Gregg L. Michel is Professor of History and Assistant Department Chair at the University of Texas at San Antonio. This interview is based on his new book, Spying on Students: The FBI, Red Squads, and Student Activists in the 1960s […]
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The Author’s Corner with John K. Bardes
John K. Bardes is Assistant Professor of History at Louisiana State University. This interview is based on his new book, The Carceral City: Slavery and the Making of Mass Incarceration in New Orleans, 1803-1930 (University of North Carolina Press, 2024). […]
The Author’s Corner with Jeffrey S. Adler
Jeffrey S. Adler is Professor of History and Criminology and Distinguished Teaching Scholar at the University of Florida. This interview is based on his new book, Bluecoated Terror: Jim Crow New Orleans and the Roots of Modern Police Brutality (University […]
The Author’s Corner with Emily Brooks
Emily Brooks is a Historian and Curriculum Writer at the New York Public Library’s Center for Educators and Schools. This interview is based on her new book, Gotham’s War within a War: Policing and the Birth of Law-and-Order Liberalism in World […]
What were those 1870 buttons all about?
Did anyone wonder why some members of Congress were wearing “1870” buttons? Here is Rory Murphy at Local Today: An “1870” pin worn by members of the Congressional Black Caucus and others at the State of the Union address. As […]
Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville just gave Democrats a gift. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker offers a brilliant thank you speech.
Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure plan passed earlier today. The Democrats are now–literally right now–setting the table for pushing their $3.5 trillion plan to strengthen family services, health care, and initiatives to fight climate change through the Senate. Republicans are trying to […]