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The Battle of Toledo

May 23, 2012 By Joe Sims

Today in labor history: On May 23, 1934 workers in Toledo Ohio, overcame police and company strike breaking efforts.

“(Re)Presenting America”: Are culturally specific museums a good thing?

May 15, 2012 By Chris Elliott

Can oppressed groups resurrect their own suppressed histories through a museum? What has been the historical role of race and ethnicity in the development of the natural history museum?

New book about Alger Hiss revives Cold War mythology

May 9, 2012 By Frederick Barr

As Rep. Allen West proved with his channeling of the late Sen. Joe McCarthy recently, the Red Scare echoes endure within American culture.

Guthrie still lives in Minnesota

May 4, 2012 By Steve Share

Many grow up learning to sing "This Land Is Your Land," but you likely didn't learn the little-known verses with Guthrie's critique of inequality.

In Florida, support for freedom for Puerto Rican political prisoner

May 1, 2012 By Ben Markeson

The Orlando chapter of the National Boricua Human Rights Network will focus on building support for freedom for political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera, who has spent 31 years in federal institutions.