Back to the Future; Or, Whenever I Show up to Talk about the Past, My Audience Can Only Hear about the Present
Todd Estes resists comparisons between political moderation in the constitutional era and political moderation in the present day.

The Creoles’ Magician: States’ Rights and Nullification in Louisiana
Joel Walker Sturgeon details Edward Livingstone’s political deftness in negotiating the complicated politics of 1830s Louisiana.

An “Asylum for Mankind”? Migration in the Early American Republic
Connie Thomas questions the old assumption that the postrevolutionary US was uniquely open to immigrants.

The Ghost of the Colonial Master: Modern Political Dimensions of the Wage Paradigm
Mark L. Young traces the spirit of apprenticeship into modern workplace culture.

Colonial Geology and Being Critical of “Critical Minerals”
Gustave Lester reckons with the colonial roots of the new generation of climate technologies.

Lessons Learned from the “Year Without a Summer:” A Call for Studying Climate Persistence
Emma C. Moesswilde highlights the long historical context for climate adaptation, mitigation, and action.

The Roots of Environmental (In)justice in the Early Republic: Development and Dispossession as a Two-Pronged Conquest
John William Nelson re-entangles the histories of dispossession and internal improvements.

In Case of Flooding: Wandering Iron Ruins and Imagining Climate Reparations in a Maryland State Park
Sophie Hess reflects on the layers of human and environmental devastation in the Patapsco Valley.

Searching for a Reusable Past: Public History and the Revolutionary Origins of the Climate Crisis
Blake McGready unearths opportunities for public historians to integrate climate into their interpretation of the past.

Teaching the Climate Crisis in Early American History Courses
Camille Suárez integrates environmental history into her courses to teach the deep roots of our climate crisis.