George Washington in Cambridge and the Birth of a Nation
There was little or no mention of American independence when General George Washington arrived in…
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From Devolution to DeVos: A Brief History of the Federal Role in American Education
The current debate over Republican President Donald Trump’s appointment of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of…
Historians Put Immigration Executive Order in Historical Context
Today on #DayWithoutImmigrants, we present a round table on immigration history. In response to President Donald Trump’s Executive…
Escaping the Robot’s Loop: Westworld and the Politics of Consciousness-Raising
Spoilers for Season 1 of Westworld below. “Some people choose to see the ugliness in this world,…
The Troubled History of American Education after the Brown Decision
[From the February issue of The American Historian] On May 17, 1954, when the Supreme Court…
Remembering Sara Rosas Garcia
In 1939 Sara Rosas Garcia sued the state of California because her 19-year-old daughter Andrea…
Those Revolting Bureaucrats
Seemingly out of nowhere, it began as soon as President Trump was inaugurated. We’ve been…
How to Train an Obstetrician: Lessons from the Chicago Maternity Center
On Saturday, January 21, 2017, hundreds of thousands concerned about reproductive healthcare in the Trump…
Women Unite! Lessons from 1977 for 2017
Forty years ago, in a very different political climate, when the Republican and Democratic Parties…
History Professors on Screen
Is it time for Indiana Jones to move over? NBC this fall aired a new…