For all you educators, librarians, history lovers, and those who have been led to believe that history is boring… from Cloaked in Courage – ©Anne Lambelet Over the next year and a half,…| Beth Anderson, Children's Writer
Earlier this summer, over at Nationhood Lab, we extended our data models to enable researchers to apply the American Nations model in Canada, This also let us create, for the... Read more »| Colin Woodard - Author
On July 4, Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard discussed the project’s groundbreaking work on a shared American story on “Story in the Public Square,” the award-winning public affairs television series broadcast... Read more »| Colin Woodard - Author
On August 14, 2025, the Social Security Act reaches its 90th birthday, a milestone that few social programs achieve. As an academic historian, born in 1950, I have become something... READ MORE The post Social Security: Origin, Accomplishments, & Threats to the 90-Year-Old Act by Edward D. Berkowitz appeared first on University Press of Kansas.| University Press of Kansas
Today’s political conversations often celebrate isolationism. Oddly, the 1920s are still widely considered isolationist even though that depiction was| University Press of Kansas
A key drama at the heart of all our personal origin stories is the saga of how our parents met. I’ve known the basics of this piece of my family history as long as I can remember. My mom and dad met, so the story went, when they were paired as dance partners performing in| Hard Crackers
As the Trump administration calls for the return of domestic manufacturing, there is one industry that managed to resist the outsourcing process of the late 20th century. It only required the destr…| Clio and the Contemporary
On January 20, 2025, the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14148, Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive| University Press of Kansas
In this episode, Jeremi and Zachary Suri are joined by Professor Alan McPherson, an expert on US foreign relations who introduces his new book ‘The Breach: Iran-Contra and the Assault on American Democracy.’ Together, they discuss how this Iran-Contra scandal altered public trust in the American government and set troubling precedents for future administrations. Zachary […]| Not Even Past
This week, Jeremi and Zachary talk with Michael Vorenberg about the difficulties of ending wars in democracies. Their discussion includes various perspectives on when the Civil War truly ended, the challenges of war termination, Lincoln’s approach toward reconciliation, and the lasting impacts of unresolved conflicts. Zachary sets the scene with the poem “O Captain! My […] The post This is Democracy – Ending Wars appeared first on Not Even Past.| Not Even Past
In 1995, Democrats held up a Big Bird doll to laud the importance of children’s television and save public broadcast funding. This strategy does not seem likely to work in 2025.| Clio and the Contemporary
Trump has floated the idea of creating a new category of (im)migrant worker to deal with the labor shortages caused by his own deportation program. This type of program has a long history in the United States. What Trump is proposing is a rerun of an old policy that attempts to codify white supremacy by solidifying Anglos at the top of society with a permanent (im)migrant underclass to make the economy hum for the benefit of the wealthy.| Clio and the Contemporary
The US is experiencing a state of turmoil. Discontent is everywhere. Pundits are openly considering whether the republic can survive the state of crisis.| University Press of Kansas
Back in the old days—the 1970s—when I worked in advertising and was tuned into the marketing tactics that captured the hearts and minds of consumers,| University Press of Kansas