An Historic Day My memory. I returned to the dorm after church and was headed to the Rotunda for brunch (there were only two meals on Su...

Conservative historian Tom Nichols offered his views concerning the growing distrust of people who know what they are talking about yesterda...

The electorate of the United States (that's you and me) had a tremendous opportunity to vote for the most unfit character ever. We have ...

Police and Military Attack Oceti Sakowin Treaty Camp from Unicorn Riot on Vimeo .

American Studies Association Statement in Su­pport of the Standing Rock Lakota Nation The American Studies Association stands with the La...

Spokane City Council votes in favor of Indigenous Peoples' Day : SPOKANE, Wash. - The Spokane City Council voted 6-1 Monday in favor of ...

Another school shooting today raises anew why these tragedies occur with growing frequency in the United States. Richard Slotkin spent his c...

Clint Eastwood's presentation at the Republican National Convention has provoked praise and criticism. Few are neutral. Eastwood is a fi...

Richard Eskow offers a sensible assessment of the alleged socialism of President Obama at AlterNet . Eskow's analysis highlights the fai...

Zachary M. Schrag opines at History News Network : But I am still left with the sense that the Five Ponds textbooks too casually mix hist...

[B]ehold a Government, erected by the Majesty of the People--a Government, which to bigotry gives no sanction, to persecution no assistance...

In September 2009, I published " The Joker ," highlighting concerns that at least some members of the Tea Party were tapping into ...

Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury under President George Washington, might be termed the father of the national debt. He suggest...