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Topic: History (page 2)

Asylum seekers and border patrol agents at an improvised camp near the U.S.-Mexico border in California, Feb. 2, 2024. (Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images)

Global apartheid: A secret history

Aviva Chomsky - TomDispatch.com
Adolf Hitler visits the Dresden exhibition "Degenerate Art" in 1935. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The Nazi crusade against modern art

Nicholas Liu
An engraved illustration of pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock, with one wearing a MAGA hat. (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / mikroman6)

Why America is nuts: Blame the Pilgrims

Paul Rosenberg
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with Donald Trump at the White House, May 21, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

White genocide, white guilt and Trump

Andrew O'Hehir
A person reading a novel with a tattered American flag and President Donald Trump displayed in the background (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / FreshSplash / Rebecca Noble / imagedepotpro)

When a president goes rogue — in fiction

David King Dunaway
A performance of the "Oedipus" plays by Sophocles, 1996. (Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images)

How theater can save democracy

Bernd Reiter
From left: Former Nazi diplomat Franz von Papen, financier Hjalmar Schacht and propaganda chief Hans Fritsche after their acquittal on war crimes charges in Nuremberg, Oct. 4, 1946. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

When the rich rolled over for fascism

Nicholas Liu
A statue of Confederate States President Jefferson Davis lies on the street after protesters pulled it down in Richmond, Virginia, on June 10, 2020. (PARKER MICHELS-BOYCE/AFP via Getty Images)

Expert on "sorry history" behind MAGA

Charles R. Davis
A collage of various Confederate and Soviet "memorabilia," including a bust of Vladimir Lenin, a statue of Robert E. Lee, and various postage stamps. (Illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Toxic nostalgia: MAGA's Russia syndrome

Dzmitry Halko
Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin presents President Trump with a bowl of clover during a St. Patrick’s Day event in the East Room of the White House, March 12, 2025. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Trump loves the Irish: Um, great news!

Andrew O'Hehir
A 17th-century view of "New Amsterdam," before the British takeover that turned it into New York. (Courtesy of W.W. Norton)

America's fatal division: Not new

Russell Shorto
Augustus Caesar in a MAGA red hat (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump: More like Hitler or Augustus?

Jim Sleeper
A burned building on Sunset Boulevard during the Palisades Fire on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, in Pacific Palisades, CA. (Photo by (Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

A history of California's fire struggles

James Thornton Harris
First Lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump, Jan. 20, 2025. (Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images)

We wanted it darker, apparently

Andrew O'Hehir
U.S. President Donald Trump inspects the troops during a full honors welcome ceremony on the parade grounds at the Pentagon, on July 25, 2019 in Arlington, Virginia. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Under Trump, military faces a crisis

Gregory D. Foster
King of the Bean is a mock royal celebration during the time of Epiphany, a traditional Christian celebration. Illustration published 1863. (Getty Images/Christine_Kohler)

The real medieval 12 Days of Christmas

Nicholas Liu
US Vice President Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves at supporters after delivering her concession speech at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Why she lost — and what we do now

Paul Rosenberg
The lidar-equipped helicopter used by GEO1 to map Colombia's Ciudad Perdida (Courtesy of NV5)

Lasers in the sky are rewriting history

Matthew Rozsa
Leaving the USA to burn (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Goodbye to all that — one last time

Mike Lofgren
Thomas Jefferson (Photo illustration by Salon/VCG Wilson/Corbis/Getty Images/HappyFoto)

How Black liberals fought a "dark age"

Paul Rosenberg
Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump, George W, Bush and Barack Obama (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump and the imperial presidency

Karen J. Greenberg - TomDispatch.com
Donald Trump and Irish unionist politician Sir Edward Carson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How democracy nearly collapsed — in 1914

Andrew O'Hehir
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump smiles at the crowd during the National Guard Association of the United States' 146th General Conference & Exhibition at Huntington Place Convention Center on August 26, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. (Emily Elconin/Getty Images)

Trump as "protector": It's an old story

Jacqueline Beatty
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, pumps his fist as he finishes speaking at a campaign rally at the Ed Fry Arena September 23, 2024 in Indiana, Pennsylvania. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The origins of Trump's "genes" obsession

Joel Edward Goza
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