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Taylor ("Tad") Stoermer teaches public history as a lecturer in the Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies program at Johns Hopkins. He is also the Film and Digital Media Editor of The Public Historian.

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Resistance History Notes and Sources Project: Call for “Beware of False Prophets”

The notes and sources for A Resistance History of the United States are going online — the sourcing, the corrections, the explanations that didn’t make it into the book.

The Shift: Notes and Sources for A Resistance History

A 1 a.m. decision, projects staying on the board, and a question about where the Trump regime's George Washington actually came from

You’re Not in Casablanca

Simple resistance, complex resistance, and why the Germans who opposed Hitler never stood a chance

"As Good As We're Ever Going To Be"

A resistance history of an America of some people. By some people. And for some people.

Barbarians Inside the Gate

Mike Johnson keeps saying the barbarians are inside — not at — the gate. He isn’t misquoting the classics. He’s quoting somebody else, and who he’s quoting, and why, matters right now.

The Untimely Death of One of the Constitution's Most Important Ideas

A resistance history of impeachment — the channel the Framers built so removal wouldn't happen in the streets.

Protest vs. Resistance 101

A Sunday morning Resistance History lesson.

Firing at an Empty Target

Trump ordered warning signs outside the National Museum of American History. The real fight over the American past is happening somewhere else.

The Last Time They Came for a Socialist in Congress

But how he changed America anyway. A Resistance History lesson.

Destroying Democracy to Defend It

There is a campaign to redefine the American left as domestic terrorists, and the Democratic establishment is helping to legitimize it. But we've read this script.

An Ode to Complicated Men

Christopher Nolan is showing us how absolution replaced accountability, on our screens and in our histories