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There Is More War in the Classroom Than You Think

Hitchcock and Herwig discuss their findings on the teaching of war in higher education.

by William I. Hitchcock, Meghan Herwig via War on the Rocks on September 7, 2021

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How Memories of Japanese American Imprisonment During WWII Guided the US Response to 9/11

In the wake of 9/11, some called for rounding up whole groups of people but Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta knew the U.S. had done that before.

by Susan H. Kamei via The Conversation on September 3, 2021

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How ‘Automation’ Made America Work Harder

Computers were supposed to reduce office labor. They accomplished the opposite.

by Jason Resnikoff via Zócalo Public Square on September 2, 2021

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Sending Vaccines to African Nations is Crucial. But They’re Rightly Wary About Foreign Medical Aid.

How medical humanitarianism helped facilitate exploitation of Africa.

by Gregg Mitman via Made By History on August 13, 2021

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Where Would We Be Without the New Deal?

A new history charts the forgotten ways the social politics of the Roosevelt years transformed the United States.

by Michael Kazin via The Nation on July 26, 2021

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Centuries of U.S. Imperialism Made Surfing an Olympic Sport

With an eye toward U.S. power, Americans spread the sport making its Olympic debut.

by Thomas Blake Earle via Made By History on July 25, 2021

The wreckage of the Twin Towers on 11th September 2001.

The Legacy of 9/11

After 20 years of foreign policy failures following the attacks on the World Trade Center, America is finally rethinking its place in the world.

by Stephen Wertheim via Prospect Magazine on July 14, 2021

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Men in Dark Times

How Hannah Arendt’s fans misread the post-truth presidency.

by Rebecca Panovka via Harper’s on July 14, 2021

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Ada Wright, The Scottsboro Defense Campaign, and the Popular Front

The Scottsboro Case quickly became one of the most infamous international spectacles that would eventually define the interwar period.

by Ashley Everson via Black Perspectives on July 13, 2021

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The Day That Richard Nixon Changed U.S. Economic Policy Forever

Fifty years ago, in response to rising inflation, he rejected several long-standing practices. His Keynesian turn holds lessons for today’s economy.

by Bruce Bartlett via The New Republic on July 9, 2021

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July Fourth is Independence Day for Two Countries. But for One It is Hollow.

For the Philippines, independence from the United States came with strings attached.

by Christopher Capozzola via Made By History on July 4, 2021

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The Propaganda of World War II Comic Books

A government-funded group called the Writers' War Board got writers and illustrators to portray the United States positively—and its enemies as evil.

by Paul Hirsch, Livia Gershon via JSTOR Daily on July 3, 2021

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Social Science as a Tool for Surveillance in World War II Japanese American Concentration Camps

Edward Spicer's writings indicate an awareness of the deeply unjust circumstances that Japanese Americans found themselves in within Japanese internment camps.

by Natasha Varner via University Of Arizona Press on July 2, 2021

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My Grandfather the Zionist

He helped build Jewish American support for Israel. What’s his legacy now?

by Abraham Josephine Riesman via Intelligencer on June 23, 2021

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We Don't Know, But Let's Try It

For economist Albert Hirschman, social planning meant creative experimentation rather than theoretical certainty.

by Simon Torracinta via Boston Review on June 17, 2021

U.S. infantry in World War I

Songs of the Bad War

Some of the earliest and most powerful anti-war songs of the Sixties era don’t mention Vietnam, but rather World War I.

by Michael Brendan Dougherty via National Review on June 11, 2021

Eugene V. Debs, in prison clothes, flanked by Socialist party leaders.

Free Speech Wasn't So Free 103 Years Ago

When 'seditious' and 'unpatriotic' speech was criminalized in the U.S.

by Eric Robinson via The Conversation on May 13, 2021

The Pantomime Drama of Victims and Villains Conceals the Real Horrors of War

Innocent, passive, apolitical: after the Holocaust, the standard for ‘true’ victimhood has worked to justify total war.

by Dirk Moses via Aeon on May 10, 2021

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Topper’s GI Benefits, Good Homes, and Vivisection Fears: The Treatment of World War II War Dogs

A story about dogs used to fight in World War II and what became of them.

by Hannah E. Palsa via Nursing Clio on May 6, 2021

Asian-American men waiting to be questioned by white police officers

Racism Has Always Been Part of the Asian American Experience

If we don’t understand the history of Asian exclusion, we cannot understand the racist hatred of the present.

by Mae Ngai via The Atlantic on April 21, 2021

Defendant Alfred Krupp von Bohlen testifies at the Krupp Case war crimes trial.

The Other Nuremberg Trials, Seventy-Five Years On

Failures in prosecuting German businesses who profited in Nazi Germany show how far Europe and America were willing to go to protect capitalism.

by Erica X. Eisen via Boston Review on March 22, 2021

Equal Rights Amendment supporters cheer for the passage of the House ERA Resolution at the Capitol in Richmond, VA

2021 Could Finally Be the Moment for the Equal Rights Amendment

The turmoil of the coronavirus pandemic could push the amendment across the finish line after a century of work.

by Rebecca DeWolf via Made By History on March 17, 2021

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The Completely Bonkers History of the Bathroom Scale

A century ago, few Americans had any idea how much they weighed. Here’s why that changed so dramatically.

by Kelsey Miller via Elemental on February 15, 2021

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Photogrammar

A web-based visualization platform for exploring the 170,000 photos taken by U.S. government agencies during the Great Depression.

by Lauren Tilton, Taylor Arnold via American Panorama on February 10, 2021

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First-Person Shooter Ideology

The cultural contradictions of Call of Duty.

by Daniel Bessner via The Drift on February 2, 2021

Father Coughlin gives a radio broadcast.

The Late ’30s Deplatforming of Father Coughlin

Then as now, not many people were willing to raise their own voices to defend the speech of a vulgarian spewing hate over a mass medium.

by Thomas Doherty via Slate on January 21, 2021

A screencap from Looney Tunes featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

Hungry Like the Rabbit

On the HBO Max streaming service, with their skipped numbers, the episodes omitted from the 31 seasons of Looney Tunes are easy to spot.

by James Panero via The Spectator on January 13, 2021

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5 Things You Didn’t Know about Joe Biden’s Roots

A genealogist takes a closer look at Joe Biden's family history.

by Megan Smolenyak via Medium on January 12, 2021

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A Brief History of Consumer Culture

Over the 20th century, capitalism preserved its momentum by molding the ordinary person into a consumer with an unquenchable thirst for more stuff.

by Kerryn Higgs via The MIT Press Reader on January 11, 2021

Joe Biden speaking as the president elect.

What Biden’s Attachment to An American Century Might Mean

Biden’s vision may conflict with promoting purported American values such as democracy and human rights.

by Suzanne Enzerink via Made By History on December 16, 2020

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