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The Truth Behind the Poetry: On the Facts and Myths of the American Revolution’s Early Days

The Truth Behind the Poetry: On the Facts and Myths of the American Revolution’s Early Days

Bob Thompson on Paul Revere's Ride and What Came Next

By Bob Thompson | February 8, 2023

More Than A Meal: How White House Dinners Shape Presidential Policy

More Than A Meal: How White House Dinners Shape Presidential Policy

Alex Prud’homme Considers the Gastronomic History of the American Presidency

By Alex Prud’homme | February 8, 2023

Bob Thompson Gets Into His Gas-Guzzling VW in Search of the American War of Independence

Bob Thompson Gets Into His Gas-Guzzling VW in Search of the American War of Independence

Keen On">In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 8, 2023

Susan Wels on the Connection of a 19th-Century Sex Cult to a President’s Murder

Susan Wels on the Connection of a 19th-Century Sex Cult to a President’s Murder

Keen On">In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 8, 2023

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass"> Kwame Dawes on <em

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Dawes, the great poet and critic, reflects on the legacy of the rhetorician and abolitionist Douglass, in the introduction to a new edition of his monumental autobiography

By Kwame Dawes | February 6, 2023

How a Group of Black Activists Inspired Solidarity and Struggle in Mississippi

How a Group of Black Activists Inspired Solidarity and Struggle in Mississippi

Dan Berger on Freedom Summer in the Segregationist Heart of the Deep South

By Dan Berger | January 25, 2023

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By Jacqueline Jones | January 11, 2023

A Brief History of American Socialism

A Brief History of American Socialism

Michael Kazin on the Socialism’s Far-Reaching Influence on American Thought

By Michael Kazin | January 5, 2023

How World War II Pacifists Laid the Foundation for Future Struggles

How World War II Pacifists Laid the Foundation for Future Struggles

Daniel Akst on the Unconventional Origins of the Modern Antiwar Movement

By Daniel Akst | December 21, 2022

How the Slavery-Like Conditions of Convict Leasing Flourished After the Collapse of Reconstruction

How the Slavery-Like Conditions of Convict Leasing Flourished After the Collapse of Reconstruction

Jefferson Cowie on the Terror That Filled the Void Left by the Retreat of Federal Authority in the South

By Jefferson Cowie | November 23, 2022

Moral Panics Never Go Out of Style: On the Corrosive Effects of the Culture Wars

Moral Panics Never Go Out of Style: On the Corrosive Effects of the Culture Wars

Arlene Stein Considers the Racism and Homophobia at the Heart of Conservative Activism

By Arlene Stein | November 16, 2022

How Grief and Revenge Made Geronimo Into a Legendary War Chief

How Grief and Revenge Made Geronimo Into a Legendary War Chief

Before Geronimo Became the Apaches’ Fabled War Commander, He Lost Everything

By H.W. Brands | November 8, 2022

How Samuel Adams Fought for Independence—Anonymously

How Samuel Adams Fought for Independence—Anonymously

Stacy Schiff on the Journalistic Pseudonyms of an American Revolutionary

By Stacy Schiff | November 3, 2022

Accumulated Memory: Ken Burns on the Intersection of Individual Intimacy and National Narrative

Accumulated Memory: Ken Burns on the Intersection of Individual Intimacy and National Narrative

“Rhymes of race, freedom, innovation, politics, war, leadership, prejudice, art, and scandal recur vividly and insistently.”

By Ken Burns | November 2, 2022

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