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5 Things You Should Know about the CIA’s Covert Drone Assassination Campaign

by Brian Glyn Williams

Compared with standard bombing, the current drone campaign is far more precise than any previous bombing campaign in history.

This Research Suggests Why Historians Have to Begin Acknowledging that Biology Is a Key Factor in a Person’s Politics

by John R. Hibbing, Kevin B. Smith, and John R. Alford

Lab experiments conducted around the world demonstrate a relationship between political beliefs and physiological response to disgusting, threatening, or simply disquieting aspects of life.

The History Lesson the American Psychological Association Forgot

by Sarah Bridger

The APA needed a debate about torture just as physicists during the Cold War had to decide if scientists should be held accountable for the consequences of their research.

25 Years Ago Saddam Invaded Kuwait. The World Was Never the Same Again.

by Tom Clifford

Why did he invade? He did it for the money. He’d gone to war with Iran on behalf of Saudi Arabia. He was owed.

“Hamilton” on Broadway – “It Lived Up to the Hype”

by John Baick

It’s history written with hip-hop, heart, and heroes.

Charleston and the Amok Syndrome

by Thomas Fleming

While there is a connection to the so-called Lost Cause on the surface of Dylann Roof’s disturbed mind, it is not an explanation for the tragedy. The reason for the bloodshed is psychiatric, not racial or political.

A Terrible Opportunity to Teach America a Civil Rights Lesson Is in Danger of Being Missed

by Shawn Leigh Alexander

What we don’t need is for the removal of the Confederate flag to become another act of hollow reconciliation.

Why Something Needs to Be Done About Maryland’s Shameful Monument to Roger Taney

by Corey M. Brooks

Those demanding removal of the statue have a legitimate grievance and should not be flippantly dismissed.

Who “Lost” Cuba?

by Humberto Fontova

The liberal line is that the United States backed Batista and tried to block Castro. Here, says the author, is evidence that view is incorrect.

This Is How Politically Inferior Women Were after the American Revolution

by Kathleen DuVal

When an American woman married a foreign man, she lost her American citizenship altogether.

This Is What the Media Forgot to Mention About Magna Carta

by Dr Gillian Polack

It wasn’t the first written document of its kind.

Five Myths About Emperor Hirohito

by Francis Pike

He wasn't forced into war.  He wasn't a peace-loving scientist.  He knew about the Rape of Nanking -- and more. 

The US Is the Only Advanced Country on Earth that Doesn’t Guarantee Paid Maternity Leave. Why Is that?

by Nancy Woloch

The surprising history.

Understanding Russia

by Walter Laqueur

Russia may still be to some extent a riddle, but the mystery is not so much in what Russian leaders are doing and thinking, but the way they are misinterpreted by some circles in the West.

Five Myths About Genghis Khan

by Frank McLynn

Forget all the things you’ve heard. This is the real Genghis Khan.

David Greenglass and Max Elitcher’s Secret Grand Jury Testimony Unsealed: What the Transcripts Really Reveal About the Rosenberg Spy Case

by R. Bruce Craig

This is what the media neglected to mention.

Rid the Landscape of Confederate Monuments?

by Tim Grove

It’s a sensitive subject that should come with the warning: Tread carefully.

We Know Why Obama Changed US Policy Toward Cuba. But Why Did Cuba Change Its Policy Toward the US?

by Matt Jacobs

To understand the change we need to acknowledge that Castro has always followed a policy of “revolutionary pragmatism.”

Donald Trump, Xenophobia, and Immigration: We’ve Been Here Before

by Ron Briley

Republicans will face another long period in the political wilderness if they do not disassociate the party from the xenophobia of Donald Trump.

Why Are So Many Distraught to Learn that Slavery Was the Cause of the Civil War?

by Dale Schlundt

It’s because this conflicts with what they learned in school. (And we hate to rethink things.)