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  • History Quiz: Kings of Medieval England

    History Quiz: Kings of Medieval England0

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  • History Comes to Call: The 1619 Project Cannot Deny Its Own Past

    History Comes to Call: The 1619 Project Cannot Deny Its Own Past0

    History is a harsh mistress when trifled with. Newspaper writers and editors make a profession of turning the present into history, and they acknowledge the dignity of facts with every correction appended to the bottom of their stories. Yet over the last year, the editors of The New York Times’ and Pulitzer Center’s 1619 Project

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  • Historical Living . . . in the City?

    Historical Living . . . in the City?0

    When someone says, “traditional lifestyle,” we think of historical farms, countryside views, gardens, animals, sunrises, and sunsets. We rarely, if ever, think of apartments, city streets, and rental townhomes with historical living. Perhaps you’re a college student in a campus dorm room. Maybe your job keeps you in an urban studio apartment. Perhaps skyrocketing housing

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  • Historic Iwo Jima Footage Shows Individual Marines Amid the Larger Battle

    Historic Iwo Jima Footage Shows Individual Marines Amid the Larger Battle0

    When most Americans think of the World War II battle for Iwo Jima – if they think of it at all, 75 years later – they think of one image: Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest point. That moment, captured in black and white by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal

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  • Historian Suggests Trump Would Suspend the Constitution

    Historian Suggests Trump Would Suspend the Constitution0

    During election season, hyperbole becomes the norm. It doesn’t seem that unusual to see presidential hopefuls accused of fearmongering and demagoguery. Princeton historian Sean Wilentz recently dialed up the rhetoric even more. In a video that appeared on Big Think earlier this month, Wilentz implied that Donald Trump just might decide to suspend the Constitution

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  • Historian of Nazi Germany: Using Violence Against Fascists Plays Right into Their Hands

    Historian of Nazi Germany: Using Violence Against Fascists Plays Right into Their Hands0

    After the murder of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, many people are asking themselves what they should do if Nazis rally in their city. Should they put their bodies on the line in counterdemonstrations? Some say yes. History says no. Take it from me: I study the original Nazis. We have an ethical obligation to stand

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