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A house with Christmas lights, and wildfires advancing towards it.

Southern California’s Uncanny, Inevitable Yuletide Fires

The current level of fire danger is so high that the U.S. Forest Service has described them using the color purple, to signify “extreme.”

by Mike Davis via The New Yorker on December 11, 2017

For-Profit Colleges in American History

Trump University follows a long line of for-profit schools that have faced accusations of dishonesty.

by A. J. Angulo via Process: A Blog for American History on June 20, 2017

Line graph comparing executive actions over presidents' first 100 days in office.

Trump in Action: Comparing the Pace of Trump's Executive Orders to Recent Presidents

How do Trump's first 100 days measure up?

via The American Presidency Project on April 29, 2017

The Gadsden Flag

The Shifting Symbolism of the Gadsden Flag

How do we decide what the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag, or indeed any symbol, really means?

by Robert J. Walker via The New Yorker on October 2, 2016

A portrait of a woman in an crime pamphlet labeled "the beautiful victim."

The Bloody History of the True Crime Genre

True Crime is having a renaissance with popular TV series and podcasts. But the history of the genre dates back much further.

by Pamela Burger, Jack Miles, Joy Wiltenburg, Frederick Burwick, Karen S. H. Roggenkamp via JSTOR Daily on August 24, 2016

Black and white sketch of the front of the Mississippi State asylum.

Ghosts are Scary, Disabled People are Not: The Troubling Rise of the Haunted Asylum

Tourist-driven curiosity about the so-called "haunted asylum" has led many to overlook the real people who once were institutionalized within these hospitals.

by Sarah Handley-Cousins via Nursing Clio on October 29, 2015

Go on Monopoly board

The Twisted History of Your Favorite Board Game

An interview with Mary Pilon about her new book, ‘The Monopolists,’ which uncovers the real story about how Monopoly became the game it is today.

by Mary Pilon, Jessica Gross via Longreads on March 1, 2015

A Useful Corner of the World: Guantánamo

The U.S. just can't seem to let go of its naval base on Cuba.

by Paul A. Kramer via The New Yorker on July 30, 2013

Prescott Bush, Dorothy Bush, and George H. W. Bush at the White House.

How Bush's Grandfather Helped Hitler's Rise to Power

Rumors of a link between Prescott Bush and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. They were right.

by Duncan Campbell via The Guardian on September 25, 2004

Alcatraz Island prison sign painted over to welcome Indians to Indian land.

The Art of Stealing Human Rights

Native peoples face similar struggles with the federal governments in the U.S. and in Canada.

by Radio Free Alcatraz via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on January 3, 1970

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