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The Remaking of the Second Amendment
The Supreme Court’s expanding interpretation of the Second Amendment threatens longstanding democratic authority to enact gun safety measures.
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Reva B. Siegel
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Duncan Hosie
via
New York Review of Books
on
June 10, 2022
Why Scientists Become Spies
Access to information only goes so far to explain the curious link between secrets and those who tell them.
by
Rivka Galchen
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The New Yorker
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January 5, 2022
partner
U.S. Military’s Longtime Reliance on Contractors Fueled Afghanistan Loss
Relying on private contractors has always created problems for the U.S. military.
by
John DeLee
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Made By History
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October 7, 2021
Out to Sea
Since the 1970s, the U.S. and Russia have used marine mammals to further their military objectives, sparking protest from animal rights activists.
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Susanna Space
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Guernica
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July 15, 2021
Cops at War: How World War II Transformed U.S. Policing
As wartime labor shortages depleted police forces, and fear of crime grew, chiefs turned to new initiatives to strengthen and professionalize their officers.
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Stuart Schrader
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Modern American History
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June 28, 2021
When Philadelphia Became a Battlefield, Its Surgeons Bore Witness
The surgeons’ observations survive thanks to a remarkable document: an eleven-page published report presented to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
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Zachary M. Schrag
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Nursing Clio
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June 22, 2021
Iran-Contra and Domestic Counter-Intelligence Networks
Oliver North and his cronies in the Contra support operations put in motion a clandestine counter-intelligence apparatus to disrupt the flow of information.
by
Edmund Berger
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Reciprocal Contradiction
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May 19, 2021
‘The Road to Blair Mountain’
It’s the biggest battle on U.S. soil that most Americans have never heard of.
by
Jim Branscome
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The Daily Yonder
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October 1, 2020
Sanctuary or Battlefield?
Fighting for the soul of American space policy.
by
Stephen Buono
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Perspectives on History
on
July 15, 2020
The 5 WWII Lessons That Could Help the Government Fight Coronavirus
Eighty years ago, U.S. industry mobilized in a big way during a crisis. We could do it again.
by
Mark R. Wilson
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Politico Magazine
on
March 19, 2020
Fun Delivered: World’s Foremost Experts on Whoopee Cushions and Silly Putty Tell All
The Timms provide the history behind their collection of 20th century mail-order novelty items.
by
Lisa Hix
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Collectors Weekly
on
March 17, 2020
By Bullet or Ballot: One of the Only Successful Coups in American History
David Zucchino on the white supremacist plot to take over Wilmington, North Carolina.
by
David Zucchino
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Literary Hub
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January 9, 2020
The American Tradition of Anti-Black Vigilantism
The history of patrols, body cams, and more.
by
Darryl Pinckney
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Literary Hub
on
November 18, 2019
Repository of Historical Gun Laws
The Duke Center for Firearms Law's efforts to catalog the history of gun laws.
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Duke Center For Firearms Law
on
June 1, 2019
The End of the American Century
What the life of Richard Holbrooke tells us about the decay of Pax Americana.
by
George Packer
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The Atlantic
on
April 10, 2019
The Long View: Surveillance, the Internet, and Government Research
A new book says “the Internet was developed as a weapon and remains a weapon today.” Does the charge hold up?
by
Eric Gade
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Los Angeles Review of Books
on
June 28, 2018
New Memorial Day: Remembering Children Killed in School
It’s an exhaustive list. Far longer and deeper than you might suspect.
by
Akim Reinhardt
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3 Quarks Daily
on
May 28, 2018
The Psyops Manual the CIA Gave to Nicaragua's Contras Is Totally Bonkers
To defeat the leftist Sandinistas, Washington provided aid to the Contras along with a crazy psychological warfare anticommunist manual.
by
Jared Keller
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Task & Purpose
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December 19, 2017
Spiders, Stars, and Death
It is worth taking a moment to recover the genealogy for the "crosshairs," the universal modern index of imminent violent killing.
by
D. Graham Burnett
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Cabinet
on
June 7, 2017
Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I
An collection of primary sources exploring the causes, duration, and aftermath of America's involvement in World War I.
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Library of Congress
on
April 4, 2017
The Slave-State Origins of Modern Gun Rights
The idea of an unfettered right to carry weapons in public originates in the antebellum South, and its culture of violence and honor.
by
Saul Cornell
,
Eric M. Ruben
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The Atlantic
on
September 30, 2015
40 Maps That Explain World War I
Why the war started, how the Allies won, and why the world has never been the same.
by
Matthew Yglesias
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Zack Beauchamp
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Timothy B. Lee
via
Vox
on
August 14, 2014
partner
Where the Buffalo Roam
How Buffalo Bill’s Wild West brought scenes from the American West to audiences around the globe.
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BackStory
on
March 1, 2013
War and Prosthetics: How Veterans Fought for the Perfect Artificial Limb
The needs and entrepreneurship of wounded soldiers have driven many of the most significant advances in prosthetic technology.
by
Hunter Oatman-Stanford
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Collectors Weekly
on
October 29, 2012
Who Would Win in a Presidential Knife Fight to the Death?
Do successful presidents make sound knife-wielders?
by
Geoff Micks
via
The Writings of Geoff Micks
on
August 22, 2012
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