How White Women Organized Against Lynching
...towns where lynchings had taken place, interviewed local judges and sheriffs, and studied public attitudes. More to Explore “Lynch Law in America”: Annotated Liz Tracey February 21, 2025 Ida B....
Joseph McCarthy in Wheeling, West Virginia: Annotated
At the time of this writing, there have been two Red Scares in America. The first began in 1918 in response to heightened fears after the Russian Revolution, the increasing...
“Lynch Law in America”: Annotated
The origins of “lynch law” in the United States are not definitive, but its use to punish those loyal to the British king during the American Revolution (or horse thieves,...
A Presidents’ Day Roundup
...Thomas Jefferson was not then credited with its authorship. The Declaration of Independence: Annotated Liz Tracey December 9, 2021 Related links to free scholarly context on JSTOR for the foundational...
The Power of the Purse
On January 27, 2025, a week into the second Trump administration, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo announcing that all federal financial assistance was being paused...
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: Annotated
Fifteen years ago this month, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC). The decision has transformed how elections are funded in...
Editors’ Picks of 2024
...Annotated Liz Tracey April 19, 2024 Noah Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language declared Americans free from the tyranny of British institutions and their vocabularies. The Magical Furniture of...
What We’re Reading 2024
...1992. If you want to dive into the saga—which contains several other award winners—Bujold has her own recommendations regarding reading order. Liz Tracey Cold Crematorium by Joszef Debreczeni was published...
Annotations: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
In October 1843, Charles Dickens was in dire straits. As Les Standiford wrote in his book, The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career...
The Treaty of Paris 1783: Annotated
The end of Revolutionary War hostilities between the United States and Great Britain came on October 19, 1781, with General Cornwallis surrendering to the Continental Army in Yorktown. While the...