Fifty Years of Combahee River Collective
This piece is a response to our call for submissions, Celebrating Combahee at Fifty: Black…
Browsing: Politics
(Trans)American History across Borders
I am often asked why a historian from France would study the history of California.…
Call for Submissions: Histories of Political Protest in the United States
Process invites proposals and submissions for an upcoming series on protests in U.S. history. We…
Employer Organizing: The Importance of Hobnobbing
As depicted in this cartoon from Square Deal, a magazine published by the Citizens’ Industrial…
The Machiavelli of the Mexican American People: Steelworkers, the Catholic Church, and Building Political Power
Robert Segovia (left) instructing class. Emerito Torres and Agapito Cruz (at chalkboard). Photo courtesy of…
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…
Histories of Abortion in the United States
The Journal of American History compiled the following index for readers who would like to learn…
George Floyd and the End of American Hegemony
An “I can’t breathe” sign in London’s Trafalgar Square. The hashtag #PapuanLivesMatter in Indonesia. Monuments…
Presidential Misconduct, Historians, and History
Forty-five years ago, I was a member of the history faculty at Princeton. At that…