI boom is only the latest stage in Silicon Valley’s long history of creating and expanding intellectual monopolies.New York Review of Books -
AntecedentWe Are Living Under Roy Cohnian Logic
The political fixer created a career for himself as a self-promoting, ubiquitous hustler. Like Trump, he got away with it by having the right friends.The Nation -
Book ExcerptBeyond MLK: On the Women Who Made the March on Washington
The overlooked yet vital role of black women in the struggle for racial equality.Literary Hub -
NewsTrump DOJ on a New Mission to Clear Nixon’s Name
A revisionist historian leads a movement to reinvestigate the Watergate scandal.AlterNet -
Book ReviewNation Of Bondholders
It turns out you can trace America’s 2008 financial crash, in a roundabout way, to 18th-century Prussia.Defector -
exhibitCollege Costs
Historical perspectives on the money that fuels American higher education, and Americans’ attempts to reckon with the power dynamics that result.