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Young Washington Is Old History
A new movie relies on 19th century myths to portray the very British George Washington as a moralistic proto-American ready to pursue independence. -
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A Danger to Civilization
Lothrop Stoddard believed that the concept of “natural equality” between people was a threat to America. In the 1920s, it was hardly a fringe idea. -
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Declaring “Revolution”
Even after the fighting started, it took years before American Patriots started calling their cause a “revolution.”
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CommentWho Owns American History?
Under the second Trump administration, the fight over history has become a fight over democracy. Who deserves to be trusted with the country’s memory?Dissent -
ArgumentOn Radical Preservation
If we fail to think through and delimit the role of AI in our lives, we risk initiating a period of which it may be possible to say that “nothing happened.”The Point -
DispatchA Researcher Was Told to Stay Silent After Discovering Slave Auctions at the Old State House
How a side project turned into sprawling a research of the Arkansan slave trade.Arkansas Times -
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Trump’s Border-Wall Construction Is Set to Bulldoze a West Texas Historic Site
It is considered sacred ground for the descendants of those killed in a mass execution. The border wall threatens to erase it from history.Texas Monthly -
StudyAmerican Slaveholders Lost Their Wealth but Kept Their Political Power
Despite the blow to their economic standing, former slaveholders maintained their electoral success, and once in office, their influence actually grew.Pro-Market -
CommentDemocratic Socialism Has Been Rising in the U.S. For Over 50 Years
A number of DSA-endorsed candidates are winning Democratic primaries, building on a strategy from the 1970s.Made By History -
exhibitInternational Trade
Histories of how money and commodities have flowed across borders, from the slave-based economies of maritime empires to contemporary globalization.
