Black Mexico and the War of Independence
The president of Mexico who finally issued the decree ending slavery was of African descent himself.
Wounded Knee and the Myth of the Vanished Indian
The story of the 1890 massacre was often about the end of Native American resistance to US expansion. But that’s not how everyone told it.
How 1920s Catholic Students Fought the Ku Klux Klan
There are few traces today of college students' resistance to anti-Catholic threats, but the ones that remain are powerful.
The Politics of Drinking in Revolutionary Russia
To leaders, the ideal Soviet worker should be sober. Actual workers had other thoughts.
Paul Krugman: Everything Is Political
An interview with the Nobel prize-winning economist on what to do about the “zombie ideas” that animate contemporary political discourse.
This Wrench Smashes Patriarchy: Women and Tools
After World War II, many women in industrial jobs put down their wrenches. But the spirit of Rosie the Riveter couldn't be denied.
The Inner Life of Neoliberalism
Does it seem like left-wingers have a monopoly on therapeutic ideas? Not so fast.
The Jim Crow Army in the Philippine-American War
Some African American soldiers of the conflict thought fighting against fellow people of color was unjust.
How Conservation Is Shaped by Settler Colonialism
The legal concept of "terra nullius"—meaning "no one's land"—influenced European colonialism and continues to shape the practice of conservation.
Four Flowering Plants That Have Been Decidedly Queered
The queer history of the pansy and other flowers.