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Sea Level Rise, Eniwetok and Bert Bigelow
Today, more than a hundred of pounds of plutonium are buried at Eniwetok.
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Something That Changed My Perspective: Karl Polanyi’s “The Great Transformation“
“The Great Transformation” is audacious: it seeks to explain the 100 years of the absence of large-scale international conflict (1815 to 1914) and why it blew apart so ferociously …
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The Disunited States: A French Writer Navigates 1930s United States
Vladimir Pozner reveals the alienation, class antagonism, racism and sexism endemic to 1930s United States.
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The Unraveling of the Arab Spring Narrative
There is near universal rejection of ISIL and deep concern about the impact that this movement was having on the region.
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What Would You Have Eaten for Christmas in Medieval Times?
If you were preparing the festive meal 600 years ago you'd have far more on your plate.
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Our Nuclear Weapons Warriors – Are They Rational? Are They Sane?
Is our acceptance as normal of grotesque acts committed by our leaders not more evidence of collective psychopathology?
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Interpreting Ancient Artifacts with Modern Perspectives
To interpret the past with the eyes, perceptions and knowledge of the present dismisses the genius, high levels of mastery of the material world and the invisible world that …
Zinn Coeditor: That All “Voices” Make History Is a “Dangerous Idea to Those in Power“
Anthony Arnove has helped keep “Voices of a People's History” alive.
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Talk of a Third Intifada: Where to From Here, Palestine?
Using history as a side note in a brief news report or political analysis oftentimes does more harm than good.
Viggo Mortensen Helps Mark 10 Years of Howard Zinn’s “Voices of a People’s History”
Actors are gathering in New York today for a reading of “Voices of a People's History of the United States.”