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Title	Author	Issue
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) “With Malice Toward None”	Meacham, Jon	Winter 2023
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Fifty Years at National Geographic	Klein, Gil	Winter 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) FDR Unites America for War	Shinkle, Peter	November/December 2022
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) Andrew Jackson: Our First Populist		November/December 2022
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) The Ultimate Congressional Scandal	Mitchell, Robert	November/December 2022
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Haunted by Authors: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery	Melville, Greg	November/December 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Stormy Weather for Queen Elizabeth	Roosvelt, Selwa	November/December 2022
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) The Founders Warned Us Against Federal Debt	White, Bill	November/December 2022
The Best Essays of 2022	Editors, The	November/December 2022
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) What Can We Learn from Losing Presidential Candidates?	Shea, Peter	November/December 2022
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Buffalo Bill and the Duel at Warbonnet Creek	Wiegand, Steve	October 2022
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Dartmoor Massacre	Guyatt, Nicholas	October 2022
In the Orchard of Dolores Huerta	Watson, Bruce	October 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Our Readers Choose: Favorite Books of 2021	Grosvenor, Edwin	October 2022
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Best Presidential Insults	Purdy, Mike	October 2022
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Jim Thorpe Finally Wins	Maraniss, David	October 2022
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Johnstown: “Run For Your Lives!”	McCullough, David	September 2022
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Discovering Doc Watson		September 2022
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Carving Up the Americas	Asbury, Neal	September 2022
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) “Freedom is in My Soul”	Blain, Keisha	September 2022
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Antietam, America's Bloodiest Day	Martin, Justin	September 2022
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Italia Crashes in the Arctic	Piesing, Mark	September 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Remembering David McCullough	Grosvenor, Edwin	September 2022
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) American Rebels at Sea	Dolin, Eric	Summer 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) “To Those Brave Men!”	Grosvenor, Edwin	Summer 2022
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Bob Dole and the Nazis’ Brutal Last Stand in Italy	Grosvenor, Edwin	Summer 2022
Pauline Maier on The History of the Fourth	Editors, The	Summer 2022
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) The Man Who Brought Opera to America	Smith, Howard	Summer 2022
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) The Black Woman Who Managed Morgan's Millions	Watson, Bruce	Summer 2022
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) When Abortion Roiled 19th Century New York	Ackerman, Kenneth	Summer 2022
Trivializing the Medal of Freedom?	Reston, James	Summer 2022
Discovering American History in Britain	Edwards, Sam	Summer 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Reports from Chechnya: Putin's Way of War	Politkovskaya, Anna	Spring 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) A Turning Point In The Disinformation War?	Holmes, Paul	Spring 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Putin and the Lessons of History: A Special Section	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2022
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) “Times That Try Men’s Souls”	Unger, Harlow	Spring 2022
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Discovering Yellowstone	Black, George	Spring 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Putin and the Oligarchs	Belton, Catherine	Spring 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) We Must Never Surrender	Kasparov, Garry	Spring 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Can Russian Democracy Rise Again?	Kozyrev, Andrei	Spring 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) It's Not a Stalemate; It's a War	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The Führer in the Kremlin	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2022
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Lincoln Walks a Tightrope	Reynolds, David	Spring 2022
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) They Persisted for Suffrage	Ellen,	Winter 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Searching for “Shenandoah”	Watson, Bruce	Winter 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom	Meyer, Eugene	Winter 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Out-of-This-World History	Glass, Brent	Winter 2022
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) The Rise and Fall of the Bootleg King	Batchelor, Bob	Winter 2022
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Henry Ford's Bungle in the Jungle	Mark Callaghan, Mark	Winter 2022
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) “I Am in Birmingham Because Injustice is Here"	Watson, Bruce	Winter 2022