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The Best of (Written) Skipped History in 2022

Professor Stephen Nissenbaum on Santa Claus’ Elitist Origins

Professor Stephen Nissenbaum on Santa Claus’ Elitist Origins

How Elite New Yorkers Invented Modern Santa

Skipped History Year in Review

A little more (suspect) Thanksgiving history

Professor David J. Silverman on the Thanksgiving Myth

Professor David J. Silverman on the Thanksgiving Myth

A Brief History of the Conservative Cuban American Vote

Three Videos and an Interview on School Wars

Dr. Joseph Moreau on 150 Years of School Wars

Henry Ford and the Deforestation of the Amazon

Professor Kevin M. Kruse on "suburban secession"

Professor Kevin M. Kruse on "suburban secession"

A brief history of power in Puerto Rico

Professor Kellie Carter Jackson with Lessons from Black Abolitionists

Professor Kellie Carter Jackson with Lessons from Black Abolitionists

The Other Time Conservatives Shipped Migrants North

Dr. Karen L. Cox on Confederate Monuments

Dr. Karen L. Cox on Confederate Monuments

100 Years of Segregating Public Housing

The "cycle of over-policing and rebellion" with Professor Elizabeth Hinton

Professor Elizabeth Hinton on Funding the Police

Union Support ≠ Worker Protections

Professor Adam Winkler on Limitless Political Spending

Professor Adam Winkler on Limitless Political Spending

When the Race Card Became the Mommy Card

The Soul Food Scholar on BBQ History

The Soul Food Scholar on BBQ History

The Reversal of the Chilean Coup

Professor Brianna Theobald on Native Reproductive Rights

Professor Brianna Theobald on Native Reproductive Rights

The Endless War Over Native Water

Abortion and Birth Control Have Always Been Linked

Dr. Kelly O'Donnell and Professor Lauren MacIvor Thompson on Birth Control and Abortion

The Big Money, Anti-Abortion Alliance

Dr. Gillian Frank on the Decimation of Roe v. Wade

Dr. Gillian Frank on the Decimation of Roe v. Wade

The Burbs Driving Our Political Future

Professor Annette Gordon-Reed on Juneteenth

Professor Annette Gordon-Reed on Juneteenth

The Texas Rangers and Uvalde

More Skipped History heading your way

The Root of Student Debt

The Rise and Stall of Black Banking

The Unheralded Growth of Prayer in Schools

White Evangelicals ❤️ Toxic Men

The Origins of Gay Pride

The NRA’s Most Lethal Lobbyist

A couple of reactions to Ukraine

Why Police Shootings are Still Going Up

The Damaging Allure of Florida

When MLK was First Whitewashed in Schools

How a Dispute Over Shrimp Led to the Capitol Riot