Seizing the Initiative A Short History of Direct Democracy in America
On April 3, Wisconsin voters will decide the future of the office of state treasurer…
Author Nick Johnson
What’s in the March Issue of The Journal of American History?
The March 2018 issue of The Journal of American History is now available online for subscribers. Included…
Football and Opiates in America Unraveling Dense Histories
In 2016, five years after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared opiate-related…
Billy Graham’s Legacy
When Billy Graham died on February 21, 2018, the media response was immediate, heartfelt, and…
“Disasters Have Histories” Teaching and Researching American Disasters
This interview originally appeared in the February 2018 issue of The American Historian. A category 4 hurricane…
On Statues, History, and Historians
As a cultural geographer, I often teach history to help students understand how the everyday…
What’s in the February issue of The American Historian?
Here’s a quick preview of the newest issue of The American Historian: The February 2018…
Annual Meeting Roundup Preview of “Reinterpreting the American State: Digital History’s Intervention”
For skeptics, digital history has been long on flash and short on substance. “Yes, but…
Veterans Services at National Archives and Records Administration
We’ve often said that the core mission of the National Archives and Records Administration is…
Annual Meeting Roundup Preview of “State of the Field: Abolition and Emancipation”
When it comes to abolition and emancipation, professional historians and the general public alike have…