Politics
Fact-free politics: Trump and the assault on truth
October 21, 2016Our government is under assault and our politics are increasingly freed from the pesky constraints of facts.
Read moreMore than tacos and tequila: The anti-imperialist history of Cinco de Mayo
May 5, 2016With all the fake mustaches and sombreros, it might be easy to forget Cinco de Mayo commemorates an 1862 Mexican victory over French invaders.
Read moreHow the Greensboro sit-in ignited a social revolution
February 3, 2010For us black high school students in the 1950s, it seemed like black people were always the victims. Greensboro was different.
Read moreJune 19, 1953: The murder of the Rosenbergs
June 13, 2003Think back to the political climate of the early 1950s: Senator Joseph McCarthy on the prowl. Alger Hiss convicted of “losing China.” Eleven leaders of the Communist Party convicted of “conspiracy to teach and advocate the...
Read moreMother’s Day Proclamation of 1870
May 9, 2003Each year, every president since Woodrow Wilson has issued a Mother’s Day Proclamation. However, the original Mother’s Day Proclamation was made in 1870, unrelated to the holiday. Written by Julia Ward Howe, perhaps best known today...
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