Less than a year after the American Revolution, a group of North Carolina farmers hatched a plot to assassinate the colony’s leading patriots, including the governor. In this episode, Boston University historian Brendan McConville talks about the Gourd Patch Conspiracy. […]
Archives for November 2021
DC DISPATCH: Debt Limit Catastrophe
Think it doesn’t matter? Think again.
The Author’s Corner with Nik Ribianszky
Nik Ribianszky is Lecturer of American History at Queen’s University Belfast. This interview is based on her new book, Generations of Freedom: Gender, Movement, and Violence in Natchez, 1779-1865 (University of Georgia Press, 2021). JF: What led you to write Generations […]
Current welcomes Felicia Wu Song as Associate Editor!
Today Felicia Wu Song makes her debut at Current. Check out her piece on the misdoings of Facebook titled “Locked In, Cradle to Grave.” Earlier this Fall, Felicia joined Current an Associate Editor. She is Professor of Sociology at Westmont […]
Evangelical roundup for November 1, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? I am apparently an “elite evangelical.” I also love Cracker Barrel and Waffle House! 🙂 Here is Karen Swallow Prior: And an update on the above tweet: And “Karen’s pastor”: What is a white […]
Locked In, Cradle to Grave
Facebook has us where it wants us