Long-form essays that trace American political and legal history, such as slave patrols and modern policing or the 1920 census reapportionment crisis, and read current politics through them. It also includes progressive Christian commentary on scripture and public policy.
Website: https://the-civic-algorithm.ghost.io/
Essays on 19th-century German Lutheran history in America, drawing on primary sources such as Der Lutheraner and Lehre und Wehre. Each issue closely reads a single archival page or column and places it in its historical context, with an audio version available.
A personal genealogy and history newsletter that uses family research on upstate New York tenant farmers and westward migration as a lens for questioning settler-centred historical framing. Each issue pairs archival quotes with the author's critical reading of how official sources describe land, population and who counts.
A narrative history podcast with transcripts that walks through the lives of America's First Ladies, one season per era. The excerpted episodes cover Elizabeth and James Monroe's White House years, including Cabinet choices, Spain and Florida, the Missouri Compromise and the Monroe Doctrine.
Long-form explainers on American crime history, covering gangs in Los Angeles, Chicago and Texas as well as cases like Gary Webb's Dark Alliance reporting. Issues combine dates, figures and sourced facts with narrative context and caveats about the data.
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