UPI

This is who we are: America's 250-year history of political violence

The day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University, commentators repeated a familiar refrain: "This isn't who we are as Americans." Others ...
insider.si.edu

Shaped by the state : toward a new political history of the twentieth century / edited by Brent Cebul, Lily Geismer, and Mason B. Williams

Papers based on presentations at the conference "Seeing beyond the Partisan Divide", held at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia in the fall of 2016. Contents Introduction. Beyond red and ...
Los Angeles Times

A new era of American political violence is upon us. How did we get here? How does it end?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The U.S. is in a new era of political violence — one that feels starker than any since the fraught days of 1968, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

What Ten Artifacts from the Smithsonian Collections Can Tell Us About the Crazy History of American Politics

Democracy is a loud, chaotic and flashy affair. Presidential candidates have emblazoned their names on T-shirts, socks, underwear, potholders, calendars, coffee mugs and bumperstickers, while ...
The Yale Law Journal

The Radical Roots of the Representative Jury

Today, most Americans accept that the jury is supposed to be a fair cross-section of the community. But where did that idea come from? This Article ...
Rolling Out

The history and politics of Afro-textured hair in America

Black hair has been through more drama than a season finale of Scandal. From braids that carried secret maps during slavery to the never-ending debate over natural vs. relaxed, our hair has been both ...
Salon

This is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence

Others similarly weighed in. Whoopi Goldberg on “The View” declared that Americans solve political disagreements peacefully: “This is not the way we do it.” Yet other awful episodes come immediately ...
CounterPunch

Yes, This is Who We Are: America’s 250-Year History of Political Violence

Others similarly weighed in. Whoopi Goldberg on “The View” declared that Americans solve political disagreements peacefully: “This is not the way we do it.” Yet other awful episodes come immediately ...