Roundup Top 10!
A University’s Betrayal of Historical Truthby David W. Blight, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Kevin M. LevinThe University of North Carolina agreed to pay the Sons of Confederate Veterans $2.5 million—a sum that rivals the endowment of its history department. |
Trump’s Legacy Is Being Written Right Nowby Carolyn EisenbergThe articles of impeachment against the president will reverberate through time and set the terms of possible reforms. |
Nikki Haley gets the history of the Confederate flag very wrongby Adam H. DombyOn Friday, Haley declared the Confederate flag was “hijacked” by the racism of a single white supremacist terrorist in 2015, and that before then, “people saw it as service, sacrifice and heritage.” |
How teachers advocating for their students could backfireby Diana D'Amico PawlewiczIt reinforces the view of teachers as self-sacrificing servants instead of highly trained professionals. |
Donald Trump is attacking both Jews and the left with one clean blowby Kate AronoffAnti-Semitism and anti-leftism share a violent and intimate history that is being revived under Donald Trump. |
A proposed EPA rule prioritizes industry profit over people’s livesby Mona Hanna-AttishaLimiting access to peer-reviewed science undermines the agency’s effectiveness. |
Don’t Embrace Originalism to Defend Trump’s Impeachmentby Saul CornellLiberal legal scholars are at risk of falling into a right-wing trap. |
Worcestershire Sauce and the Geographies of Empireby Julia FineThe complex origin of Worcestershire sauce reveals the ways that imperial ideals and aspirations — both in Britain and the colonies — structured not only British food habits, but also the ways in which companies presented such foods to the public. |
50 years ago, LAPD raided the Black Panthers. SWAT teams have been targeting black communities ever sinceby Matthew FleischerFor one of the most dramatic moments in American policing, the raid on the Panthers headquarters is a relatively small historical footnote. But in the years since, SWAT has become a mainstay of modern policing. |
The Emergence of Abraham Lincolnby Sidney BlumenthalHow America’s 16th president went from virtual obscurity to ending slavery. |