Political attacks on higher education are escalating as we approach next year’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Members of the Trump Administration, state legislatures, and think tanks like the Heritage Foundation call universities “the enemy” to justify severe funding cuts, …#MadebyHistory
America’s Founders Valued Higher Education

Many of the Trump Administration’s recent actions, from its deployment of the National Guard and the Marines to Los Angeles to its military parade on June 14—which ostensibly commemorated the U.S. Army’s 250th year, but also happened to fall on the president’s birthday—threaten to politicize …#MadebyHistory
History Shows us Why a Non-Partisan U.S. Military is Essential

This month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Navy would rename the USNS Harvey Milk, named after the assassinated gay-rights icon, Navy Veteran, and San Francisco politician. The decision is the latest in a series of actions by the Trump Administration during its second term that …#MadebyHistory
The Lavender Scare and the Long History of LGBTQ Exclusion in America

The Trump Administration recently cut funding to the 400 Years of African American History Commission. Another cut targeted the Whitney Plantation in Louisiana and its planned exhibit on resistance to slavery, which had been in the works for three years and was planned to open January 2026. Along …#MadebyHistory #freelance
Brazil Demonstrates that You Can’t Erase Black History

In late April, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order that many international onlookers viewed as a startling provocation: he directed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to expedite its process for issuing commercial deep sea mining permits in areas beyond U.S. …#MadebyHistory #freelance
Trump May be Repeating Reagan’s Deep Sea Mining Mistake

As summer approaches, America’s national parks are bracing for an influx of visitors, even as deep federal cuts to park services likely mean fewer camp employees, closed campgrounds, long lines, and cancelled programs. Travelers have been warned away from some national parks by experts, urged to …#MadebyHistory #freelance
The American Tradition of Trying to Address Anxiety with Parks

Since the College of Cardinals selected Robert Prevost to become Pope Leo XIV on May 8, the first American Pope has generated much attention, with numerous publications attempting to peel back the curtain on the true identity of the new pontiff. Yet, the Pope himself may have told the world …#MadebyHistory #freelance
The History Behind Pope Leo XIV’s Name

Standing in front of the cascade of crimson curtains on the balcony of Saint Peter’s on the evening of May 8, with an emotional crowd undulating below him, the new pope, Leo XIV, gave his first address “Urbi et Orbi,” to Rome and the world, proclaiming “I am a son of Saint Augustine.” Pope Leo XIV …#MadebyHistory #freelance
What the History of Saint Augustine Can Teach us About Pope Leo XIV

Policymakers have been falling prey to the lure of ignoring sound economics for centuries. In 1787, right after the ratification of the Constitution, the U.S. government charted the Bank of the United States. The brainchild of Alexander Hamilton, the Bank carried out some of the functions of a …#MadebyHistory #freelance
When Policymakers Ignore Economists’ Warnings the Results Have Historically Been Catastrophic

In a recent press conference at the White House with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, Trump repeated some Afrikaners’ claims to be undergoing a “genocide”—a far-right conspiracy with no grounding in fact. Murder rates are high in South Africa; the vast majority of victims are Black. Trump’s …#MadebyHistory #freelance
The Long History of the U.S. Backing White South Africans