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The Lethal Legacy of the Vietnam War Fifty years after the first US troops came ashore at Da Nang, the Vietnamese are still coping with unexploded bombs and Agent Orange.

Clinton Portrait Contains Lewinsky Reference Pennsylvania artist Nelson Shanks told the Philadelphia Daily News that he included a reference to Monica Lewinsky in his portrait of Bill Clinton.

D.C. Bible Museum Will Be Immersive Experience, Organizers Say The Museum of the Bible will house the more than 40,000 artifacts in Green's personal collection, including Jewish Torah scrolls and papyrus fragments of the New Testament.

Former Japanese PM calls for reflection on history Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said on Saturday that Japan needs to look at its wartime history and face up to its past if it plans to regain trust from its neighboring countries.

Guarding Denmark’s Jewish Heritage For two centuries, Denmark’s strategy of not treating Jews differently has been highly successful. Yet the threat from violent extremists is now undeniable, and no one can guarantee that a similar attack won’t happen again.

Looted Iraqi Museum in Baghdad reopens 12 years on About 15,000 pieces were looted during the Iraq war, with one-third recovered

NYT Magazine profiles the first slavery museum in the US It opened in Louisiana in December.

An Immodest Proposal Rankles a Capital Known for Modesty A proposal to build an immense memorial in Ottawa to the global victims of Communism has prompted protests from architects, the mayor and the country’s chief justice.

Mount Vernon uses lasers to scan mansion down to the nail Architects and preservationists are at the estate building a computerized database of every piece of the mansion.

Ray Bradbury home's demise has LA re-examining its history The Bradbury home's destruction came as a surprise in part because the guy who knocked it down was one of the city's most prominent architects.

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Biographer of a Progressive reformer says it's odd reading stories about inequality in the news every day Economic inequality in the U.S. is Déjà Vu all over again, says Robyn Muncy.

Dutch sociologist says that what is new about mass killing is that we’re embarrassed by it University of Amsterdam Professor of Social Science Emeritus Abram de Swaan takes a hard look at the subject in his new book, “The Killing Compartments: The Mentality of Mass Murder.”

Convicted felon Conrad Black has a new book out It’s a history of Canada. Historian Andrew Roberts likes it, but doesn’t mention Black’s conviction for fraud.

German Historian: Rich Greeks Evade Taxes Since 1830 Heinz Richter says “The political culture in Greece differs from the rest of Western Europe because it is based on clientelism."

UK teaching "invented" history as EU propaganda, says Cambridge professor David Abulafia, a professor of Mediterranean history, says schools are “papering over” past disunity on the continent to further integration under the European Union.

The move accelerates to show that black people have a history Wikipedia Foundation has partnered with institutions such as Washington's Howard University to ensure that black people have a history, Wikipedia style.

Eric Foner says he insisted on his MOOC on the Civil War being free He says he’s not getting a penny for it.

Ellen Schrecker backs “National Adjunct Walkout Day” as a brilliant tactic The labor historian says one thing adjuncts can do to advance their cause is to educate "the public and especially the students about the reality of who is teaching them."

Society for Military History 2015 Awards Find out who's won the top prizes and awards in military history.

Classicists Crunch Data to Test Hypotheses About Greece Data show that ancient Greece was a wealthy society, largely as a result of its socially diverse political institutions, says Stanford’s Josiah Ober.