Current Events that Relate to History

Racist livestream “ragebait” reflects a long U.S. tradition of monetized anti-Black humiliation and white grievance.

Few figures on the left have been as committed to realizing the democratic promise of American politics as Eugene Debs.

The American war reshaped Ireland’s place in the empire, sparking a radical push for independence that instead ended in union with Britain.

What the weakening of the U.S. Women’s Bureau means for history, policy, and democracy.

Perhaps thinking transhistorically might illuminate the way anti-Southerness as antiBlackness obscures the economic lens and hinders labor organizing strategy.

At a time of rising Stalinist antisemitism, Paul Robeson’s act of solidarity made clear his stand against any form of racism.

Voting, a right not initially enshrined in the Constitution, has been secured, revoked, and contested since the nation's founding era.