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On One of America’s Great Conspiracy Theorists (and His Yankees vs. Cowboys Theory of History)

On One of America’s Great Conspiracy Theorists (and His Yankees vs. Cowboys Theory of History)

Andrew McKenzie-McHarg Revisits the Grandfather of Rational Paranoia, Carl Oglesby

By Andrew McKenzie-McHarg | June 24, 2026

For a Historian, the Facts of Any Given Life Disappear the Moment They Occur

For a Historian, the Facts of Any Given Life Disappear the Moment They Occur

Thomas S. Mullaney Considers Family Duty Through the Lens of Historical Practice

By Thomas S. Mullaney | June 24, 2026

The Crops That Created America (Mostly Came From Africa)

The Crops That Created America (Mostly Came From Africa)

Michael Carter Jr. on How People of African Descent Have Shaped American Agriculture

By Michael Carter Jr. | June 24, 2026

On Integrating Unions and Finding “Good White People” in Midcentury Minnesota

On Integrating Unions and Finding “Good White People” in Midcentury Minnesota

Justin Ellis Explores the Labor History of Minneapolis’s Multi-Ethnic Working Class

By Justin Ellis | June 23, 2026

Five Anti-Colonial Travel Narratives You Should Read Before Your Next Trip

Five Anti-Colonial Travel Narratives You Should Read Before Your Next Trip

Terria Smith Recommends Tété-Michel Kpomassie, Noé Álvarez, Jamaica Kincaid and More

By Terria Smith | June 23, 2026

On Waking Up As an American During the Fall of the Soviet Union

On Waking Up As an American During the Fall of the Soviet Union

Jamison Firestone Remembers the Moments Leading Up to the Collapse of the World’s Largest Communist State

By Jamison Firestone | June 22, 2026

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Resistance Against Apartheid Started Young

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Lynda Schuster on the Soweto Uprising in 1970s South Africa

By Lynda Schuster | June 16, 2026

On Time, Pain and the Labor Process: Considering the History of Midwifery

On Time, Pain and the Labor Process: Considering the History of Midwifery

Erin Maglaque Examines Her Own Experience of Giving Birth in the Context of What Has Come Before

By Erin Maglaque | June 16, 2026

A Global Journey: Understanding Centuries of Black Exclusion and Erasure in Healthcare

A Global Journey: Understanding Centuries of Black Exclusion and Erasure in Healthcare

Nicole Carr Explores Her Family’s History of Struggle and Survival in Jamaica

By Nicole Carr | June 16, 2026

On the Rise of Reluctant Heterosexuality

On the Rise of Reluctant Heterosexuality

Sophie Lewis Considers the Plight of Heterofatalism

By Sophie Lewis | June 16, 2026

Five 70s-era queer magazines to revisit this Pride Month.

Five 70s-era queer magazines to revisit this Pride Month.

By Brittany Allen | June 15, 2026

American Patriotism Has Always Privileged the Hopes of the Future Over the Sins of the Present

American Patriotism Has Always Privileged the Hopes of the Future Over the Sins of the Present

Dominic Erdozain on the Contradictions at the Heart of Thomas Jefferson’s United States

By Dominic Erdozain | June 15, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Dante Alighieri is Named Prior of Florence

This Week in Literary History: Dante Alighieri is Named Prior of Florence

(Shortly Before Being Exiled from the City for Life)

By Literary Hub | June 15, 2026

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