Constitutional Originalism and History
Thanks to President Donald Trump’s nomination of Justice Neil Gorsuch—a self-identified “originalist”—to the Supreme Court,…
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Linking Hunger and Health: The Place of Food Security in the Battle over Healthcare
On the fiftieth anniversary of what became known as “discovery of hunger” in the United…
On Afrocentric History in American Education
Donald Trump was vaguely familiar enough with black history to identify Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman,…
Betsy DeVos and the History of Homeschooling
Of all of President Donald Trump’s controversial cabinet picks, none has received more public scrutiny…
Symbols and Seeds: A Historical View of the National Arts and Humanities Endowments
In a scene from the recent film “Jackie,” Natalie Portman meticulously recreates First Lady Jacqueline…
From the Humanities to Humanism in an Era of Higher Education Reform?
Imagine yourself an early teacher of what comes to be known as the studia humanitatis,…
Humanistic Visions: The Long History of Black History Month
The establishment of Negro History Week in 1926 was a natural outgrowth of more than…
From Devolution to DeVos: A Brief History of the Federal Role in American Education
The current debate over Republican President Donald Trump’s appointment of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of…
Historians Put Immigration Executive Order in Historical Context
Today on #DayWithoutImmigrants, we present a round table on immigration history. In response to President Donald Trump’s Executive…
The Troubled History of American Education after the Brown Decision
[From the February issue of The American Historian] On May 17, 1954, when the Supreme Court…