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Remembering The Red Summer 100 Years Later

by David Krugler

How should the challenging but essential task of remembering and commemorating this troubling history be confronted? 

When Republicans Encouraged Immigration

by Jason H. Silverman

Whereas Trump espouses a “go back where you came from” ideology, Abraham Lincoln endorsed the first, last, and only bill in American history to actually encourage immigration.  

FDR's Token Jewish Refugee Shelter

by Rafael Medoff

Granting temporary refuge was a way of addressing the life-and-death crisis that Europe’s Jews faced, without incurring the wrath of those who opposed permanent immigration.

How Two Regicides Escaped to America and Became Folk Heroes

by Matthew Jenkinson

How Edward Whalley and William Goffe went from household names to forgotten historical figures. 

JSTOR Interview Archive Helps Preserve History

by Alex Humphreys

The new JSTOR Interview Archive prototype preserves full length interviews with historical figures for educators, students, and researchers.

The Professor Who Was Ostracized for Claiming the Civil War Was About Slavery – In 1911

by Stephen Leccese

Sometimes when we’re poking around in an archive, we come across century-old documents that are strangely relevant.

PubMed Central Offers a Historical Treasure Trove

by Jeffrey S. Reznick, Christy Henshaw, Laura Randall, Rosalyn Leiderman, and Kathryn Funk

The digitization of medical journals now allows access to valuable historical research opportunities.

All the world’s a stage when you’re Boris Johnson basking in the no-deal-Brexit spotlight

by Esau Williams

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, the boy who once said he wanted to be ‘world king,’ has finally realized his life-long ambition of becoming British Prime Minister.

Joe Biden is a Product of His Time

by Donne Levy

When assessing past attitudes, it is important to recognize that most people are influenced by the thinking of the day.

The Long History of Unjust and Lawless Attorneys General

by Ronald L. Feinman

It isn't just William Barr. 

Would Slavery Have Ended Sooner if the British Won the American Revolutionary War?

by Keith Brooks

After its victory, the U.S. went on to become an empire unparalleled in history, its wealth origins rooted largely in slave labor. 

Invented in the Fifties, Adolescence Swallowed the Nation—And Now the White House, Too

by Tracy Dahlby

The fixation with our president’s juvenile leadership style overlooks a deeper one: America’s obsession with eternal adolescence.

(Re)-Claiming a Radical Evangelical Heritage at Christian Colleges

by Louis B. Gallien, Jr.

The recent controversies at my alma mater, Taylor University, over the invitation of Vice President Mike Pence’s to deliver their Commencement Address have illuminated the continued fissures at evangelical Christian colleges.

Racism in America: What We Can Learn from Germany’s Struggle with Its Own Evil History

by James Thornton Harris

If slavery is the "interstate highway system of the American past," it has yet to appear on the cultural road map of most Americans. 

Reconsidering Journalist and Gay Activist Randy Shilts

by Andrew E. Stoner

The story of Shilts and the mixed legacy that remains a quarter century later has connecting points to our contemporary lives.

Is Trump the Worst President in History?

by Richard Striner

“Worst,” of course, is a value judgment and any number of our presidents were very bad indeed — or so it could be argued.

Dear Moderators of the Presidential Debates: How About Raising the Issue of How to Avert Nuclear War?

by Lawrence Wittner

That question might seem overwrought but, in fact, the U.S. government and others are increasing the role that nuclear weapons play in their “national security” policies. 

White Nationalists and the Legacy of the Waffen-SS from Postwar Europe to Today

by Adrian Gilbert

Recently there has been a trend to rehabilitate Waffen-SS veterans from Eastern European countries and to reconsider them as patriots rather than agents of Nazi tyranny. 

History is a Verb, Something You Do: An Interview with Mark Doyle

by Erik Moshe

“History can help us understand the structural forces that foster suspicion, prejudice, resentment, and violence, and once we understand those forces we can begin to make better choices not just about how we live our own lives, but how we order our societies.”

Is Stonehenge a Tourist Rip-Off?

by Ken West

If Stonehenge is to be restored to its rightful heritage then it must be reengaged with the River Avon and its tribal lands. Only then can we interpret the astounding achievement of these prehistoric people.