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Question in a quiz about nativist newspaper headlines.

Guess Whether These Headlines Came From Breitbart or 1920s KKK Newspapers

Today's headlines evoke the the racist and hate filled headlines of KKK publications.

by Andrew Kahn, Rebecca Onion, Peter A. Shulman via Slate on September 14, 2017

'The Fatal Deadfall of Abolition'

Threatening the newly-freed Southern slaves.

by John F. Ptak via JF Ptak Science Books on July 31, 2017

On Health Care, History is Watching. And it’s Watching Four Senators in Particular.

We should not be surprised by the attacks on Obamacare, they are, in fact, the typical response to social reform.

by E. J. Dionne Jr. via Washington Post on July 16, 2017

The Immigration-Obsessed, Polarized, Garbage-Fire Election of 1800

A madman versus a crook? Unexpected twists? Fake news? Welcome to the election of 1800.

by A. Roger Ekirch via Longreads on March 28, 2017

Fear Itself

We're not generally at our best when frightened. It's no surprise, then, that some of the ugliest episodes in American history (but also, some pretty great films) have been driven by fear.

Joe McCarthy and Roy Cohn during the Army-McCarthy hearings.

The Ugly History Behind Trump’s Attacks on Civil Servants

President Trump’s criticisms of government workers have something in common with Joe McCarthy’s.

by Landon Storrs via Politico Magazine on March 26, 2017

African American women factory workers in heavy industry.

Lessons From the Fake News Pandemic of 1942

The South couldn't stop the rumors. Can we?

by Joshua Zeitz via Politico Magazine on March 12, 2017

Migrant women and children

Never Never Land

The legacy of Operation Pedro Pan, a plan to save Cuban children from communist indoctrination by leaving their families and resettling in the United States.

via BackStory on October 2, 2015

Hundred dollar bills.

Anatomy of the War on Women: How the Koch Brothers are Funding the Anti-Choice Agenda

Three years ago, a Supreme Court case, the U.S. Census, and anti-Obama backlash set the course for the assault on women's fundamental freedoms.

by Adele M. Stan via Rewire on November 5, 2013

How The 'Pox' Epidemic Changed Vaccination Rules

During the 1898-1904 pox epidemic, public health officials and policemen forced thousands of Americans to be vaccinated against their will.

by Fresh Air via NPR on April 5, 2011

Pickets supporting and opposing a House subcommittee on Un-American Activities hearing in 1964.

Reading, Writing, and Redbaiting

When McCarthy stalked the groves of academe.

by Alan Wald via Boston Review on October 1, 1986

Mel and Norma Gabler.

The Guardians Who Slumbereth Not

Textbook watchdogs Mel and Norma Gabler are good, sincere, dedicated people, who just may be destroying your child’s education.

by William Martin via Texas Monthly on November 1, 1982

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