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Why the Black Lives Matter movement might help shift the conversation about a conflict thousands of miles away.

A conversation between a historian and the creator of a new documentary short about NRA leader Harlon Carter.

Why Thomas Morton seems to have taken particular delight in driving the Pilgrims and Puritans out of their minds.

When we think of early New England, we picture stern-faced Puritans. But in the same decade that they arrived, Morton founded a very different kind of colony.

The systematic mass murder and assault of accused communists in Indonesia by US-backed military forces has left a mark on the country and the world.

The US-backed Indonesian mass killings of 1965 reshaped global politics, securing a decisive victory for U.S. interests against Third World self-determination.

The U.S. did not always find it necessary to lock up people seeking asylum.

Dozens of newly declassified documents show foreign service staff raising serious concerns about a range of U.S. policies abroad.

Before Trump, one lobbyist’s pursuit of foreign cash and shady deals laid the groundwork for Washington’s corruption.

Democrats like Lyndon Johnson staunchly supported Israel. Now the party is leaving that legacy behind.

The Shah’s reign witnessed years of oppression against the Iranian people, and Carter’s toast added fuel to the fire.