This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: Slate
Jan 17, 2022
by Richard Kreitner
Journalist Stephen Marche presents scenarios under which the historical tensions among groups of Americans could openly rupture, but reviewer Richard Kreitner thinks some are unlikely, and don't grapple with the way that American institutions are implicated in the crisis of democracy.
Source: AL.com
Jan 16, 2022
In 1874 a group of Black Republicans who came to the town of Eufaula to vote were ambushed by white mobs, part of the Democratic overthrow of Reconstruction and a step toward reestablishing white supremacy in the state.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
Jan 14, 2022
Historian of Science Barry Mehler was suspended by Ferris State (Mich.) University after releasing a welcome video for his spring course that took what could be described as a bold and provocative approach to protesting the college's mandatory in-person teaching.
Source: African American Policy Forum
Jan 13, 2022
by Sam Adler-Bell
The anti-CRT movement "is not merely a battle against a theory of racism or American history, but a battle against the idea that we might join forces to make American society more fair, more equal, and more kind."
Source: The Atlantic
Jan 13, 2022
Danielle Freedman's new book identifies the paradox of exercise for women: the subversive potential of training, strengthening and developing the capability of the body is yoked to an exploitative diet and beauty culture.
Source: Zinn Education Project/Teach Reconstruction
Jan 12, 2022
by Ana Rosado, Gideon Cohn-Postar and Mimi Eisen
A common thread connecting public ignorance of American history and the politicization of history curricula is the systemic erasure of the history of Reconstruction. This report considers how states currently mandate the teaching of the era and what they could do better.
Source: Aspen Institute and Craig Newmark Philanthropies
Jan 12, 2022
"One year after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, 92Y’s second annual State of Democracy Summit—co-presented with Aspen Digital—will explore the most important questions facing the country right now."
Source: The Nation
Jan 11, 2022
by Kim Kelly
After starting at Armour's Chicago cannery at age 17, Addie Wyatt rose through the ranks of her local union to lead workers across five states, recognizing the connection between workers' power and racial and gender equality and linking midwestern unions to the southern civil rights struggle.
Source: National Library of Medicine
Jan 11, 2022
NLM History Talks promote awareness and use of NLM and related historical collections for research, education, and public service in biomedicine, the social sciences, and the humanities.
Source: The Nation
Jan 11, 2022
by Kim Phillips-Fein
Kim Phillips-Fein reviews John Huntington's "Far-Right Vanguard," calling his history of the far right a needed reminder of the porousness of boundaries between the right-wing fringe and mainstream conservatism in the 20th century.
Source: Yes!
Jan 11, 2022
"Right-wing narratives have cast the backlash against CRT as a grassroots effort led by parents concerned about bias in their children’s education. But secretive and powerful moneyed interests are at work behind the scenes."
Source: Jacobin
Jan 11, 2022
"What was the history that brought the French left to its current state of crisis, and does it show what other countries are going to experience in the future?"
Source: The New Republic
Jan 11, 2022
by Patrick Iber
After leading Marines to secure the American empire in the wake of the Spanish-American War, Major Smedley Butler by 1935 repented and called himself "a racketeer for capitalism."
Source: WGBH
Jan 10, 2022
"It would be hard to exaggerate the degree to which rules can be weapons in Congress if they're deployed the right way."
Source: The New Yorker
Jan 10, 2022
Jing Tsu's book examines the ways that the Chinese written language has survived waves of iconoclasm and shifts in the politics of cultural authority.
Source: The Nation
Jan 10, 2022
"For the Free Southern Theater’s members, bringing the stage to the countryside made political education accessible while enabling artists to participate in politics."
Source: CBS News
Jan 10, 2022
The contributors to a new book of essays by historians on the Trump years took part in a virtual call with the former president, who pleaded his case for posterity.
Source: Raleigh News & Observer
Jan 9, 2022
North Carolina's gerrymandered legislative and Congressional district maps were drawn without consideration to race, say state Republicans. But it's difficult to miss the parallel between the 1890s and today: a conservative bloc of white voters subverting the will of Black and progressive coalition, say James Leloudis and Robert Korstad.
Source: MSNBC
Jan 9, 2022
“Democracy needs history, because history teaches you about your mistakes.”
Source: Organization of American Historians
Jan 7, 2022
George Sanchez moderates a discussion featuring Anthea Hartig, Clarence Lange, Erika Lee and Nancy MacLean on the state of democracy on the anniversary of the capitol riot and attempted coup.
