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What a Japanese-American soldier’s thirty-year secret can teach us about race, war, and loyalty

by Sandra Vea

 Interpreters with the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) during WW2 were credited for shortening the war in the South Pacific by two years. Yet, they had to keep their service secret for 30 years. 

Why the Congress of Racial Equality Has Been Forgotten – And Why It Still Matters Today

by L.E.J. Rachell

We need to go back to CORE to have a better understanding of the ongoing antiracist movement.

Why Our World Seems Out of Control

by Walter G. Moss

What the world needs more than ever are wise political leaders who can redirect technology to serve the common good.

We Need to Re-think Our Characterization of Trump’s Trade War, and “Mercantilism” Just Doesn’t Cut It

by Randal Grant Kleiser

Characterizing Trump as a “mercantilist” misleads the public into thinking he follows a stable, precedented, and predictable ideology on trade.

Old Concepts for New Concerns: the Railroad, the Internet, and Government Regulation

by Tom Wheeler

"The principles underpinning the industrial era rules remain valid today, they simply need updating to reflect the capabilities of the new technology." writes the former FCC Chairman.

State of the Union: How Can We Assess Donald Trump’s First Two Years in Office?

by Michael Nelson

For all his decline in effectiveness, Trump has not become less influential.

Sleeping Giant: When Public Workers Awake

by Leon Fink

What W.E.B. Du Bois and American labor history can teach us about the government shutdown's end. 

Six Times the Failure of a Political Nomination Changed American History 

by Ronald L. Feinman

Including slavery, gay marriage, abortion rights, and desegregation. 

To Free or Not to Free

by M. Andrew Holowchak

A Theoretical Botheration with Jefferson’s View of Slavery

Why Do Few People Know the History of Northern Slavery?

by Marc Howard Ross

How and why was the enslavement of tens of thousands of people in the region forgotten, and how and why has it recently been partially recovered? 

What Popular Histories Often Get Wrong About the Underground Railroad

by Roy E. Finkenbine

Underground Railroad activists and fugitive slaves had to improvise in response to ever-shifting circumstances.

The Inspiring Campaign We All Need to Remember at this Horrible Time in Politics

by Joel K. Goldstein

It was the campaign run by Vice Presidential candidate Ed Muskie in 1968.

Bold Experimenter FDR Was Born 137 Years Ago

by Joseph A. Esposito

Unquestionably, Roosevelt is the most consequential American president since Abraham Lincoln.

Trump, Benjamin Franklin, and the Long History of Calling Immigrants "Snakes"

by Geoffrey Sill

Trump’s unsupported allegations that immigrants are “animals, not people” may find a popular reception among many Americans because the association between immigrants, criminality, and reptility goes back to a period well before the founding of the nation. 

The Surprising Role of the Army in Getting Americans Addicted to Cigarettes

by Joel R. Bius

What a historian who is in the Air Force discovered when he dug into the archives.

Why is the Doomsday Clock Set at 2 Minutes to Midnight?

by Lawrence Wittner

As Nations Get Ready for Nuclear War, Their Governments Work to Create the Illusion of Safety

What Alexander the Great Can Teach Trump About Compromise

by Robert Garland

A light-hearted historical solution to the government shutdown. 

What Does William Barr Have to Do With Iran Contra?

by Jeffrey J. Matthews

And what it means for George H.W. Bush's legacy. 

“This is a Boiling Pot on the Hill:” How the United States Created the War Refugee Board and Rescued Jews, Despite FDR

by Rafael Medoff

On January 22, 1944 —75 years ago today— President Roosevelt reversed himself and established the War Refugee Board. The remarkable story of FDR’s turnabout sheds light on America’s response to the most horrific humanitarian crisis of our time. 

Ibram X. Kendi: Remember Dr. King's Nightmare This MLK Day

by Kyla Sommers

How historians can be inspired by remembering the radical and realist Dr. King.