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A history of indigenous-US relations in Minnesota in the wake of the murders of Nicole Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

Conservatism faces a populist shift, but traditional Ronald Reagan-era ideas of growth, limited government, and originalism remain the preferred path.

On the “Men on the Spot” responsible for colonial expansion.

The subversive insights that a 19th-century Social Gospel crusader came to through efforts to reconstruct the earliest version of the sacred text.

Suzannah Herbert’s new documentary explores a town grappling with its history of enslavement.

As a Polish émigré and fervent Polish nationalist, Zbigniew Brzezinski focused most of his fear on the Soviet Union.

The environmental degradation that galvanized a national movement for change, and the corporate backlash that threatens to bring it back.

In 1876, Porfirio Díaz successfully deposed the Mexican government. He couldn’t have done it without the help of powerful Americans.

A community music archive preserves the history of Black arts and culture in Portland—and fortifies its future.

Economic self-interest shaped how New Yorkers responded to British taxes and imperial crackdowns.

Guano imperialism kicked off an age of exploitation.

The making of a myth.

Our new age of violence looks a lot like the Gilded Age.

As President Trump seeks to reshape its museums and other cultural institutions, wall text has become a battleground and documentation a form of resistance.

The patriotism embraced by American laborers united immigrant workers across backgrounds, but can that solidarity be reclaimed today?

They prophesied the downfall of modern liberalism.

Courageous and frank communication can echo across history and inspire change long before the world is ready to accept it.

Historian Thomas A. Foster discusses his new book "Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men".

The Garland Fund was not a typical foundation, but its history shows the potential role philanthropy can play in moments of rising authoritarianism.

Protestors have long understood the importance of securing photographic images of their activism.

Historians have debunked many of the popular theories surrounding the tune’s creation. Still, its legacy as a patriotic anthem endures.

As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence, our founding charter remains central to our national life.

As a movement builder, spokesperson, and candidate for the presidency, Jesse Jackson was a towering figure of progressive politics in his era — or any era.

A century later, Frank Matsura’s images are still at the heart of families’ memories.

A forgotten deportation, a family archive, and the cost of belonging.

The traditional narrative of an integrationist vs. Black Power binary fades in the context of global movements for self-determination.

Black anti-fascists have long warned about creeping fascism, from slavery to mass incarceration to ICE terror.

A Talmudic tale of an attempt to cheat death is a metaphor for the Trump's attempts to portray U.S. empire as alive and well.

How did the GOP become a haven for slogans and ideas straight out of the Third Reich?

The forgotten history of the US government’s war against the Seminole.

He ran for President twice on the concerns that still define American political life—inequality, affordability, and vanishing jobs.

Across the American rail network, passenger trains run slower today than they did before the Second World War. What happened?

Great leaders succeed by choosing who else leads.

New laws mandating Ten Commandments displays may be upheld via originalism, despite the Constitution’s historically secular foundations.

The third installment of Ken Burns's series focuses on the war's carnage, but leaves viewers confused about the role it played in the nation's founding.

A nation that wants to forget its past must be reminded of all of it.

Instead of picketing, striking autoworkers in Flint, Michigan, tried a bold tactic that gummed up the works and forced the company to recognize their union.

A conversation about the afterlives of Cold War liberalism, which justified illiberal acts in the name of defending liberalism.

Will an A.I. restoration of “The Magnificent Ambersons” right a historic wrong or desecrate a classic?

To some cops and their unions, the federal invasions of American cities are a chance to undercut the already fraying democratic constraints on police power.

On "Femvertising" and fashion as feminism.

Learning on tablets at The People’s House.

Three simple words for a complex reality.

He was never the caricature his critics wanted him to be.

Jesse Jackson's lost legacy.

Born in the Jim Crow south, he dedicated his long career to fighting for economic justice for all.

A petition accusing Palestinians’ advocates of committing a “blood libel” occasions a reflection on Solomon Schecter‘s 1909 speech about Abraham Lincoln.

On the Black music scene in mid-twentieth century Minneapolis.

Children in the 19th century happily consumed wild plants and organ meats. What happened?

The use of unlawful imprisonment during the ‘war on terror’ set the stage for the US government’s detentions and deportations today.