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Protestors for ACT UP lying on the ground, holding hands, as police arrest them.

The Russian ‘Fake News’ Campaign That Damaged the United States — in the 1980s

The 2016 election wasn't the first time that a disinformation campaign was used against America.

by Alexander Poster via Made By History on March 12, 2018

Did you know the CIA _____?

Errol Morris and the hot cold war.

by Malcolm Harris via n+1 on March 7, 2018

Washington Has Meddled in Elections Before

The hidden hypocrisy within American outrage over Russian election meddling.

by William M. LeoGrande via The Conversation on February 26, 2018

Uranium-rich ore sample from the Shinkolobwe Mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Searching for Wakanda

The African roots of the Black Panther story.

by Thomas F. McDow via Origins on February 15, 2018

A TV and milkshakes on an escalator.

Selling American Vigor

The Cold War and the President’s Council on Physical Fitness.

by Rachel Louise Moran via Process: A Blog for American History on February 13, 2018

The 1952 Olympic Games, the US, and the USSR

The Olympics have long enabled global superpowers to enact their political and ideological conflicts in sport.

by Erin Redihan via Process: A Blog for American History on February 8, 2018

Martin Luther King Jr. speaking into news microphones.

Against National Security Citizenship

By connecting liberation at home with an end to U.S. militarism abroad, today's black activists are picking up where MLK left off.

by Aziz Rana via Boston Review on February 7, 2018

The People Who Would Survive Nuclear War

How an appendix to an obscure government report helped launch a blockbuster and push back the possibility of atomic war.

by Alexis C. Madrigal via The Atlantic on January 25, 2018

Is It Time for a 21st-Century Version of ‘The Day After’?

It’s beginning to feel like the 1980s all over again.

by Marsha Gordon via The Conversation on January 25, 2018

What the Press and 'The Post' Missed

Leslie Gelb supervised the team that compiled the Pentagon Papers. He explains what Steven Spielberg's new film gets wrong.

by Brooke Gladstone, Leslie Gelb via WNYC on January 12, 2018

How the Korean War Put Presidents in Charge of Nuclear Weapons

The president's unilateral nuclear authority comes from decisions made at the start of the Atomic Age.

by Se Young Jang via Made By History on January 2, 2018

Renewing Inequality

An interactive set of maps documenting the more than 300,000 families displaced by urban renewal projects between 1955 and 1966.

by Robert K. Nelson, Brent Cebul, Justin Madron, Nathaniel Ayers via American Panorama on December 13, 2017

The Nuke ‘Treaty That Ended the Cold War’ is Unraveling

The Trump administration signals a game of chicken with Russia, which could mean the death of arms control.

by Scott Ritter via The American Conservative on December 11, 2017

Cold War Propaganda: The Truth Belonged to No One Country

During the Cold War, US propagandists worked to provide a counterweight to Communist media, but truth eluded them all.

by Melissa Feinberg via Aeon on December 11, 2017

The Cold War and the Welfare State

If you look hard enough, you can almost find ideological consistency in the Republicans’ breathtaking tax bill.

by Nils Gilman via The American Interest on December 4, 2017

Robert Mugabe

How the U.S. Aided Robert Mugabe’s Rise

Cold War politics empowered democracy — and dictatorship.

by Nancy Mitchell via Made By History on November 26, 2017

The Cuban Missile Crisis at 55

The bullshit, the truth… and Trump.

by James G. Blight, Janet M. Lang via The Nation on October 27, 2017

The History of Russian Involvement in America's Race Wars

From propaganda posters to Facebook ads, 80-plus years of Russian meddling.

by Julia Ioffe via The Atlantic on October 21, 2017

When Science Was Big

This year's Nobel Prize in physics is a blast from the past of Cold War-era research investment. Is that era gone for good?

by David Singerman on October 19, 2017

Basketball team listening to coach Don McClanen.

The Role of Sports Ministries in the NFL Protests

A number of black athletes are fueling their activism with Christian faith.

by Paul Putz via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on October 17, 2017

The Power Historian

What was Arthur Schlesinger’s “vital center”?

by David Marcus via The Nation on October 12, 2017

Album with Che Guevara's hair, fingerprints, and photos of his body.

The Death of Che Guevara Declassified

A CIA memo shows that US officials considered his execution a crucial victory—but they were mistaken in believing Che’s ideas could be buried along with his body.

by Peter Kornbluh via The Nation on October 10, 2017

How Folk Rock Helped Crack the Iron Curtain

Fifty years ago, 160 young Americans defied State Department orders and partied on the streets of Moscow. The Cold War would never be the same.

by Emily Ludolph via Narratively on October 4, 2017

Sputnik Launch 60 Years Ago Was Slow to Resonate With Americans

The 1957 launch of Sputnik wasn’t necessarily the start of the US-Soviet space race that Americans think of today.

by Elizabeth Howell via Seeker on October 2, 2017

How One Man Helped Burn Down North Korea

The story of one of the most effective and brutal spymasters in U.S. history, and the beginning of an infamous love affair with napalm.

by Blaine Harden via Politico Magazine on October 2, 2017

The Vietnam War Transcript Trump Needs to Read

The PBS documentary on America’s most futile conflict is missing one explosive document. Every president should absorb its chilling lessons.

by Jeff Greenfield via Politico Magazine on September 27, 2017

The filmmakers discuss the Vietnam miniseries.

Burns and Novick, Masters of False Balancing

In promoting healing instead of a search for truth, “The Vietnam War” offers misleading comforts.

by Jerry Lembcke via Public Books on September 15, 2017

When the U.S. Government Tried to Fight Communism With Buddhism

Recent violence in Myanmar reminds us that religion has long been central to Southeast Asian politics.

by Joe Freeman via Politico Magazine on September 10, 2017

The Secret History of FEMA

The federal agency in charge of hurricane Harvey cleanup has a weird Cold War legacy.

by Garrett M. Graff via Wired on September 3, 2017

Picasso's painting "Massacre in Korea."

Don’t You Hear Her?

The enduring Korean War.

by Jessie Kindig via n+1 on August 18, 2017

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