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Schwarzenegger: Those Refusing Masking are "Schmucks"

Did the Founders intend freedom to mean rejecting sacrifice for the common good? The Governator says that's ridiculous. 

Deep Divisions in Americans’ Views of Nation’s Racial History – and How To Address It

A little more than a year after nationwide protests erupted after George Floyd’s murder at the hands of the Minneapolis police, the public is deeply divided over how far the nation has progressed in addressing racial inequality – and how much further it needs to go.

Frederick Kagan: Biden Could Have Stopped the Taliban. He Chose Not To.

The conservative defense scholar and Afghanistan policy advisor argues that Biden could have done more despite inheriting a bad situation. 

Did Cartoonist Billy Ireland Really Push the KKK out of Columbus, Ohio?

by Eliya Smith

Local lore held that Columbus Dispatch cartoonist Billy Ireland's merciless taunting of the KKK forced it to leave town in the 1920s. Could newspaper cartoons really do that? 

Bogalusa March, One of the Longest of the Civil Rights Era, Remembered in Louisiana

The 1967 march from Bogalusa to Baton Rouge covered 107 miles in response to racist violence in the state. It is now represented by a marker on Louisiana's new Civil Rights Trail. 

Latest Installment of Graphic Format Memoir of John Lewis Deals with Ongoing Legacy

A conversation with Andrew Aydin, John Lewis's former aide and collaborator on "Run," the hit graphic format memoir, discusses the legacy of the activist and congressman. 

Is Grad School Worth It? Maybe Not, Says History Student

by Daniel J. Samet

"Would-be history Ph.D.s owe it to themselves to look at the data."

Texas Plan to Direct Tourists to Sites of Native Displacement Draws Criticism

Even as the state's educational authorities move to diminish coverage of Native displacement in school curricula, the Texas Historical Commission wants help from the state's tribes to identify historical heritage sites. 

Did the Pentagon Cover Up Near-Miss Attack on VP Cheney?

The US military concealed the details of a suicide bomber attack that targeted Vice President Dick Cheney at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. 

North Carolina Teachers Weigh in on the New History Wars

"Fink-Adams said many of her students are astounded when she details slavery, the Jim Crow era or the Trail of Tears, saying they've never heard about many of the things she's teaching."

UT-San Antonio President Responds to Controversial "Come and Take It" Signage

"Referencing the infamous flag from the Battle of Gonzales, this is a slogan that embodies both anti-Mexican and pro-slavery sentiments," argues professor emerita Ellen Clark.

A Black Reporter Exposed Official Lies about the Atomic Bomb

Charles Loeb's reporting defied the official government line that radiation from the atomic bombs dropped on Japan was harmless, and resonated with Black readers who suspected a racist motive in dropping the new weapons on Japanese cities. 

Can Colleges and Tribes Build Relationships by Retiring Native Mascots?

Miami University's negotiations with the Miami tribe over the university's mascot develped into a partnership for the preservation of the tribe's language and culture. 

Blue Collar Is a Dark Masterpiece of Working-Class Cinema

The 1978 film "Blue Collar" is an important but overlooked document of a moment of crisis for the American working class. 

2 Years After El Paso Attack, the "Great Replacement" Ideology Remains Dangerous

A discussion of the legacy of John Tanton, the father of contemporary nativism and a principal exponent of the idea of an ethnic "replacement" of white Americans.

Courting a Racist Donor Led to a Dean's Downfall in Mississippi

Leaked emails revealed a dean's willingness to ignore a potential donor's bigotry, and have led to recrimination instead of debate about the journalism school's direction. 

Proto-Geometry Found in Babylonian Tablet, a Thousand Years Older than Pythagoras

"It’s generally thought that trigonometry — a subset of geometry and what’s displayed on the tablet in a crude sense — was developed by ancient Greeks like the philosopher Pythagoras. However, analysis of the tablet suggests it was created 1,000 years before Pythagoras was born."

Is Kamala Harris Really the Least Popular VP in a Half-Century?

The right has seized on the argument, which is based on shoddy interpretation of polls and ignores the fact that net favorability ratings for current officials are much more affected by partisan polarization than for their predecessors decades ago. 

Texas Teachers: Law Will Put Entire Generation in the Dark

“They have thrown social studies teachers out on the front lines of a cultural war,” said Kerry Green, a U.S. history teacher at suburban Sunnyvale High School east of Dallas.

Iraq Reclaims 17,000 Looted Artifacts, Its Biggest-Ever Repatriation

"The institution that held about 12,000 of the items was the Museum of the Bible, a four-year-old Washington museum founded and funded by the Christian evangelical family that owns the Hobby Lobby craft store chain."