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Alfred W. McCoy

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How an Article about the H-Bomb Landed Scientific American in the Middle of the Red Scare

At one time this magazine tangled with the FBI, the Atomic Energy Commission and Joseph McCarthy.

by Alfred W. McCoy via Scientific American on September 1, 2020

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Workers for the Insular Lumber company felling a small Almon

The Mythical Mahogany that Helped Build the American Empire

How “Philippine mahogany” became America’s tropical timber of choice, thanks to a rebrand from a colonial logging company that drove deforestation.

by Pippo Carmona via JSTOR Daily on November 19, 2025

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Escalating the Escalation

A short history of the long war on drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump.

by Greg Grandin via Tom Dispatch on November 13, 2025

Refugees board an Air America plane in Da Nang, Vietnam, on Jan. 23, 1968.

Pensions for the “Deep State:” Republicans Push Benefits for the CIA’s Secret Vietnam-Era Airline

Marco Rubio and Glenn Grothman want to recognize the contribution of Air America, the CIA airline that supported secret wars in Laos and Cambodia.

by Ken Klippenstein via The Intercept on January 22, 2024

New Docs Link CIA to Medical Torture of Indigenous Children and Black Prisoners

While we may never know the full truth, we owe it to those harmed and killed to illuminate their stories.

by Orisanmi Burton via Truthout on June 22, 2023

A History of Inconvenient Allies and Convenient Enemies

Who gets labeled a "narco-terrorist" is all a matter of foreign policy.

by Alexander Aviña via North American Congress on Latin America on April 30, 2020

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