Andrew Jackson’s Speech on the Indian Removal Act: Annotated
On September 27, 1830, the United States government and the Choctaw Tribe signed the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first of what would ultimately be almost seventy treaties that...
Voting in American Politics: A Syllabus
...early films, but suffragists well recognized the importance of movies in getting their message out. The Voting Rights Act 1965: Annotated Liz Tracey August 26, 2022 The passing of the...
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...
In the Mood for “Fake” Music?
...critics hear mood music as something to push against, general listeners enjoy a different experience, explains author Liz Pelly. “It turns out that playlists have spawned a new type of...
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...
Smells, Sounds, and the WNBA
...is wildly complex, bouncing off issues of class, race, and our level of control over what goes in our ears. Practicing Patience with al-Ghazali (The Conversation) by Liz Bucar We’re...
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...