MADE BY HISTORYIs it possible to condemn one empire without upholding another?
The danger of making wars into moral crusades.
An overlooked conservative writer helps explain Trump’s enduring appeal
Midge Decter provided the glue that held conservatism together for a half-century.
The tie between the Buffalo shooting and banning abortion
The two may seem unconnected, but a centuries-long history of panic about White birth rates binds them together.
Eurovision has always been a forum for political performance
The song contest has long traced historical and political developments across Europe.
Bringing CPAC to Hungary betrays the origins of the conservative movement
The fight against authoritarianism in Hungary played a key role in building the modern conservative movement.
The parties flipped on abortion, reshaping activism and our politics
How the abortion debate got more extreme.
Digital currencies are repeating the problems of 19th-century paper money
History’s lessons for the volatile digital currency markets.
The solution to formula shortage isn’t calling for more breastfeeding
Claims that mothers lacking formula should just breastfeed repeats a centuries-old mistake.
The model for mobilizing to protect abortion rights beyond voting
“We’re pro-choice and we riot!” How anarchists reframed the fight for abortion.
The Buffalo shooting exposes how history shapes the present
This Northern city was shaped by racial terrorism and persistent advocacy for Black liberation.
The mass shooting in Buffalo reflects deeply rooted American ideas
Until we grapple with our history, white supremacist terrorism will keep happening.
What everyone gets wrong about evangelicals and abortion
Evangelicals started speaking out against legal abortion long before the late 1970s.
Lessons from World War II can help us navigate the baby formula shortage
Children from poor families or with special formula needs are most at risk.
A border security expo in Texas echoes another exposition 5 decades ago
But a legal change has made circumstances — and the goal of the events — very different.
If courts recognize fetal personhood, women’s rights are curtailed
If a fetus has more rights than a pregnant person, the outcome will be forced medical interventions.
History shows that the First Amendment should protect abortion
Antiabortion activists have long sought to prevent this.
Abraham Lincoln supported a wealth tax. Here’s why.
The principles behind the American Revolution justified such a tax.
Putin’s violence undermines centuries of international law and norms
Even cynical readings of the international law tradition speak to its power to shape norms and change behavior.
LGBTQ people are disproportionately incarcerated. Here’s why.
More than a century of homophobia and transphobia have shaped the policing and incarceration of women and trans men.
A formerly enslaved woman helped found a key American university
Mary Lumpkin’s life helps us to better understand the post-Civil War push for education.