Stuck in the past: Trump tariffs and other policies are dragging the U.S. back to the 19th century
The Trump administration’s current use of 19th-century tools to solve 20th-century problems threatens to take America back to ...
The Long American Tradition of Categorizing Immigrants as Either Good or Bad
In the 19th century, debates about contract workers sorted immigrants into "natural" and "unnatural" categories.
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The Daring 19th-Century Reformers Who Sought to End Prostitution by Offering Financial and Emotional Support to Urban Sex Workers
Led entirely by women, the American Female Moral Reform Society gave material aid to those in need and pushed for men to be ...
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How Trump tariffs mirror 19th century trade wars
History, they say, may not repeat but it rhymes. America's periods of high tariffs dating back to the 1800s carry eerie ...
History Today: How Ronald Reagan survived an assassination attempt
On March 30, 1981, then-US President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured in an assassination attempt outside a hotel ...
Trump’s Flawed Claim that Tariffs Made the U.S. Its ‘Richest’
In arguing for more tariffs on goods imported to the United States, President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the ...
Map Reveals How America's Forests Have Changed Over Time
Trump signed a new executive order this month to decrease reliance on foreign lumber. The order could result in the felling ...
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The 19th Amendment was a key step for women's rights in the U.S.
Nonetheless, women across the United States organized and fought for the ... their fight for national voting rights through the 19th century. Mocked, jailed, beaten, and force-fed, they defied ...
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Inside the largest home in the United States, an incredible 19th-century mansion
Located in North Carolina, the Biltmore estate is the largest private home in the United States, with over 250 rooms. Read ...