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Read @oliviapaschal.com on Upton Sinclair’s “The Flivver King.” www.hnn.us/article/what...
For Upton Sinclair, Henry Ford’s billion dollars are shackles, “chains upon his legs, making certain that he would never walk alone, and chains upon his mind, so that he would think no thought of which the billion dollars did not approve.” www.hnn.us/article/what...
“People become king, and then they go crazy,” Elon Musk’s ex-wife Talulah Riley told his biographer. The same might be said of Henry Ford, at least as he is fictionalized — with both an exacting rage and sympathy — in Upton Sinclair’s novel “The Flivver King.” www.hnn.us/article/what...
Good chance this piece will be on the syllabus for my U.S.-Latin America class. A nuanced take on U.S. business interests allying with Porfirio Díaz to put him in power. With a cameo by the Stillmans, who figure into my work.
“What have the years done to him? What has his billion dollars made of him?” Read @oliviapaschal.com on Upton Sinclair’s 1937 novel about Henry Ford. www.hnn.us/article/what...
Throughout this sestercentennial year, Continuum will be taking stock of the ways the Declaration’s big anniversary is being commemorated in the public sphere. We figured we’d kick off our 250th series with a look back at the history of revolutionary history itself. mailchi.mp/historynewsn...
After his death, there developed a legend that he had once bemoaned: “Poor Mexico! So far from God, and so close to the United States!” Although the line is apocryphal, there is an element of truth behind it. www.hnn.us/article/ther...
This week in the newsletter, we offer readings on the history of the very long and lopsided relationship between the U.S. and Mexico. mailchi.mp/historynewsn...
In 1876, Porfirio Díaz successfully deposed the Mexican government. He couldn’t have done it without the help of powerful Americans. Read our latest feature from Barney Hagan. www.hnn.us/article/ther...
A trove of letters-to-the-editor from the early 1900s show how Arturo Schomburg viewed newspapers as a bulwark against white supremacy throughout the Americas. www.hnn.us/article/thep...
Great article on how "efficiency" is weaponized by governments.
"Efficiency is a symbol and a value claim far more often than it is the actual answer to a math problem... a defensible alibi for more unpopular ideological movements and attacks on the most vulnerable."
www.hnn.us/article/how-...
This week in the newsletter, we kick off our 250th series with a look back at the history of revolutionary history itself. mailchi.mp/historynewsn...
How did Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show tap into a 200-year old tradition of elevating hemisphere over nation in the struggle against imperial rule? Read this fascinating @myhnn.bsky.social piece by @arturochang.bsky.social, author of the forthcoming A New World of Revolutions:
Check out the latest on @myhnn.bsky.social: an excerpt from Kelley Kreitz's Work, "Printing Nueva York."
Kreitz explores early 1900s letters-to-the-editor, highlighting Arturo Schomburg's view of newspapers as defenses against white supremacy in the Americas.
Coolidge resisted any understanding of the past that diverged from the way he understood it. Trump, following in his footsteps, means to eclipse historical interpretations of America’s founding that arrive at different conclusions about where the country should head next. www.hnn.us/article/an-a...
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On the United States’ 150th birthday, Calvin Coolidge said that the country’s work was done. Not everyone agreed. www.hnn.us/article/an-a...
From Bolívar to Bad Bunny, there is a long American history of emancipatory visions that transcend national borders. ⬇️ 🗃️
Read Bruce W. Dearstyne on the history of presidents who resist any understanding of the past that diverges from the way they understood, interpreted, and presented it. www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/an-a...
For President Calvin Coolidge, the sesquicentennial was an opportunity to reassure Americans that the country’s work was done. www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/an-a...
Read @arturochang.bsky.social on the history behind Bad Bunny’s statement that America, as an identity and a community, need not be confined to the zero-sum politics of nationalism and the nation-state system. www.hnn.us/article/the-...
The Superbowl LX halftime show tapped into a 200-year old tradition of elevating hemisphere over nation in the struggle against imperial rule.
www.hnn.us/article/the-...
I wrote a short article for @myhnn.bsky.social analyzing the hemispheric histories behind Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime shown. I show that hemispheric discourses have long been used to combat the politics of empire. Link below!
www.hnn.us/article/the-...
Introducing Continuum, the brand new newsletter from HNN and @bunkhistory.bsky.social. mailchi.mp/historynewsn...
Re-upping my piece from a few weeks ago. Yes, ICE's murder of Alex Jeffrey Pretti is a 2nd Amendment issue. But looking at it from the perspective of why we have the #2A in the 1st place, his gun has nothing to with that.
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It’s that time of year again, when we pick our favorite pieces of short-form history writing from the year just concluded. It’s never an easy task, and always entails some very tough decisions!
But without further ado, we present the 2025 Bunk Top 40:
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Read the short-form history writing that moved, impressed, and taught @bunkhistory.bsky.social’s editors the most this year. www.bunkhistory.org/resources/be...
The Second Amendment was meant to prevent events like the Boston Massacre — not by flooding cities with guns, but by avoiding those situations in the first place. www.hnn.us/article/depl...
Revisit all the book excerpts we published in 2025 here. www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/cate...
And Katherine Churchill on how the pages of 1950s lifestyle magazines offer a glimpse of a time when childhood vaccines were anything but controversial. www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/good...