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A brief report on the execution of four anarchists for the Haymarket bombing of 1884.

The future of Germany and the chances of a lasting peace in Europe are intertwined. Potsdam took care of one and made a start on the other.

When protester Jack Weinberg told a reporter, "Don't trust anyone over 30," the '60s youth movement was born.

A report from the front lines of the civil rights battle in Greenwood, Mississippi--a very dangerous place to be.

The disaster at Versailles is as much President Wilson's failure as it is any other's.

The House Judiciary Committee says Richard Nixon must stand trial in the Senate for high crimes and misdemeanors.

With his farcical accusations against the Secretary of the Army, Tailgunner Joe meets his Waterloo.

The quiet breakfast could end up being a thing of the past if the rumors about Edison inventing a phonograph are true.

While goods and supplies pour into Berlin from the air, the real question hovering over the city is whether there will be a war between the West and Russia.

Little Bighorn could end up being as disastrous for the Indians as it was for General Custer.

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Lincoln ordered the execution of thirty-eight Dakota Indians for rebellion—but never ordered the execution of Confederate officials or generals.

December 26, 2012

The McGovern campaign marked a turning point in many lives, including John Lennon’s.

October 21, 2012

The ultimate "realist" goes a bit too far.

December 11, 2010

Upton Sinclair led one of the greatest mass movements in US history, and his political career has a lot to teach us about politics today.

October 12, 2010

A tale of two attacked cities, or the differences between New York and Oklahoma City.

September 24, 2010

Today is the 39th anniversary of the killings of four student antiwar protesters at Kent State University.

May 4, 2009
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