One of the most important tenets for me in this inquiry is that of tying what I learn in history to the present. That really is, after all, the contribution history has for us today: allowing us to examine what happened before through varied perspectives and apply those lessons to modern developments. So, I’ll be tracking and elucidating connections between the historical themes I’m researching and modern evidence that those themes are still valuable to us today.
Post list:
Linking Gilded Age Cultural Clashes to Modern Wealth Inequality
Mentions of Government Intervention Today
Is a Second Gilded Age upon Us?
The History Behind Social Security
Relating American Historical Attitudes to the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Military Spending and the Modern Military-Industrial Complex
Critiquing the Effectiveness of the New Deal
How the American Left Conceived Structural Reform During the Great Depression
An American Inquiry 
