Faith leaders: The religion of America’s empire forsakes the whole for the sake of the few
How do we respond to this dawning age of empire through a commitment to creation? We can start in our innermost circle, and ...
Greek Reporter7h
United States of the Ionian Islands: The History of British Rule in Greece
The formation of the United States of the Ionian Islands under British rule in Greece is a little known period of the country ...
Mother Jones11d
What the History of American Expansion Can Tell Us About Trump’s Threats
Racism has sometimes acted as a break on empire. You’ll find moments, including in US history, where expansionists would like to, for example, end a war between the United States and Mexico by ...
Boston Review11d
The Lexicon of Empire
Even before 1960, when seventeen countries in Africa gained independence in a single year, American diplomats had identified ...
The Bulwark2d
Russia Invaded Ukraine. Blame America First.
THE WORD “HUBRIS” HAS COME UP frequently since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine. The most straightforward ...
How a really bad winter delayed George Washington’s Inauguration Day by over a month
The nation's very first Inauguration Day had to be postponed as an exceptionally cold and bitter winter delayed the counting ...