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Topic: History (page 6)

President Ronald Reagan, campaigning for a second term of office, smiles during a rally speech at the California State Capitol the day before the 1984 presidential election. (Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Rap, Reagan and the 1980s

Stefan M. Bradley - The Conversation
A North Atlantic right whale swims in the waters of Cape Cod Bay April 14, 2019 near Provincetown, Massachusetts. (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)

Whalers filling gaps in climate history

Ayurella Horn-Muller - Grist
Tokyo residents who lost their homes as a result of the U.S. bombings, March 10, 1945. The Operation Meetinghouse air raid of 9-10 March 1945 was later estimated to be the single most destructive bombing raid in history. (Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

War crimes? We must not forget Tokyo

James M. Scott
President Donald J. Trump (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Adam Hochschild on Trump and history

Chauncey DeVega
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A man scowls as he confronts a pro-choice demonstrator outside a pregnancy center in Little Rock. (Greg Smith/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Why women's freedom threatens many men

Robert S. McElvaine
Stone Statue Head Wearing Headphones In Remote Rocky Dawn Landscape (Getty Images/peepo)

Who invented music?

Laura Dallman - The Conversation
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks at the 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference at the Rosen Shingle Creek on February 26, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. (Paul Hennessy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

GOP: No longer a legit political party

Thom Hartmann - Independent Media Institute
Holiday Maple Glazed Turkey Dinner (Getty Images/Lauri Patterson)

What is Canadian Thanksgiving?

Joy Saha, Ashlie D. Stevens
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"The Bankruptcy of the Liberal Ass" (Mr. Fish/original to ScheerPost)

Fascism: It's really back this time

Chris Hedges
House of the Dragon (Ollie Upton / HBO)

British history behind Westeros' dragons

Raluca Radulescu - The Conversation
Freedom school teacher Liz Fusco with students- Ruleville, Mississippi. 1964 (Tracy Sugarman/Jackson State University via Getty Images)

Right-wing fake history is nothing new

Robert S. McElvaine
Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The last time a justice was impeached

Alex Henderson - Alternet
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Pres. Bush (R) & Soviet Pres. Gorbachev shaking hands, all smiles, holding summit press conference, 1989 (Dirck Halstead/Getty Images)

Gorbachev: The missed opportunity

John T. McNay
Hippopotamus (Getty Images/pjmalsbury)

The true story of the Louisiana hippos

Matthew Rozsa
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

FDR's court-packing scheme: Another try?

Matthew Rozsa
Cold refreshing summer drink with lemon and mint (Getty Images/JulijaDmitrijeva)

5 summer drinks to keep you cool

Anistatia Renard Miller - The Conversation
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This Dec. 8, 1987, photo shows President Ronald Reagan with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during welcoming ceremonies at the White House on the first day of their disarmament summit. (JEROME DELAY/AFP via Getty Images)

Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams
A military transport plane flies over as Relatives and neighbors of the Ahmadi family gathered around the incinerated husk of a vehicle targeted and hit earlier Sunday afternoon by an American drone strike, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (Getty Images/MARCUS YAM/LOS ANGELES TIMES)

Seven children dead: Who's to blame?

Jeremy Collins
The end of America (Getty Images/Davide Zanin)

Are we the last civilization to fall?

Chris Hedges
Abraham Lincoln Speaking During one of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Charleston, Illinois, USA, September 18, 1858. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Lincoln's midterms: The lessons of 1862

Matthew Rozsa
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The secret Soviet whale tale

Ryan Jones - The Conversation
Old man with a cup of tea (Getty Images/ jeangill)

A brief history of old age

Sharon DeWitte - The Conversation
Supporters of Donald Trump rally at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2020. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Decoding America's heart of darkness

Michel Gueldry
Circa 1535, King Henry VIII of England (1491 - 1547) and his second wife, Anne Boleyn (1507 - 1536). He had broken with the papacy following the divorce of his first wife, Catherine of Aragon in 1533. Anne Boleyn was beheaded in 1536 and Henry married Jane Seymour. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

11 influential British royal lovers

Samantha Arrowsmith - Mental Floss
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