400 Years

What God Hath Wrought: From Papal Bull to the Trail of Tears

Before the United States claimed a continent, it inherited an older idea: that discovery by a Christian power could turn inhabited land into empire.

Apr 4 • Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco

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March 2026

One Day in Haiti

The United States speaks in the language of democracy—elections, sovereignty, self-determination. But what happens when those elections produce leaders…

Mar 23 • Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco

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“No One Wants to Fight for Israel”—So Why Does America Keep Doing It?

For generations one relationship has shaped American strategy in the Middle East—though the forces sustaining it are rarely discussed openly.

Mar 11 • Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco

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The Gangster State

Look back, A retrospective.

Mar 4 • Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco

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Roll, Jordan, Roll

Let the waters rise. Let the crossing come. How Black people freed themselves.

Mar 1 • Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco

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February 2026

Civil War 2026

Some say the world is on fire. Others urge restraint. The question is not who is right. The question is what we have forgotten.

Feb 18 • Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco

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When the Greatest American Met the Greatest American

Two reputations, one unequal republic, and the work of moving conviction into action.

Feb 8 • Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco

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Smallwood

In Washington DC, power did not argue. It rode on schedule, working best when it became ordinary. 1 man learned to read that ordinariness—how it was…

Feb 1 • Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco

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January 2026

What History Reveals About The Hard Truths of This Moment in America

The language people are using right now matters. So does who is shocked by it. This piece sits with that reaction and asks what history tells us when…

Jan 28

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The Story of the Police

To understand the modern state, we have to look at what it learned to do at night

Jan 25 • Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco

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Honor Was Their Weapon: The Origin of White Southern Violence

Some societies treat violence as failure. Others treat it as instruction. The antebellum South was not confused about the difference.

Jan 15 • Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco

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“Our Homes, Our Land, and Our Negroes:” Poor White Men and the Confederate Cause

Nothing in this story is hidden. It was said aloud, written down, and passed along—often as common sense.

Jan 5 • Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco

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