u.s. history
Why August 28 Is Such a Special Day in Black History
So much has happened on this date.
By Jameelah Nasheed
The Case for Open Borders
Borders “are a direct result of colonialism and maintain a neo-colonial worldview.”
By Will Meyer
Why I Study the Bones of Enslaved Human Beings
Evonne Turner-Byfield is confronting anthropology’s racist, colonialist past.
By Ezra Lerner
We’re Creating the Conditions for a New Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was largely a man-made environmental emergency.
By Sophie Vaughan
Uncovering the True Horrors of Indian Residential Schools
The bodies of thousands of Indigenous children have been discovered at schools in the U.S. and Canada.
By Ruth Hopkins
Everything You Need to Know About Recessions
How can we know if we’ve entered one, or when it’s over?
By Jacqui Germain
The Historical Narrative About Geronimo Is All Wrong
He’s depicted as a savage or a sideshow character. That's not the real story.
By Ruth Hopkins
Teachers See Bans on Discussing Race in School As a ‘Political Ploy’
“[Lawmakers] created a problem that did not exist.”
By Mary Retta
The Mississippi Burning Murders Forced a Reckoning
The KKK’s murders of civil rights workers led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
By Alexa Stevens
What Does Juneteenth Mean to the Incarcerated?
More than 150 years after the end of slavery, the U.S. still mass imprisons Black men.
By Elsabet Franklin
Republicans Are Trying to Rewrite America’s Racist History
That’s what the “critical race theory” debate is really about.
By Jameelah Nasheed
How McCarthy’s Anti-Communist ‘Red Scare’ Is Still Relevant Today
“We’re [still] willing to buy these simplistic solutions.”
By Sophie Hayssen
Harvey Milk Brought LGBTQ Americans Into the Streets
“His whole point was that America had to see that we were everywhere.”
By Lex McMenamin
The U.S. Needs a New Constitution
This is a less radical proposal than it may seem.
By Victoria Abraham
The Confederate Flag: A Controversial Piece of American History
The rebel flag is a symbol of terror, torture, and oppression.
By Jameelah Nasheed
A Brief Timeline of Anti-Asian Discrimination in the U.S.
From the gold rush through the Muslim ban.
By Nicholas L. Hatcher
29 Best History Memes That Are Totally Hilarious
History class doesn't have anything on these memes.
By Kristi Kellogg
Inside This City’s Historic Move to Provide Reparations
The funding comes from a tax on legal marijuana.
By Rita Omokha
A Brief History of Policing in the United States
“Police departments are descendants of U.S. chattel slavery.”
By Olga M. Segura