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Topic: History (page 5)

Painting of leaders presenting the Declaration of Independence | African Slave Trade (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Democracy's deep and troubled roots

Paul Rosenberg
Survivors Lessie Benningfield Randle, Viola Fletcher, and Hughes Van Ellis sing together at the conclusion of a rally during commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre on June 01, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

No reparations for Tulsa riot survivors

Sophia Tesfaye
Charles I on his way to be executed, 30 January 1649 (Culture Club/Getty Images)

Civilizations collapse: Are we next?

Paul Rosenberg
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" clash with counter-protesters as they enter Emancipation Park during the "Unite the Right" rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Last chance to avoid the "End Times"

Paul Rosenberg
Abraham Lincoln | Pigs (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Abraham Lincoln, pig torturer?

Matthew Rozsa
Book with chains wrapped around it (Getty Images/Guido Cavallini)

History: An inconvenient truth

Susan Ronald
People on a city street (Getty Images)

The loneliness pandemic: Getting worse

Émile P. Torres
Supporters of LGBTQA+ rights march from Union Station towards Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on March 31, 2023. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trans history is human history

Matthew Rozsa
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) talks to reporters as she leaves the U.S. Capitol after the final series of votes for the week on February 02, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

MTG's fake fear: A lynch mob mentality

Chauncey DeVega
President Lyndon B Johnson Lifts Beagle by the Ears (Getty Images/Bettmann Contributor)

LBJ picked up his dog by the ears

Matthew Rozsa
The 'Titanic', a passenger ship of the White Star Line, that sank in the night of April 14-15, 1912. (Roger Viollet via Getty Images)

Titanic conspiracies swirl on TikTok

Nicole Karlis
Easter eggs in the decorative nest (Getty Images/Vikusha)

What exactly is an Easter egg?

Serin Quinn - The Conversation
A scene at the Playwright Irish Pub in Manhattan after the 2022 St. Patrick's Day Parade. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

No, your "Celtic" tattoo isn't Celtic

Andrew O'Hehir
Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Sean Astin (Merrick Morton/HBO)

History behind "Perry Mason" grocer feud

Ashlie D. Stevens
Absinthe (Food 52)

The folklore-filled history of absinthe

Ellen Clifford - Food52
A Proud Boys gestures | Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio | California Storm Clouds (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Historical amnesia and the end of days

Henry A. Giroux
Abraham Feller (great uncle of the author), Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Library of Congress)

Unraveling my family's Cold War mystery

Peter Birkenhead
Wooden Chairs In Classroom Auditorium (Getty Images/Nikola Spasic/EyeEm)

When liberal institutions screw up

Paul Rosenberg
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A history buff with a big blindside

Jeff Cohen
Leon Trotsky, Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Putin, Biden, Ukraine and ... Trotsky?

Andrew O'Hehir
American beaver (Getty Images/barbaraaaa)

Why beaver is a "fish" during Lent

Ashlie D. Stevens
Andes Mints (Courtesy of Andes)

The old-school nostalgia of Andes Mints

Ashlie D. Stevens
Doomsday Clock (Getty Images/VICTOR de SCHWANBERG/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Doomsday Clock: The danger is real

Émile P. Torres
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joe Biden and Lyndon B. Johnson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Joe Biden might be a great president

Robert S. McElvaine
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