Essay Mary Elizabeth Lease: Populist Reformer Kelly A. Woestman Blaming Wall Street for the nation’s economic woes is not a new idea in American history. Over a century ago, Mary Elizabeth Lease, the best-known orator of the Populist era, asserted, "Wall Street owns the country. It is no longer a...
History Now Essay From the President James G. Basker With its refrain “Who lives, who dies, who tells your story,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton reminds us of the fundamental importance of authorship and ownership in shaping our national memory. Systematically excluded on the basis of... Appears in: 57 | Black Voices in American Historiography Summer 2020