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

The first 100 days of President Trump's second term marks a departure from established US foreign policy, focusing on dismantling international aid and agreements. His administration’s actions, including cuts to USAID and skepticism toward NATO, jeopardize global partnerships. Trump's approach favors unilateralism and transactional relations over multilateral cooperation, risking America's leadership and security in an increasingly authoritarian world.

April 30, 2025 1

Trump Proposes Bracero Program 3.0

Trump has floated the idea of creating a new category of (im)migrant worker to deal with the labor shortages caused by his own deportation program. This type of program has a long history in the United States. What Trump is proposing is a rerun of an old policy that attempts to codify white supremacy by solidifying Anglos at the top of society with a permanent (im)migrant underclass to make the economy hum for the benefit of the wealthy.

April 30, 2025 0

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

While the realities of 2025 are in some ways unprecedented, Americans have felt this way before. The history of the late 1960s–early 1970s—assassinations, the Vietnam War, the Nixon presidency—reminds us that previous generations pushed back against what felt like insurmountable challenges.

April 30, 2025 1

The White Man’s World of the Wild West Survives

Chapter 1 of Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga was a box office failure, but the cowboy masculinity it portrays helps to explain Trump’s victory.

November 27, 2024 0

Fascism or Democracy: The Work Behind, the Work Ahead

If America’s greatness is its love of freedom, who held the firehoses in Birmingham? Who wielded clubs on Edmund Pettus Bridge?

November 7, 2024 0

The Supreme Court’s Not-So-Uniquely Conservative Term

The United States has almost always been a very politically divided nation. Conservative majorities on the Supreme Court are mistakenly viewed as unique to recent years, but they are really the norm in American history. So too is political polarization the norm.

July 24, 2024 0

Biden v. Trump: Parallels with the Past?

Disaffected Americans living in today’s era of wealth inequality may turn to someone new as they did in the past if both Biden and Trump are nominated by their respective conventions this summer, as presumed.

June 30, 2024 0

Game Schedule—After a Long Battle: Congressional Response to the AIDS Epidemic, 1982–1985

See how to schedule and organize a Reacting to the Past Game, with examples from After a Long Battle: Congressional Responses to the AIDS Epidemic, 1982-1985.

June 24, 2024 1

History of Illness and Medicine in America: Pandemics—Syllabus

This course surveys the history of illness and medicine in the US with a focus on viral pandemics, the developments of treatments and prevention, and the experiences of patients, families, medical professionals, researchers, activists, and politicians.

June 24, 2024 2

Reacting to the Past: Using Historical Games in College Classrooms

Interested in adding a historical game to your history class but don't know where to start? Adding a Reacting to the Past game can be a great way to engage students and delve into specific historical events.

June 24, 2024 2

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