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Why Measles Continues to Plague Us by Peter Doherty There is no virtue in ignorance, especially in deliberate ignorance that can compromise the wellbeing of children, says this Nobel Prize winner.

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Watch A Piece Of Chicago's Architectural History Come Tumbling Down Whether you're on the side of "progress" or "preserving history," this video is powerful, regardless, and is a stark reminder that change is constant.

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GOP’s Scott Walker: Pitches possible Syria War to make us Like Him by Juan Cole Likely Republican presidential candidate, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, says he might favor sending US ground troops to mount a conventional war against Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) in Syria or at least wouldn’t rule it out. Really?

The Boehner-Netanyahu Cabal by Lawrence Davidson Remember Citizen Genet?

The True History of the Origins of Police -- Protecting and Serving the Masters of Society by Sam Mitrani The liberal way of viewing the problem rests on a misunderstanding of the origins of the police.

Why There Is No Massive Antiwar Movement in America by Tom Engelhardt What’s missing today is any sense of connection to the government, any sense that it’s “ours” or that we the people matter. In its place -- and you can thank successive administrations for this -- is the deepest sort of pessimism and cynicism about a national security state and war-making machine beyond our control.

How playing with dangerous x-rays led to the discovery of radiation treatment for cancer by Dr. Howard Markel One of the first Americans to use X-ray radiation to treat cancer was a Chicago chemist and homeopathic physician named Émil Grubbé (1875-1960).

The Theft and Half-Century Journey of Einstein’s Brain by Matt Blitz The removal of the brain and eyeballs were against Einstein's final wishes.

The New Republic's Legacy on Race by Jeet Heer A historical reflection

Rethinking One of Psychology's Most Infamous Experiments by Cari Romm What's the lesson of Stanley Milgram's electric shock experiments? No one is sure.

Was Abolitionism a Failure? by Jon Grinspan The movement didn’t end slavery; the Civil War did.

A fixed constitution has no place in a modern democracy, so why is the founding document of the US still seen as sacred? by Daniel Lazare Thanks to a Senate that gives equal representation to all 50 states even though the largest (CA) is now some 65 times more populous than the smallest (WY), US government is arguably more undemocratic now than it was even in the 19th century.

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Is the Pope taking the liberal's side in the culture wars? Maybe not, but his embrace of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero is encouraging to liberals.

Posh Minneapolis suburb is subject of a Wikipedia war over its "sundown town" past The town of Edina admits its racist past, but one Wikipedia editor apparently doesn’t.

Some on the Left say U.S. and its allies are responsible for some of the destruction of Syria's heritage sites The website Counterpunch features an article attacking the mainstream media for ignoring US complicity.

Joan of Arc getting her own museum in France The Historial Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc History Museum), an ambitious project spearheaded by Métropole Rouen Normandie, is the largest space dedicated to this historical figure of international renown. Opens 21 March 2015

Scholars rank Kissinger best secretary of state of the last 50 years John Kerry came in dead last.

Dutch sociologist explains how mass killings happen "These are people who feel no empathy and have no sympathy for anybody outside of their immediate circle. They don't know what pity means."

Fossil raises puzzling questions about how upright body plan of great apes evolved A fossilized hipbone of an ape called Sivapithecus is challenging the belief that the upright body of Great Apes evolved just once.

The History of the Anti-Vaccine Movement Explains Our Terrifying Future A new video from the New York Times explains how we got to this terrifying point in American history — a seemingly upside down, dystopian world where we're witnessing the resurgence of diseases we thought were long since wiped out.

Western reporters deny that the false account of a Japanese soldier influenced their reporting on comfort women Japan’s rightwing politicians are overlooking abundant historical evidence that Korean women were forced into sexual slavery.

Prehistoric High Times: Early Humans Used Magic Mushrooms, Opium Opium, "magic" mushrooms and other psychoactive substances have been used since prehistoric times all over the world, according to a new review of archaeological findings.