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Trump and Musk's history obsession

The frenemies' strange obsession with historical "accuracy" has disturbing connections to big AI

Salon · Jul 28

Donald Trump hijacked America’s 250 and turned it into a ‘theatre of the absurd’

Trump, laying siege to freedoms and truth itself, is twisting America’s milestone birthday into a joyless occasion

The Guardian - US · Jun 29

Memorial Day 2026 moment of silence time: When is National Moment of Remembrance?

Memorial Day 2026 holiday's origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members, Union and Confederate, between 1861 and 1865.

The Economic Times · May 25

Performance, Museums, History: Trump's Cultural Power Grab

Washington's Smithsonian is a sprawling chain of museums dedicated to both celebrating and scrutinizing the American story -- and the latest cultural institution targeted by President Donald Trump's bid to quash diversity efforts.

International Business Times · Mar 29, 2025

‘Let’s dig into the archives and tell the truth’: interrogating Yale’s connections to slavery

Pulitzer prize winner David Blight follows his biography of Frederick Douglass with a deep dive into his university’s dark past

The Guardian - US · Mar 4, 2025

The 14th Amendment was introduced to help racial justice. Trump’s plans ensure the opposite

Black activists championed the idea of birthright citizenship long before it was introduced to the U.S. Constitution, reports Katie Hawkinson

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2025

1789 or 1866 is not 2024: Why historians have a difficult task in guiding Supreme Court justices as they decide today’s legal issues

History matters at the U.S. Supreme Court, where most justices either embrace or occasionally rely on a form of interpretation called “originalism,” which holds that the original meaning of the Constitution should be sought, and relied on, to decide cases.

The Conversation · Jun 17, 2024

Five things to know about Memorial Day and its profound original purpose: ‘It isn’t just the barbecue’

Someone has always lamented the holiday’s drift from its original meaning

The Independent UK · May 23, 2024

‘The threat isn’t over’: the expert arguing to the supreme court Trump is an insurrectionist

Jill Habig has filed an amicus brief saying the 14th amendment applies to Trump – and the brief gives the court’s originalists a taste of their own medicine

The Guardian - US · Feb 5, 2024

From the Civil War to today’s mattress sales, Memorial Day is full of contradiction

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members

The Independent UK · May 29, 2023