History
The Bizarre New Deal Comedy That Made Shirley Temple a Star
Watch the 1934 movie Stand Up and Cheer.
The Progressive Lineage of Macklemore's And Lorde's Attacks on the Pleasures of the Poor
"That kind of luxe just ain't for us": Where pop culture, progressives, and puritanical values meet
Political Nonviolence, Private Self-Defense
Armed self-defense and the black freedom movement.
The Vanity of American Exceptionalism
Charles Murray's latest mixes American history with self-flattery.
Archaeologists Uncover Previously Unknown Pharoah
Supposedly reigned more than 3,600 years ago
You Could Make a Radical Push for Grassroots Empowerment, Or You Could Just Cut a Country-Pop Record
The "Points of Light" program and the path not taken
The FBI's Past and Obama's Present War on Terror
A new history of the FBI undermines today's ubiquitous surveillance state.
Former Reagan Spokesman Larry Speakes Dies at 74
Served president after assassination attempt injured James Brady
Mein Kampf Surging in E-Book Sales
The curious can read what Hitler had to say without risking public judgment
Germany Urges Japan to Deal Honestly with WWII Past
Partly responsible for rift between Japan and China
Billie Jean King Sent to Tweak Russia's Homophobia at the Olympics
President Obama will not attend
When Walter Williams Worked for the Carter Administration
John McClaughry's memoirs, continued
Feds Dealt with Mentally Ill Soldiers Following WWII with Lobotomies
Around 2,000 or more given the treatment
How Writers Coped Without Copyright
What would happen if copyright didn't protect against piracy? The answer can be found in history.
Modern Political Debate Follows a 200-Year Tradition
The argument between Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke never went away.
We Should Be Thankful for Private Property
The pilgrims almost starved themselves to death with their experiment in communal ownership.
Photo Engineer Who Analyzed Zapruder Film No Fan of Conspiracy Theories About Footage of JFK Assassination
Analyzed the film for authenticity in the 90s, Says the CIA shouldn't have made it top secret, fueling theories
Ala. Grants Posthumous Pardons to 'Scottsboro Boys'
Race-fueled rape case from the 1930s
Obamas, Clintons Lay Wreath at JFK's Grave
It's the 50th anniversary of his assassination. You may have heard about it.
