Made by History

This yr Indigenous People’s Day marks 100 years since Congress enacted the Indian Citizenship Act, granting U.S. citizenship to Native Americans. Americans are often shocked after they study that those that preceded Europeans on this continent didn’t acquire citizenship for greater than a half century after the Fourteenth Amendment gave that standing to “all individuals […] More

This November, the U.S. residents of Puerto Rico will go to the polls, similar to their fellow U.S. residents. But in contrast to their fellow residents, they will be unable to vote for Senators or Representatives or the President. A U.S. territory since 1898, Puerto Rico has its personal structure and authorities, but it surely […] More

Ismail Haniyeh, political chief of Hamas, was assassinated in July in Tehran. The location of the assassination was notable, as a result of Haniyeh had spent most of his time in Doha, Qatar, since 2017. Most observers concur that Israel was behind the assassination, although it has neither confirmed nor denied doing so, and it’s […] More

Before rising to the highest of the 2024 Democratic presidential ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris championed secure, authorized entry to abortion. On the marketing campaign path she has promised that if Congress passes laws restoring reproductive freedoms, as President she would signal it into legislation. Recent reviews present that restrictions on abortion applied for the […] More

Sixty years have handed because the opening of the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair, the final of the grand-tradition expositions within the U.S. There have been different world festivals that adopted — the final one on U.S. soil got here with the Louisiana World Exposition in 1984 — however none would evaluate in dimension or […] More

The assault on LGBTQ individuals from proper wing Republicans continues unabated. In 2024 alone, 527 anti-LGBTQ payments have been launched in state legislatures throughout the U.S. attacking the rights of queer individuals, and particularly transgender individuals. Tennessee’s ban on gender affirming look after minors is one such invoice, which has not too long ago been […] More

In his first solo rally since changing into Donald Trump’s operating mate, J.D. Vance vowed to an viewers in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, that he would “struggle for each single employee on this nation.” The promise match with the picture Vance has created for himself as embodying the American Dream. Although he grew up […] More

This week, college students will return to campuses throughout the nation. And the remainder of the nation will probably be watching. With a presidential election looming and a harmful warfare waged by one of many nation’s closest overseas allies ongoing, a lot consideration will probably be paid this fall to varsity campuses, to protest encampments […] More

Joe Biden’s option to step apart has resurrected dialogue of Lyndon Johnson, who shocked Americans by doing the identical factor on March 31, 1968. In each circumstances, the Presidents opened the door for his or her Vice Presidents to be the Democratic nominee for President. And but, as a result of Johnson by no means […] More

Academic freedom is below assault within the U.S. This assault has included state censorship of instructional supplies and classroom discussions; bans on initiatives to advertise range, fairness, and inclusion; and proposals to finish tenure and college governance. Many right-wing officers even embrace the notion that conservatives ought to seize and reshape larger schooling to serve […] More

Vice President Kamala Harris’s marketing campaign has been on a roll—stacking up key endorsements and shattering fundraising targets—ever since she emerged because the consensus Democratic nominee for president on July 22.  Her momentum appears more likely to persist via the Democratic National Convention, which begins on Aug. 19.  But if she is to take care […] More