Labor Day: A Celebration of Working in America
...they went on strike against Ford. But was this a victory? “Now We Can Begin”: Annotated Liz Tracey August 25, 2023 To mark the 1920 ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment...
Richard Nixon Redux
...how much we still don’t know about Watergate and the Nixon Administration The Pardon of President Nixon: Annotated Liz Tracey September 8, 2022 President Ford’s unconditional pardon of Richard Nixon...
Celebrating the Fourth of July
...related to the holiday and its history. Independence, Expanded “What to the Slave is The Fourth of July?”: Annotated Liz Tracey July 4, 2023 On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass...
Reading for Juneteenth
...when it has real-world consequences. “What to the Slave is The Fourth of July?”: Annotated Liz Tracey July 4, 2023 On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a Fourth of...
An Editor Bids JSTOR Daily Farewell
...cocaine provided a willing workforce for our capitalist economy. Now, Americans are turning to ADHD medications. Stuck in the Midden with You Liz Tracey January 5, 2020 A midden is,...
The Federalist No. 1: Annotated
In May 1788, the second volume of what would come to be called The Federalist Papers, a collection of both new and previously printed essays written to sell the ratification...
Webster’s Dictionary 1828: Annotated
Sometimes, a dictionary is more than just words and definitions—it may be intended to serve as a declaration of linguistic independence. When Noah Webster’s first edition of the American Dictionary...
Missouri Compromise of 1820: Annotated
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was neither the first nor the last time the men of American government “compromised” on the issue of slavery, and the freedom of more than...
“Heed Their Rising Voices”: Annotated
On February 1, 1960, four young men, students at the historically Black North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College (NCA&T), went to Woolworth’s in Greensboro and sat down at the lunch...
The Fourteenth Amendment: Annotated
On February 8, 2024, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in Trump v. Anderson: whether a state (Colorado) can remove a presidential candidate from a primary ballot under...