Current Events that Relate to History
Recently Published
View AllOriginal features and excerpts of new books
-
Features
AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine
Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room. -
Features
Regime Change
A coin featuring the likeness of President Trump doesn’t have many precedents in American history. The ancient Roman opponents of Julius Caesar could explain why. -
Features
How “History” Became Central at the Supreme Court
Originalists and historians use the past to accomplish very different tasks.
In the Newsletter
View All EditionsCurated collections that explore a different theme each week
-
Book ExcerptThe Origins and Significance of the 1966 Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities
The preservation of the quality of American higher education depends upon our defense of the principles of shared governance.Academe -
Comparison“The Ballot or the Bullet”: Malcom X and the Challenge to Israel
What can a speech in April 1964 tell us about an election in October 2026?Shaul's Substack -
Book ReviewNecessary Villains: Explaining Cultural Marxism
“If Jews didn’t exist, the right would need to invent them, to act as the snake in the garden.”Public Books -
Music ReviewA Map for Loving America
Fifty years ago, Stevie Wonder released "Songs in the Key of Life." Its message still feels urgent.The Atlantic -
CommentDeath Was Never a Joke
Macabre Halloween celebrations risk trivializing man's ultimate fate.Law & Liberty -
Journal ArticleMental Hospitals at the Movies
The horror films of the 1970s captured a cultural shift from fears of institutional abuse to anxieties about psychiatric patients living freely.JSTOR Daily -
exhibitLiving With the Dead
From rituals of mourning to spirit mediums and ghost stories, Americans' varied attempts to connect with those who have gone before us.