In the years after World War II, neutral, peace-loving Sweden embarked on an ambitious plan – build its own atomic bomb Article 16 votes
Bellevue, WA police responded to a call from a US Air Force museum that said a man had offered to donate a Cold War-era missile stored in his late neighbor’s garage Article 570 words 12 votes
Book review - A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism by Nelson Lichtenstein and Judith Stein Article 1848 words 4 votes
‘We put in air conditionin’, stayed year-round, and ruined America’ Article 1251 words, published Sep 12 2023 13 votes
An effort to focus on long overlooked Roma suffering in the Holocaust Article 1219 words, published Aug 29 2023 30 votes
Newly published transcripts show the work of early radio broadcaster Walter Benjamin and the details he observed about his time Article 3382 words, published Aug 8 2023 7 votes
The post-WWI migrations that built Yugoslavia and Türkiye have left a painful legacy Article 2399 words 13 votes
Scenes from a fallen empire: Abandoned Russian bases dot Mongolia’s border Article 1314 words 16 votes
Cold War British RMP video shown to travellers before driving from West Germany to West Berlin through the Soviet East German corridor Video 16:09, published Oct 29 2019 8 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 Article 1004 words 12 votes
Inside the secret world of Russia's Cold War mapmakers Article 4568 words, published Jul 18 2015 7 votes
The filing cabinet was critical to the information infrastructure of the 20th-century. Like most infrastructure, it was usually overlooked. Article 3354 words 10 votes
The US has never taken responsibility for spraying Agent Orange over Laos during the Vietnam War. Generations of ethnic minorities have endured the consequences. Article 12 votes
How socialists solved the housing crisis of Vienna after WW1 and how we can do it again Video 9:00, published Jan 29 2021 10 votes
Brexit fishing row evokes memories of 'cod wars' with Iceland – four Royal Navy patrol ships will be ready from 1st January to help protect UK fishing waters Article 552 words 7 votes
Life during wartime: How west Belfast became the frontline of the Troubles Article 3820 words 5 votes
Being Finnish: A Guide For Soviet Spies – An archived booklet reveals how communist spooks were instructed to blend in with Finnish locals Link 11 votes
20th-century slavery was hiding in plain sight: The El Monte sweatshop case exposed a web of corruption, and the enslavement of more than seventy Los Angeles area garment workers Article 2059 words 6 votes
Decades-old photography from the U-2 spy program now offers a time machine to see traces of the historical and ancient past Article 2192 words 11 votes
How skeletons of WWI ships came to rest in the Potomac Article 2163 words, published Oct 18 2019 4 votes
Raoul Wallenberg is thought to have saved as many as 30,000 Jews but his descendants do not know how, when or why he died Article 1349 words 7 votes
Becoming Anne Frank - Why did we turn an isolated teenage girl into the world’s most famous Holocaust victim? Article 3562 words 7 votes
Hidden for seventy years, a new invaluable contribution to Holocaust literature—the diary of Renia Spiegel—was rediscovered inside a desk in New York Article 2975 words 13 votes