Policy changes under Trump have reshaped veterans’ mental health care access, raising concerns about continuity of treatment,...
Military
Military history examines how organized warfare shaped states and the lives of those drawn into conflict. Explore the forces and strategies that influenced events across different societies.
In the fourth century CE, Constantine’s embrace of Christianity reshaped the Roman army, entwining imperial loyalty with...
The Teutonic Order embodied militarized monasticism, revealing how crusading piety and territorial ambition merged in medieval Europe’s...
In sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain, the army enforced Catholic orthodoxy, revealing how confessional unity became inseparable from...
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the Japanese Imperial Army intertwined with State Shinto, fusing militarism, emperor...
The Neo-Assyrian Empire demonstrates with unusual clarity how internal coercion can move from contingency to structure. By...
Four women went on strike at Fort Devins to do skilled jobs instead of ‘maid work’. In...
When the smoke cleared over the Anacostia Flats, the veterans’ camps lay in ashes, and with them,...
The American Founders inherited from England a profound distrust of military power, tested it in the crucible...
The spectacle of federally controlled soldiers patrolling American cities has forced the country into a confrontation with...
Trump’s speech crystallized a vision of America at war with itself, a vision in which cities are...
Together, Trump and Hegseth represent the convergence of hubris and inexperience, with the potential to steer the...
The Trump administration has already blurred lines between civilian leadership and partisan loyalty, and Hegseth’s rhetoric about...
Whether spoken before the gods of Rome, a medieval lord, a constitutional text, or a dictator, the...
Without further explanation and clearer evidence of the threat these groups pose to the American people, it...
Nineteenth-century Americans cast ballots with soldiers often looming nearby. Political life has always been conducted at the...
The deployment of the National Guard to Washington is less a security measure than a performance. It...
Pete Hegseth’s embrace of Christian nationalism inside the Pentagon is more than symbolic. It is a test...
Once accepted for service, the dogs went to the Dog Detachment Training Center at Camp Lejeune. By...
The presence of troops in American streets no longer shocks. That may be the most lasting erosion...
The ancient concept of law enforcement was fundamentally different from today. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction...
In fact, in Los Angeles, protests have been overwhelmingly peaceful. By Michael Waldman, J.D.President and CEOBrennan Center...
Precedents set during times of crisis often linger and become tools for oppression. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic...
Trump’s actions in Los Angeles are part of a larger effort to militarize immigration enforcement. By Dr....
After the passage of the Militia Acts of 1792, the U.S. Army refused to enlist black men....
Trump wants to use the U.S. military to enforce his policy agenda. By Hayley Durudogan, J.D.Senior Policy...
Trump wants to violate Posse Comitatus and be a dictator. By Molly ReddenReporterProPublica By Andy KrollReporterProPublica By...
Lasting harms of a discriminatory past. By Anne Marshall-ChalmersInvestigative JournalistThe War Horse Introduction On weekends, Staff Sgt....
Colonel Francis P. Miller’s allegations exposed corruption, black-market profiteering, and collapsing discipline in occupied Berlin, turning America’s...
He voted the same way in 2019 and 2020 but doesn’t like it now. By Doug Bock...