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by Rick Shenkman
Find out what American historians are thinking.
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by Christian Appy
How to Turn a Nightmare into a Fairy Tale
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by Richard Rothstein
It's because of a history of government-sponsored segregation.
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by Pearl Duncan
The hidden history we don’t know what to do with.
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by Erik Moshe
This week we have reviews of books about the Japanese internment in World War II, Vikings, and the Ottoman Empire.
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Graphic of the Week
This “Histomap,” created by John B. Sparks, was first printed by Rand McNally in 1931.
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Roundup Top 10
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by Yohuru Williams
The moral is: you're nobody 'till somebody kills you.
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by Bartholomew Sparrow
How the U.S. managed the failure of the Vietnam War 40 years ago
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by Heather Cox Richardson
Looking at the rioters in Baltimore, or any other place, in isolation misses the point. If Americans have one grand political tradition, it is rioting.
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by Jonathan Zimmerman
Nepal’s leaders have been too busy battling each other to establish a workable state, and Nepal will continue to suffer until its leaders put aside their differences.
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by Nathaniel Frank
So Why Are Some Justices Ignoring It?
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by Mike Konczal
Liberal law and order expanded during the urban riots of the 1960s.
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by David Madden
The country was caught up in the celebration over the war’s end and the mourning over Lincoln, and while the disaster made the front pages, it quickly fell from the public’s mind.
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by Max Boot and Michael Doran
Today comes yet another test of American resolve.
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by Thomas Fleming
The executive and legislative branches have been at war since the nation's founding.
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by Andrew Lipman
The Munsee Indians sold Staten Island under duress—but not before they got the colony of New York to make some surprising concessions.
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Historians go on record against the Washington Redskins.
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President Barack Obama has chosen his hometown of Chicago to host his future presidential library.
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Hundreds of people protested outside the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco, calling on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to apologize for his country's treatment of people from other Asian countries during World War II.
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The National Science Foundation had spent years lobbying for the Census Bureau to include the college-major question, arguing that it is essential for monitoring trends in the scientific workforce.
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The 2014 NAEP Civics, released today, finds that 23% of America’s 8th graders are “proficient.” Although higher scores would certainly be desirable, many adults might be surprised by how difficult the NAEP Civics questions are.
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The earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday flattened many of the country’s historic structures and some residential buildings, leaving people without shelter.
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40 years ago this Thursday, America's war in Vietnam ended. For many who fought, the war's end brought no closure. Barry Petersen joined a group of veterans as they returned to Vietnam.
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The history of Montreal will come to life, projected in grand moving videos on the sides of buildings and trees or via historical vignettes available on smartphones and tablets starting this June, throughout Old Montreal and the Old Port.
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More than 10 years after it was discovered, a mysterious tunnel hidden under an ancient pyramid in central Mexico is giving up new secrets.
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Georgia tax and census records show that Affleck’s great-great-great-grandfather likely owned no slaves at all—though he was the executor of estates that did.
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In Brazil. There’s a reason for that.
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Dreamed of for decades by African-American leader Ernie Broadnax, finally turned into reality over the past two years by director Phil Broxham with the help of the Elgin History Museum, the documentary has finally debuted.
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This store charges women 24% less than men for a reason
