Current Events that Relate to History
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AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine
Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room. -
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Regime Change
A coin featuring the likeness of President Trump doesn’t have many precedents in American history. The ancient Roman opponents of Julius Caesar could explain why. -
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How “History” Became Central at the Supreme Court
Originalists and historians use the past to accomplish very different tasks.
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NewsInside Trump’s Push to Bring Christopher Columbus to the White House
A statue of the explorer installed at the White House has a long back story, and the president is banking on it resonating with Italian American voters.Washington Post -
Journal ArticleThe Radical History of Italian Americans
In the early twentieth century, immigrant anarchists organized across U.S. cities and stood at the center of major labor struggles.JSTOR Daily -
First PersonThe Man Beside Me
Twenty-five years ago, Anwar al-Awlaki and I served together as university chaplains. I’m still trying to understand who he was then.Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera -
Book ReviewHow Defunding the Arts Wrought Civic Disintegration
What Was America?: Art, Culture, and Politics in the Bicentennial Era tackles United States’ most ambitious cultural project: the bicentennial.Art In America -
Book ReviewZombie Originalism
Samuel Alito’s efforts to revamp the conservative legal philosophy reveal that a new movement is ascendant.The Atlantic -
Book ExcerptAn Undocumented War: Inside Deportation’s Machinery of Violence
On the lasting impact of American policy on both sides of the US-Mexico border.Literary Hub -
exhibitNative Pasts
This exhibit showcases the cultural, political, and environmental histories of American Indians, from ancient civilizations to contemporary activism.