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The Author’s Corner with Eran A. Zelnik

Rachel Petroziello   |  January 28, 2025

Eran A. Zelnik is a Lecturer in the Department of History at California State University, Chico. This interview is based on his new book, American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man’s Democracy, 1750–1850 (Johns Hopkins […]

The Author’s Corner with Scott Gac

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 18, 2024

Scott Gac is Professor of History and American Studies at Trinity College. This interview is based on his new book, Born in Blood: Violence and the Making of America (Cambridge University Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write Born […]

The “martydom” of Ashli Babbitt

John Fea   |  June 22, 2022

Over at Vanity Fair, Jeff Sharlet writes about the right-wing religious movement that has emerged around Ashli Babbitt, a women who was shot while breaching the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. Here is a taste: At the podium […]

Charlie Kirk: Democrats are letting migrants into the country because they want to diminish and decrease “white demographics in America”

John Fea   |  September 24, 2021

The evangelical nativist Charlie Kirk, a regular visitor to megachurches across the country, “said the quiet part out loud” yesterday on his radio show. Here is a clip: I have posted the video of the entire show below. The conversation […]

John McWhorter on critical race theory and what is happening in schools under the name of “critical race theory”

John Fea   |  June 17, 2021

The Columbia University professor lets it rip, as he is prone to do, at his Substack newsletter. A lot of things worth considering here. McWhorter has always made a lot of sense to me on this issue. Here is a […]