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Historicism: Understanding History Through Context, Culture, And Inter

AbstractHistoricism is an important approach in the philosophy of history that emphasizes the role of historical context in shaping human thought, culture, and institutions. It arg...

A Brief History of Strategic Tariffs in the U.S.

A May 29 article in the IMF’s F&D Magazine argues in favor of using U.S. tariffs as a policy tool. It begins by questioning the argument for free trade, claiming that economist...

Whitewashing History

International trade policy on America's 250th birthday

A nation requires a shared narrative. It binds its citizens together by giving them a common understanding of their past and a sense of collective identity. For some countries, nat...

From Baseline to Policy: Why a Sustainability Policy Should Come Second

From Baseline to Action: A Practical Sustainability Series by Path Zero

A Short Economic History of the United States

From a slave economy to a global empire in 250 years.

From the Beginning, Politics Triggered Broadcasting

Media scholars argued that politics, not technology, shaped American broadcasting from 1927 on, repeatedly shielding incumbents from competition.

The Troubled History of Government Equity in Technology

Even though Germany privatized Deutsche Telekom in 1996, the federal government retained a substantial ownership stake. This partial state ownership status, which remains to this d...

A brief history of Palestinian intifada, Part 1

AS I observe what is happening with Gaza and the West Bank and Lebanon, I think a step back into history may help many friends who are watching to understand the situation better....

Supporting Collective Bargaining, Unless it Works: The Past and Present of Federal Labour Rights Suppression in Canada

Christo Aivalis This is the third and final post in the Canada Post and Canadian Culture series. Canada Post and its employees have had an undeniable impact on the culture of this...

APSA Advocacy: Policy Updates, Calls to Action & Resources for Members

Policy Updates MAY 29, 2026 — The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a proposed rule that would make drastic changes to the federal guidance impacting all for...

History program to explore Africa's role in changing global politics

The University of Toledo and Toledo Lucas County Public Library will present the Understanding the World: Power, Politics and Global Change program on Thursday.

A timeline of the Occupied Palestinian Territory bill

For almost a decade, potential new laws focusing on Ireland's economic relationship with Israel and the occupied territories in Palestine have been the subject of increasingly inte...

“Lost to History”: Uses and Abuses of the Past in Slaughter and Cook

In these two cases, the Court misread history with an unmistakable result: two fundamentally irreconcilable decisions. The post “Lost to History”: Uses and Abuses of the Past in &l...

The Long and Winding Road: 75 Years of Competition in Health Care Policy

When health economics emerged as a distinct discipline in the late 1960s, mainstream academic and policy paradigms widely presumed that competitive market mechanisms were structura...

A Brief History of Critical Theory

To really understand critical theory, you have to understand its origins, its provenance. What gave rise to it?

From Bloody Kansas to the Rebuilding of Europe

In trying to restore order after World War II, U.S. leaders drew lessons from a dark chapter in their country’s history.

How a Great Historian Influenced the Supreme Court

The History of VA and Serving Veterans: How America Built Its Promise to Those Who Served

The history of VA is really the history of America learning a hard truth: when a nation sends men and women to war, the cost does not end when the shooting stops. It continues in t...

War Time Inflation | Recently Repeated History | US History

Churchill, Keynes, and the General Strike at 100

When Winston Churchill was named Chancellor in November 1924, he is said to have assumed it was the largely ceremonial post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and was as surpr...

A call for people-centered historic preservation

A call for people-centered historic preservation Jennifer Hiatt Mon, 06/01/2026 - 05:00 In "Managing the Magic of Old Places", Jeremy Wells...

Historical 'Truth,' Philadelphia Style

President Trump's recent executive order, "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," states that there has been a "widespread effort to rewrite our Nation's history" and pro...

Nova Scotia’s Rural Museums Remain at Risk!

By Erin Isaac and Cady Berardi In the weeks after a sudden February announcement that twelve provincial museums were slated to close in Nova Scotia, murmurs began to circulate that...