This is a new series (summer 2017) of one-page, printable handouts that summarize important historical events, movements, crises, and more that form the backdrop for our current political situation; please check back for additions in the near future!

  1. Ellen Schrecker, “McCarthyism, 1947-1960“
  2. Jeremy Kuzmarov, “The U.S. War on Drugs“
  3. Linda Gordon, “The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s“
  4. Robert Oppenheim, “North Korea and Nuclear Weapons“
  5. Geoff Eley, “Is Trump a Fascist?“
  6. Felice Batlan, “Building a Regime of Restrictive Immigration Laws, 1840-1945“
  7. Margaret Power, “Puerto Rico: A U.S. Colony in the Caribbean“
  8. Van Gosse, “Why The United States Is Not A True Democracy, Part One“