Denial, Distraction, Doubt, and Deceit on the Road to Scientific Disinformation
To this day, many in the United States recall the 1950s as the height of…
Browsing: Commentary
“An unrelinquished claim and vested interest…”: A Conversation with John David Waiheʻe III, Former Governor of Hawai‘i, on the U.S. Apology to the Hawaiian People
In light of the recent 30th anniversary of the U.S. Apology to the Hawaiian people,…
Shock and Awe 20 Years Later: The Iraq War in the History of U.S. Empire
The twentieth anniversary of the Iraq War provides an important opportunity to pierce the fog…
The Iraq War and the Idea of Totalitarianism
U.S. President George W. Bush (at podium) discusses his plan for peace in the Middle…
The Iraq War’s Legacies for Women in Combat
On March 20, 2005, two years to the day after U.S. forces invaded Iraq, Army…
The Reports of Leonora Barry, Knight of Labor: Chronicling Women Workers in the Gilded Age
This piece is a response to our recent Call for Submissions: Histories of Labor in…
The Liberal Party of New York and Independent Labor Politics
This piece is a response to our recent Call for Submissions: Histories of Labor in…
“One Can Sense a New Wave of Pro-life Activism Coming from College Campuses”: Anti-Abortion “Rescues” and Youth Activism in the 1990s Midwest
An anti-abortion activist smashes a pro-choice poster at a rally on the University of Wisconsin-Madison…
The Cuban Missile Crisis at 60: An Imperfect Memory, but a Useful Warning
To say that Russia’s war against Ukraine has escalated in the past month is no…
The Histories of Epidemics in the United States
To assist teachers who are working to historicize the COVID-19 pandemic and to offer our…