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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LongreadJim Crow Was on the Ash Heap of History. Then Came the Roberts Court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our history.Mother Jones -
VignetteWhen the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Served as the United States’ Capital for Just One Day
The new nation’s leaders fled inland as the British advanced on Philadelphia in September 1777. They held one meeting at the local courthouse before moving on.Smithsonian Magazine -
Book ReviewSnow Globe Palimpsest
A new book delivers biographical sketches of Jews who refused to abandon the Diaspora.Los Angeles Review of Books -
NewsNearly 4 Million Records of Enslaved People in 20 Former British Colonies Now Searchable Online
The collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad.The Guardian -
CommentJefferson, Madison, Hamilton, and Smith: The College Board Adds a New Founding Father
On the politics of canonization in academia.Liberal Currents -
Book Excerpt9 to 5: Inside The Movement That Inspired the Iconic Film
On Karen Nussbaum and the fight for working women in the 1970s.Literary Hub -
OriginalA Brief History of History Podcasting
Charting the evolution of the genre from 2004–2026.Bunk