A Japanese American newspaper chronicles the ‘searing’ history of immigrant incarceration ~humanities.history Article 1410 words 8 votes
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The disadvantages of an elite education: Our best universities have forgotten that the reason they exist is to make minds, not careers education.higher Article 5484 words, published Jun 1 2008 16 votes
How one Colorado art teacher inspires kids by leaning into chaos, not control education Article 1144 words 8 votes
The contested Confederate roots of Memorial Day: More than two dozen US cities claim to the be the “birthplace of Memorial Day" ~humanities.history Article 747 words 7 votes
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Muslims of early America: Muslims came to America more than a century before Protestants, and in great numbers. How was their history forgotten? ~humanities.history Article 4402 words 14 votes
The history of the Black radical group MOVE and its infamous bombing by police ~humanities.history Article 464 words 9 votes
The sad tale of Frank Olson, the US Government's hallucinogen fall man ~humanities.history Article 977 words 4 votes
During the Cold War, the CIA secretly plucked a Soviet submarine from the ocean floor using a giant claw ~humanities.history Article 1822 words 8 votes
‘Deep Sleep’: How an amateur porno set off a massive Federal witch hunt ~humanities.history Article 8013 words 13 votes
LA’s elite on edge as prosecutors pursue more parents in admissions scandal education.higher Article 1446 words 6 votes
Indigenous educators fight for an accurate history of California ~humanities.history Article 4894 words 7 votes
No Spanish allowed: Texas school museum revisits history of segregation ~humanities.history Article 1054 words 8 votes
Ignore the Poway Synagogue shooter’s manifesto: Pay attention to 8chan’s /pol/ board religion Article 1539 words 28 votes
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Goodbye, show world: The last days of Times Square’s peep shows ~humanities.history Article 2135 words 5 votes
Archivists race to digitize slavery records before the history is lost ~humanities.history Article 1392 words 9 votes
The general was female? ASU professor, colleague uncover 200-year-old mystery from the American Revolution ~humanities.history Article 1852 words 10 votes
They had it coming - The parents indicted in the college-admissions scandal were responding to a changing America, with rage at being robbed of what they believed was rightfully theirs education.higher Article 6339 words 12 votes
The illusion of a “marketplace of ideas” and the right to truth Article 5157 words, published Feb 20 2019 8 votes
M-16: A bureaucratic horror story ~humanities.history Article 8377 words, published Jun 1 1981 8 votes
Harvard sued by 'descendant of slave for profiting from photos' ~humanities.history Article 697 words 7 votes
This, too, was history. The battle over police torture and reparations in Chicago’s schools ~humanities.history Link 7 votes
The top six medical inventions during the American civil war ~humanities.history Article 1732 words, published Jan 28 2019 9 votes
Wild Bill Hickok: He Claimed He Killed 100s, But His Fatalities Were Closer To 10 ~humanities.history Article 1650 words, published Jan 26 2019 6 votes
Atheists and non-believers could soon receive civil rights protections under Portland law religion Article 404 words, published Feb 11 2019 18 votes
American History Textbooks' Lies: Everything Your Teacher Got Wrong - Myths, Education (1995) ~humanities.history Video 57:03, published Jun 3 2014 9 votes
Revolutionary War fighting ended in 1781. The last shots exploded two months ago. ~humanities.history Article 2156 words 10 votes
The Metropolitan Museum will return prized gilded coffin after learning it was stolen archaeology Article 600 words 5 votes
In 1939, 20,000 Americans rallied in New York’s Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism ~humanities.history Article 1561 words 16 votes
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The overlooked history of African American skate culture ~humanities.history Article 1312 words 6 votes
How the US has hidden its empire: The United States likes to think of itself as a republic, but it holds territories all over the world – the map you always see doesn’t tell the whole story. ~humanities.history Article 3234 words 12 votes
Conservative Christian group launches campaign against “Buddhist meditation” in public schools theology religion education Article 593 words 32 votes