Considering History: 5 Valentine’s Day Couples to Celebrate During Black History Month
Valentine’s Day offers an opportunity to remember some of the inspiring couples who have shaped Black and American history.
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Considering History: Boston’s Black Heritage Trail and How Much We Still Have to Learn
As we begin this year’s Black History Month, Ben Railton takes us on a walk down Boston’s Black Heritage Trail, a reminder of the contributions of of African Americans to Revolutionary and early America.
Considering History: The 1893 Hawaiian Coup and the Realities of American Expansion
To most 21st century Americans, Hawaii is a tropical paradise. But how that paradise became part of the United States is a long, complex, and often dark story.
Considering History: The 1933 Business Plot to Overthrow America
In 1933, a group on businessmen conspired to unseat President Roosevelt and overthrow the government. One man stopped them.
Considering History: The Forgotten Meanings Behind Classic Holiday Songs
Many of our holiday classics feature compelling stories that have a lot to tell us about American history, pop culture, and some of the most moving reasons for the season.
Considering History: What the Ratification Debates Reveal about the Constitution and America
The Constitution’s ratification process reveals much about our fragile American ideals.
Considering History: Wamsutta James, Thanksgiving, and the National Day of Mourning
In 1970, activist Wamsutta James was forbidden from giving a fiery speech that reframed Thanksgiving from the Native American perspective. He gave it anyway and launched a movement that advocated a different point of view for this holiday.
Considering History: Americans Have Suffered and Sacrificed for the Right to Vote
Voting is a profoundly significant right, as illustrated by the long, often painful, always inspiring history of Americans who have worked to extend that right to all of us.
Considering History: What Early American Writers Knew about Our Scariest Stories
This Halloween, reading some of the foundational American scary stories can help us shiver along with the spookiest sides of society and self alike.
Considering History: Dorothy Thompson Warned of Fascism in the U.S. and in Nazi Germany
Thrown out of Germany for writing about Hitler, journalist Dorothy Thompson went on to warn Americans about fascism in their own backyard.
Considering History: Black Railroad Workers and the Duality of the American Dream
The stories of Black railroad workers embody both the possibilities and the limits of the American Dream.
Considering History: No History of American Labor Should Exclude Slavery
If we link the history of slavery to the labor movement, we can better understand the true interconnectedness of all Americans in the process.
Considering History: Previous Generations Were Not Fundamentally Different: The Story of Benjamin Banneker
The idea that “people in their own times” were fundamentally different from those in our own is an inaccurate view of the past. Take the case of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Banneker.
Considering History: “Religious Liberty” Has Too Often Meant the Freedom to Exclude
The meaning of religious liberty remains contested, part of the longstanding but evolving battle between exclusionary and inclusive visions of our community.
Considering History: For Worse and for Better, the Supreme Court Has Always Shaped the 14th Amendment
The Supreme Court has intervened on a number of occasions to help determine the very meaning of the 14th Amendment, controversial and influential rulings that echo down into this year’s controversial Court decisions.
Considering History: The Contradictions Behind America’s Oldest July Fourth Celebration
America has just commemorated another Fourth of July; it’s more important than ever that we engage the contradiction of both celebrating and being critical of our nation.