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William Gropper's map of American folklore.

A Popular '40s Map of American Folklore Was Destroyed by Fears of Communism

The government saw Red when looking at William Gropper's painting of the United States.

by Kyle Carsten Wyatt via Atlas Obscura on March 27, 2017

The Pledge of Allegiance's Creepy Past

Seventy-four years ago today, lawmakers passed an amendment to the U.S. Flag Code.

by Stephen A. Smith, Jordan G Teicher, Cecilia O'Leary, Tony Platt, Mary Tierney Coutts, Laura Bell Everett via JSTOR Daily on December 22, 2016

A memorial to those killed located in El Mozote, El Salvador. Archbishop Romero Trust.

Remember El Mozote

On December 11, 1981, El Salvador’s US-backed soldiers carried out one of the worst massacres in the history of the Americas at El Mozote.

by Branko Marcetic, Micah Uetricht via Jacobin on December 12, 2016

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

Black-and-white still image from the film "Dr. Strangelove," in which a man is shouting and waving his hat in the air while riding a missile in flight.

Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True

How Stanley Kubrick’s film “Dr. Strangelove” exposed dangers inherent in nuclear command-and-control systems.

by Eric Schlosser via The New Yorker on January 17, 2014

“Destroyer and Teacher”: Managing the Masses During the 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic

Revisiting the public health lessons learned during the 1918–1919 pandemic and reflecting on their relevance for the present.

by Nancy Tomes via PubMed Central on April 1, 2010

Ships on fire and being evacuated at Pearl Harbor.

Pearl Harbor as Metaphor

At the frontier of American empire.

by John Gregory Dunne via The New Yorker on April 29, 2001

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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