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The women who broke the silence about the terrifying organization that trapped and abused them during Spain’s dictatorship ~life.women Article 2029 words 8 votes
Book review - A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism by Nelson Lichtenstein and Judith Stein ~humanities.history Article 1848 words 4 votes
The Republican Revolution and how the party switch actually happened ~humanities.history Article 1390 words 13 votes
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Fajitas, a Mexican dish that was really born in Texas ~food history recipes Article 238 words, published Sep 4 2023 16 votes
An effort to focus on long overlooked Roma suffering in the Holocaust ~humanities.history Article 1219 words, published Aug 29 2023 30 votes
The logistics of moving wounded World War II soldiers across the US by rail were staggeringly complex ~transport Article 2431 words 16 votes
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Charles Henry Turner’s insights into animal behavior were a century ahead of their time ~science Article 1976 words 4 votes
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Tango may be most closely associated with Argentina, but it also has a long tradition in Finland ~arts Article 981 words 13 votes
Hold the line - The short history of women switchboard operators ~humanities.history Article 872 words 20 votes
What the hell happened to the California of the ’50s and ’60s? ~enviro Article 1757 words, published Jun 18 2023 12 votes
How one American mother’s love for her gay son started a revolution ~lgbt history activism Article 6381 words, published Apr 10 2023 11 votes
Cold War British RMP video shown to travellers before driving from West Germany to West Berlin through the Soviet East German corridor ~humanities.history Video 16:09, published Oct 29 2019 8 votes
Why Lego won – the competition looked identical, so how did they pull it off? ~hobbies Video 8:57, published Jan 29 2023 10 votes
Sweden set up a eugenics plan, grounded in the science of racial biology, between 1934 and 1976 – between 20,000 and 33,000 Swedes were forced to be sterilised ~humanities.history Article 1004 words 12 votes
Inside the secret world of Russia's Cold War mapmakers ~humanities.history Article 4568 words, published Jul 18 2015 7 votes
How Iceland became a geothermal powerhouse ~enviro energy.renewable Video 8:13, published Jul 18 2022 5 votes
How the inventor of the troll doll missed out on a fortune ~design Article 2172 words, published Feb 11 2023 5 votes
The forgotten story of Modulex – Lego's lost cousin ~design architecture Video 31:33, published Feb 3 2023 7 votes
Much of what you've heard about Carter and Reagan is wrong ~humanities.history Article 1424 words 11 votes
How Edvard Munch's friend Thomas Olsen hid the masterpiece 'Dance on the Beach' in a remote barn in the Norwegian forest to foil the Nazis ~arts art painting Article 864 words 4 votes
105 years ago, a savvy candy company created the most divisive holiday dish ever ~food history Article 1980 words, published Nov 2 2022 9 votes
Stomping the margarine: Life when we had to color our food ~food history Article 901 words, published Aug 9 2022 7 votes
Denmark opens Flugt refugee museum, recognizing the contribution refugees have made to the Nordic country ~life Article 645 words, published Nov 7 2017 2 votes
How ‘This Way Out’ is preserving its collection of historic audio from the LGBTQ movement ~lgbt history Article 1689 words, published Jun 13 2022 2 votes