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When Teaching History‘s Lessons Became “Playing Politics”: Public History’s New War Against Heritage
“Telling people what lesson to take from history?
Jul 23
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When Teaching History‘s Lessons Became “Playing Politics”: Public History’s New War Against Heritage
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Stephen Colbert Isn’t the Crisis. Public Media Is.
What resistance history teaches us about distraction, infrastructure, and the stakes of losing PBS.
Jul 21
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Tad Stoermer
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Stephen Colbert Isn’t the Crisis. Public Media Is.
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Stop Quoting 3.5%. That’s Not Resistance.
What mass movements don’t do, what real resistance does, and why magical thinking won’t stop authoritarian power.
Jul 18
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Tad Stoermer
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Stop Quoting 3.5%. That’s Not Resistance.
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“If You Desert Us, You Most Certainly Will Suffer”: The Original Use of ‘American’ to Terrorize
Two Patriot newspaper editorials from 1775 show how quickly “American” became a violent identity—one defined by threats, hierarchy, and racial control.
Jul 16
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“If You Desert Us, You Most Certainly Will Suffer”: The Original Use of ‘American’ to Terrorize
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Resistance Doesn’t Wait: What the Democratic Party Still Don’t Understand
The Democratic Party’s silence isn’t confusing—it’s the lesson.
Jul 15
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Resistance Doesn’t Wait: What the Democratic Party Still Don’t Understand
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Project 2029 Isn’t Resistance: Lessons from History in a Democracy Emergency
The Democratic Party stíll has no plan to defend democracy—but let’s discuss what a real plan has looked like and what an opposition plan should look…
Jul 14
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Tad Stoermer
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Project 2029 Isn’t Resistance: Lessons from History in a Democracy Emergency
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The Problem with Ken Burns Isn’t Just the History
Ken Burns built a career telling sentimental stories that helped shape white American memory. Now, as his Revolution series nears release, I was asked…
Jul 11
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The Problem with Ken Burns Isn’t Just the History
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Vance’s Heritage Citizenship: The Past as Blueprint, Not Prologue
How the far right is using the Constitution of the First Republic to end multiracial democracy.
Jul 10
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Vance’s Heritage Citizenship: The Past as Blueprint, Not Prologue
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Frederick Douglass’s Double-Edged Sword: The Language He Shouldn’t Have Had to Use
“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” and the coercive language of American exceptionalism.
Jul 6
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Tad Stoermer
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Frederick Douglass’s Double-Edged Sword: The Language He Shouldn’t Have Had to Use
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This Independence Day, Think About America’s Real Founding Creed
The lesson of July 4th isn’t freedom. It’s who gets to have it, who gets to determine it—and who gets disappeared so others can feel patriotic.
Jul 4
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This Independence Day, Think About America’s Real Founding Creed
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Why Today’s Authoritarians Don’t Need a Reichstag Fire
In February 1933, just four weeks after Hitler was appointed Chancellor, the Reichstag went up in flames.
Jul 3
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Why Today’s Authoritarians Don’t Need a Reichstag Fire
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Stop Trying to Save America’s Myths — They Are Killing Us
Democrats — and too many historians in their circles — need to wake up about the power of storytelling.
Jul 3
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Stop Trying to Save America’s Myths — They Are Killing Us
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