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Capitalism’s Favorite Drug
The dark history of how coffee took over the world.
by
Michael Pollan
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The Atlantic
on
March 15, 2020
Reversing a River: How Chicago Flushed its Human Waste Downstream
In 1906, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Chicago to move forward with a spectacularly disgusting feat of modern engineering.
by
Gregory D. Smithers
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We're History
on
February 18, 2020
Slave Hounds and Abolition in the Americas
How dogs permeated slave societies and bolstered European ambitions for colonial expansion and social domination.
by
Tyler D. Parry
,
Charlton W. Yingling
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Past & Present
on
February 4, 2020
The Little Ice Age Is a History of Resilience and Surprises
The world's last climate crisis demonstrates that surviving is possible if bold economic and social change is embraced.
by
Dagomar Degroot
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Aeon
on
November 11, 2019
On One of the Great Unsung Heroes of the American Labor Movement
Emma Tenayuca and the San Antonio Pecan Shellers Strike of 1938.
by
Stephen Harrigan
via
Literary Hub
on
October 2, 2019
Goodbye to Good Earth
A Louisiana tribe’s long fight against the American tide.
by
Boyce Upholt
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Oxford American
on
September 3, 2019
The Alamo Is a Rupture
It’s time to reckon with the true history of the mythologized Texas landmark—and the racism and imperialism it represents.
by
Raúl A. Ramos
via
Guernica
on
February 19, 2019
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Who Gets to Tell the Story?
Christine Blasey Ford, the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, and battles over America's history.
by
Rachel Wheeler
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Made By History
on
October 17, 2018
In the Dismal Swamp
Though Donald Trump has made it into a catchphrase, he didn’t come up with the metaphor “drain the swamp.”
by
Sam Worley
via
Popula
on
September 20, 2018
The River That Became a Warzone
The US-Mexico border wall is disrupting and destroying the lives of a united binational community.
by
Zeke Peña
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The Nib
on
December 21, 2017
The History Behind the Movement to Replace Columbus Day
Though the first Indigenous Peoples’ Day was celebrated in the early 1990s, the idea took shape many years earlier.
by
Arica L. Coleman
via
TIME
on
October 6, 2017
How One College Succeeded at Grappling With a Racist Past
Comparing the methods of Oxford University in the U.K. with those of the University of Mississippi shows there’s much to learn.
by
Timothy W. Ryback
via
The Atlantic
on
September 19, 2017
The Land Divided, The World United
Building the Panama Canal.
via
Linda Hall Library
on
April 8, 2014
Talking Turkey
A conversation with food historian Andrew F. Smith on his new book, "The Turkey: An American Story."
by
Andrew F. Smith
,
Jeffery Kastner
via
Cabinet
on
November 1, 2006
Viewpoints on the China Trade
Even within itself, the China trade was a complex, multisided, many-splendored thing.
by
John Demos
via
Commonplace
on
January 1, 2005
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