Two introverted French Lesbian artists conducted a campaign of subversion against the Nazis occupying the Island of Jersey that a trial judge called "more dangerous than soldiers." A new book explains how.
After a patient count, Joe Biden has claimed victory, and fears that late-arriving military absentee ballots could be subject to litigation that might decide the election have receded. This is fortunate, because history shows parties won't hesitate to interfere with the military vote for political advantage.
A scholar of history education says Howard Zinn's papers show that the late (and lately demonized) historian achieved something Trump fears even more than left-wing propaganda: helping students critically engage with the past.
"Hellenistic" Athens may not shine as brightly as Classical Athens, but it has lived unfairly in the shadow of its famous predecessor. It's time it emerged from that shadow.
If, as the abolitionist Theodore Parker wrote, "the arc of the universe is long, but it bends towards justice," then why bother to hasten its arrival? Those who don't believe that history will guarantee a better future will act to bring a different future into being.
Mark Burnett's reality TV empire has championed individualism and the myth of the entrepreneurial genius while reviving the celebrity and launching the political career of Donald Trump. Is 2020 the end of the line for both?
Franklin Roosevelt's error in 1937 was not to propose expanding the court, it was to fail to explain and defend his popular political reasons for doing so.
The "deal" between the military and civilian leadership has hinged on an exchange of obedience to lawful authority by the military for expectations of honesty, competence, and respect for the Constitution on the part of elected leaders. This deal has been taken for granted, until now.
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