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  • The First 100 Days of Trump 2.0: A Foreign Policy Assessment
    April 30, 2025

    The First 100 Days of Trump 2.0: A Foreign Policy Assessment

    Dakoda Trithara
  • “To Root Against Your Country”: Crisis, Dissent, and Patriotism Under Nixon and Trump
    April 30, 2025

    “To Root Against Your Country”: Crisis, Dissent, and Patriotism Under Nixon and Trump

    Clio and the Contemporary
  • America in the 1990s—Syllabus
    May 16, 2023

    America in the 1990s—Syllabus

    Paul M. Renfro
  • What AHA President James Sweet Got Wrong—And Right
    November 30, 2022

    What AHA President James Sweet Got Wrong—And Right

    Jonathan Wilson
  • Extremism in the United States: From the Ku Klux Klan to January 6—Syllabus
    August 7, 2022

    Extremism in the United States: From the Ku Klux Klan to January 6—Syllabus

    Austin J. Clements
  • Gaslit Zeroes in on Loyalty to Nixon, But Not Nixon’s Crimes
    July 8, 2022

    Gaslit Zeroes in on Loyalty to Nixon, But Not Nixon’s Crimes

    Michael Koncewicz
  • Suffrage Pie, Honest Watergate Salad, and (Im)Peach-Mint Crumb Cake: Food, Recipes, and Humor as Political Commentary
    October 12, 2019

    Suffrage Pie, Honest Watergate Salad, and (Im)Peach-Mint Crumb Cake: Food, Recipes, and Humor as Political Commentary

    Jessica Derleth
  • Justin Trudeau’s Brownface and Blackface in Historical Context
    September 25, 2019

    Justin Trudeau’s Brownface and Blackface in Historical Context

    Sarah King
  • HIST 380F:  Gender and the Presidency in American History – Syllabus
    September 12, 2019

    HIST 380F: Gender and the Presidency in American History – Syllabus

    Julia B. Haager

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