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In the 1940s, a series of books tried to use the conventions of detective fiction to expose the degree of prejudice in postwar America.

The internet has expanded how we understand the possibilities of the trans experience.

It was actually from a 1950s antisemitic and white supremacist magazine. Who cares?

The voice of Doctor Johnson, archcritic of the American Revolution, was constantly in mind for the Declaration of Independence’s drafter.

The Civil War general's reputation was shaped by partisan politics, editorial whims and his own personal failings.

How abolitionists viewed the American flag.

The view from nowhere came from somewhere.

“Forced labor” conflates different forms of labor throughout history and minimizes the uniquely brutal conditions of chattel slavery.

In 1941 an ambitious Philadelphia pediatrician, the wonderfully named Waldo Emerson Nelson, became the editor of America’s leading textbook of pediatrics.

‘Time’ magazine and the unraveling of the American consensus.

She was a woman, but she was not the author of the speech attributed to her in popular lore.

In the late Sixties, countercultural media was distributed by the Underground Press Syndicate and bankrolled by marijuana.

A better understanding of propaganda and how to use it as an educational tool could advance the world in a positive way.

Look closely—very closely—at a Sunday comic strip in a printed newspaper.

Alex Haley’s transcript of his famous 'Playboy' interview with Martin Luther King Jr. does not match what was published.

Is the century-old battle metaphor doing more harm than good to doctors and patients alike?

In its 90th year, the radical peace movement is reinvigorating itself by going hyper-local.

During the interwar years, the American journalist reported on political unrest in Cuba, Germany and Spain.

Ben Smith’s book on the history of the viral internet doesn’t truly reckon with the costs of traffic worship.

As ‘The Jerry Springer Show’ climbed the ratings ladder, the censorship bleep became a star of the show.

The history and context of the made-up aesthetics of the early Ku Klux Klan.

Revelations about secret government programs after Kennedy’s assassination increased the power of conspiracy theories.

How digital media pursued viral traffic at all costs and unleashed chaos.

The conservative comedian spoke out for gay rights and gun control, and got boycotted and ostracized by friends on the right, including Ronald Reagan.

Children’s entertainment always embodies local values.

The city might have gone up in flames after MLK's assassination, if not for the quick actions of a DJ, a city councilor, and The Hardest Working Man In Show Business.

As modern lawmakers consider various means of public assistance for local news, they can learn from the founders’ approach to supporting journals and gazettes.

Debunking claims that news media fueled public disillusionment and cost the US victory.

How the NAACP made the police riot in Columbia, Tennessee national news.