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Detail from the Russian poster for the 1957 Polish film Kanal, directed by Andrzej Wajda and set during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. Photo by Getty

The Strange Political History of The ‘Underground’

Subterranean metaphors have been a powerful tool of political resistance. Today, is there anywhere left to hide?

by Terence Renaud via Aeon on December 14, 2016

Graph depicting deaths from cholera in New York City in 1849

Infographics in the Time of Cholera

To inform its readers of a cholera epidemic, The New York Tribune published an ancestor to our current infographics.

by Scott Klein via ProPublica on March 16, 2016

A Brief History of the Holiday Card

Americans purchase approximately 1.6 billion holiday cards a year. Why is this tradition so popular?

by Ellen F. Brown via JSTOR Daily on December 20, 2015

Pixelated image of ancient ruins with columns

Raiders of the Lost Web

If a Pulitzer-nominated 34-part series of investigative journalism can vanish from the web, anything can.

by Adrienne LaFrance via The Atlantic on October 14, 2015

The Best Intentions

The Manhattan Project scientists tried to advocate for nuclear de-escalation-instead, they unwittingly abetted the Vietnam War.

by Sarah Bridger via Slate on September 4, 2015

Picture of William B. Shockley (1910-1989)

Indigenous Circuits

While researching the history of racism in Silicon Valley, Lisa Nakamura is surprised to discover the Navajo Nation's role in the creation of the tech industry.

by Lisa Nakamura via Computer History Museum on January 2, 2014

Title card for animated film "Destination Earth".

Destination Earth (1956)

A Cold War-era cartoon celebrates the wonders of oil and free-market capitalism, and the overthrow of the Stalin-like leader of Mars.

by John Sutherland via The Public Domain Review on June 1, 1956

A Visit to the Secret Town in Tennessee That Gave Birth to the Atomic Bomb

A journalist seeks to capture the "spirit" of Oak Ridge.

by Louis Falstein via The New Republic on November 12, 1945

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