Current Events that Relate to History
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The Ambivalent History of Indigenous Citizenship
A century ago, when Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, key questions about Native sovereignty were left unresolved.Made By History -
Book Review
The Woman Who Would Be Steinbeck
John Steinbeck beat Sanora Babb to the great American Dust Bowl novel—using her field notes. What do we owe her today?The Atlantic -
Argument
Kamala Harris Must Grapple with America’s Founding Fathers
To achieve a new political settlement, she has to resolve a tension dating from the Revolution.New Statesman -
Book Review
The Consultants Who Lost Democrats the Working Class
The rivalry of two men tells the story of how Democrats fumbled with their traditional base—and how they can win again.The New Republic -
Comment
Video Games Are a Key Battleground in the Propaganda War
When video games went mainstream, the Pentagon realized their potential as a promotional tool, spending hundreds of millions of dollars on war-based games.Jacobin -
Retrieval
Does the U.S. Have a Fire Problem?
Forest fires of 1910 sparked a media-driven fire exclusion policy, which has arguably worsened today's "fire problem."Edge Effects -
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America's Pastime
Histories of big league baseball, from the achievements of the players to the culture of the stands to the stories and traditions we pass down.
From the HNN Archive
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The Forebears of JD Vance and the New Right
Revisiting the Agrarian-Distributists and their fabrication of an American past. -
Overexposed
What happened to privacy when Americans gained easy access to cameras in the Gilded Age? -
An Early Case of Impostor Syndrome
Why were so many medieval books laden with self-deprecation? Blame genre conventions. -
Why Does American History Feel Like Ancient History to High School Students?
An argument for returning the recent past, and the history of modern conservatism, to classrooms. -
The Bowl Truth
On Joan of Arc’s much-maligned and forgotten haircut. -
Regency Sex Ed
How did women in 19th-century Europe learn about the birds and the bees?