immigrants

When “Fake News” Was Banned: An America Trump Might Have Loved

by Adam Hochschild

Exactly 100 years ago, this country’s media was laboring under the kind of official censorship that would undoubtedly thrill both Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo.

A Victory for the Immigrants’ Rights Working Group of Historians for Peace and Democracy

by Margaret Power and Alexander Aviña

On January 5, 2020, the Business Meeting of the American Historical Association passed a resolution condemning affiliations between ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and higher education.

Refuge for Fugitives

by Steve Kantrowitz

Instead of seeking to overcome their association with slavery, antebellum African American activists built their activism around it. We can learn from this history.

Mass Expulsions of Mexican Migrants Are Being Readied without Proper Planning

by José Angel Hernández

This undoubtedly will lead to a humanitarian crisis.

Alan Kraut's OAH Presidential Address Is Now Online -- How Immigrants Crafted a New Identity

 The great lengths immigrants went to, to fit in.

Pennsylvania’s 175-year heritage of immigrant toil and anthracite wealth is lost as Huber Breaker Historic Site is Demolished for Scrap

Bankruptcy Court finds the Huber Breaker’s 900 tons of steel, valued at $85,000, was a much higher worth than preserving the keystone historic site.