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Topic: History (page 8)

Salt And Pepper Shakers (Getty Images / Cristina Pedreira / EyeEm)

The spicy history of salt shakers

Michael La Corte
A portrait of Donald Trump, a copy of The 1776 Report, and an apple with a cross carved into it. (Illustration by Ilana Lidagoster/Salon)

The "anti-woke" public school curriculum

Kathryn Joyce
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Adolph Hitler (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Geopolitics and the Ukraine conflict

Alfred McCoy - TomDispatch.com
Richard Nixon and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

When Nixon meddled in an overseas war

Matthew Rozsa
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In this photograph taken on January 3, 2018, Afghan commandos forces patrol during ongoing US-Afghan military operation against Islamic State militants in Achin district of Nangarhar province. Afghan security forces are conducting most of the fighting against the Taliban and other insurgent groups as US troops operate alongside them in a training capacity and are frequently on the front lines. (NOORULLAH SHIRZADA/AFP via Getty Images)

What we haven't learned from endless war

Nan Levinson - TomDispatch.com
Donald Trump | People participate in the “Million MAGA March” from Freedom Plaza to the Supreme Court, on November 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's racist fantasies — and history

Chauncey DeVega
People hold up signs during a rally against "critical race theory" (CRT) being taught in schools at the Loudoun County Government center in Leesburg, Virginia on June 12, 2021. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

GOP parents: Black History Month is CRT

Brad Reed - Raw Story
Supporters of US President Donald Trump protest inside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. - Demonstrators breached security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (Brent Stirton/Getty Images)

How history shields Trump and his allies

Chauncey DeVega
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Signs are seen on a bench during a rally against "critical race theory" (CRT) being taught in schools at the Loudoun County Government center in Leesburg, Virginia on June 12, 2021. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Florida schools now censoring history

Kathryn Joyce
James Garfield, Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why James Garfield matters (or should)

Matthew Rozsa
Supporters listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Kenosha Regional Airport on November 02, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

MAGA's twisted vision of medieval Europe

John Stoehr - Alternet
Firefighters survey tornado damages in downtown Mayfield on December 11, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes tore through parts of the lower Midwest late on Friday night leaving a large path of destruction and multiple fatalities. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)

Despite everything, we need each other

Kirk Swearingen
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View of a mass meeting of 20,000 members of the League of the Friends of the New Germany, which was held in New York's Madison Square Garden. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

Fascism in America: Not all that new

Elayne Clift
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. | The Russian Revolution: Peasants plundering the properties of the rural rich (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Democracy vs. fascism: Cool story bro!

Andrew O'Hehir
Anti-Abortion activists gather in oppostion in front of the supreme court during the annual Women’s March October 2, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Women's March and other groups organized marches across the country to protest the new abortion law in Texas. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

When the right wasn't anti-abortion

Matthew Rozsa
Robbers lying in wait for a train heist (CSA Images/Getty Images)

17 of the most unusual heists in history

Jay Serafino - Mental Floss
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A Republican Party volunteer standing next to a voter registration poster at Carnival Miami. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Uncle Sam's surprising origin story

Paul Bruski - The Conversation
Sit Downers Hail "Armistice Day." Sit down strikers at the Cadillac and Fleetwood Plants here, led by a hand playing "Hail to the Victors" march jubilantly from the plants after a truce had been declared permitting negotiation between G. M. officials and members of the United Automobile workers of America. General Motors is determined however not to surrender exclusive collective bargaining rights for employees to the United Automobile workers (Getty Images/Bettmann/Contributor)

When sit-down strikes changed history

Matthew Rozsa
Lyndon B. Johnson with the 6th and 7th grade students in the class he taught in 1928 and 1929. Cotulla, Texas. (CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

The president who taught migrant youths

Matthew Rozsa
Daniel Craig in "No Time to Die" (MGM/UA)

The history of adding insult to injury

Andrew M. McClellan - The Conversation
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Two policemen carry stretcher bearing Negro nationalist leader Malcolm X after he was downed by an assassin's bullets at a rally on February 21st. The 39-year-old Malcolm was pronounced dead at the hospital when he was taken for treatment. The assassination of the one-time Muslim official came one week after the bombing of his home on February 13th. (Getty Images / Bettmann / Contributor)

Did the FBI order Malcolm X's murder?

Bob Hennelly
Pilgrims observing the Anglicans led by Thomas Morton dancing around a Maypole at Mare Mount (Merrymount) settlement, 1628. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

What was the first banned book?

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
A parent sits in the gallery before the Placentia Yorba Linda School Board discusses a proposed resolution to ban teaching critical race theory in schools. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Let's talk about the critical race facts

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Joe Biden and Martin Van Buren (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"Let's Go Brandon": A history lesson

Matthew Rozsa
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