Writing the Trump Years into History
https://www.newyorker.com/news/american-chronicles/writing-the-trump-years-into-history
How do you bring an American-history textbook up to date when the country’s past has become a political battleground?
https://www.newyorker.com/news/american-chronicles/writing-the-trump-years-into-history
How do you bring an American-history textbook up to date when the country’s past has become a political battleground?
The American Revolution Wasn’t the Main Event
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/11/republic-and-empire-trevor-burnard-andrew-jackson-oshaughnessy-book-review-freedom-round-the-globe-sarah-pearsall
Americans have long imagined that they set off a global age of revolt. Seen within the era’s wider wars of empire, the story looks rather different.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/11/republic-and-empire-trevor-burnard-andrew-jackson-oshaughnessy-book-review-freedom-round-the-globe-sarah-pearsall
Americans have long imagined that they set off a global age of revolt. Seen within the era’s wider wars of empire, the story looks rather different.