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Christine Lamberson is a historian. Her research and teaching focuses on 20th century U.S. political and cultural history. She’s currently working on a book manuscript about the role of violence in shaping U.S. political culture in the 1960s and 1970s.
Shortly after its introduction, photography transformed the ways Americans made political arguments using visual images. In the mid-19th century, phot…
There are numerous political debates about education policy today, but some of the most heated surround vouchers, charter schools, and other quest…
Debbie Sharnak's new book, Of Light and Struggle: Social Justice, Human Rights, and Accountability in Uruguay (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023)…
In 1865, the Confederacy was defeated, but the military victory did not end the tensions of the war or signal acceptance of a new, more equal nation. …
The story of Manifest Destiny and the role of expansion in American slavery is dominated by the history of Western migration. In A Different Manifest …
In this episode of the podcast, Vaneesa Cook discusses her new book Spiritual Socialists: Religion and the American Left (University of Pennsylvania P…
Though women’s roles in the black freedom struggle remain under-acknowledged, scholars continue to make their importance clear. In her new book, Jim C…
In recent years, the treatment of African Americans by police departments around the country has come under increased public scrutiny. As any student …
The story of Emmett Till’s death at the hands of white Mississippians is well known. For many Americans, it highlights the racism of the Jim Crow Sout…
Criminal justice, policing, and mass incarceration have gained significant political attention recently, and the problems of these systems have drawn …
Fifty years ago, the United States, and many other societies, experienced one of the most turbulent years of the century. In 1968, Americans were deep…
The plight of today's coal miners has gained significant attention in recent U.S. politics. As coal mining practices and technologies change in the Un…
True crime is as popular as ever in our present moment. Both television and podcast series have gained critical praise and large audiences by explorin…
Eddie Cantor was once among the most popular performers in the United States. He was influential and innovative on stage, radio, and film from the ear…
In 1898, the United States took control of the Philippines from the Spanish. The U.S. then entered into a brutal war to make the Filipinos submit to t…
The CIA is a well-known agency to say the least. It is a key part of the United States' national security apparatus and has been for the past 70 years…
Recent popular and scholarly interest has highlighted the complex and brutal system of mass incarceration in the United States. Much of this interest …
Since its infancy, television has played an important role in shaping U.S. values and the American sense of self. Social activists recognized this pow…
Policing tactics have recently been the subject of lively political debates and the target of protest groups like the Black Lives Matter movement. Pol…
For more than 50 years, Huntsville prison put on an annual rodeo throughout the month of October to entertain prisoners, locals, and visitors from acr…
In 1971, prisoners took over Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York. The uprising followed a wave of protests in prisons and jails across th…
The West, particularly the mountain West of states like Colorado, Utah, Idaho, has long had an image as a land of white men. This image dates to the 1…
With the recent economic collapse and rising income inequality, lessons drawn from turn-of-the century capitalism have become frequent. Pundits, polic…
Battles over school politics from curriculum to funding to voucher systems are key and contentious features of the political landscape today. Many of …