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Masks Off
Over the past year and, in particular, over the past month, the United States has suffered an alarming rise in the number of verbal threats, physical assaults, and even murders committed by agents of the federal government against citizens and undocumented immigrants alike. Encouraged to act irresponsibly by Acting President
Work in Progress: Resignations
Work in Progress is a recurring feature on CAMPAIGN TRAILS, in which I share some of the more interesting materials I’ve uncovered in my book-in-progress on the work of John Doar and the Civil Rights Division in the 1960s. There's currently a rebellion brewing in the Department
Work in Progress: Rewriting History
Work in Progress is a recurring feature on CAMPAIGN TRAILS, in which I share some of the more interesting materials I’ve uncovered in my book-in-progress on the work of John Doar and the Civil Rights Division in the 1960s. In my last post, I talked about the Trump White
Rewriting History
The term "revisionist history" routinely gets thrown around in popular discourse as a shorthand for "lying about the past." I've noted before that this is actually quite different from how historians use that term, as we understand that all good historical work is inherently