Tag: history

Anytime there is a sudden loss of life due to gun violence in this country, the debate over sensible gun control begins again, usually...

In the '50s and '60s, we experienced a Civil Rights Movement. Black people were fighting for basic rights. There were segregated bathrooms, water fountains, schools,...

We see it in movies and television shows. People that live in Washington, D.C. have seen it a lot...the President's motorcade. It is a...

Congress passed a bill on Monday to remove racist language written into laws. There were a few cases of the words "Oriental" and "Negro" still on...

A photograph can capture a moment and preserve it forever. These photos from throughout history highlight some of the most stunning, heart-wrenching, amazing and brutal...

On the morning of September 11, 2001, as President George W. Bush was reading a children's story to a group of students at Emma E....

Maryland State Senator Jamie Raskin believes that it is possible to lead an ethical life without living in fear of an all powerful, supernatural...

Donald Trump claims to be very intelligent. He brags that he attended "the best college in the country," Wharton School at UPenn, which may...

College kids have always wanted to have sex. By the late 60s, they had a lot more questions about sex. They wanted to know...

An Arkansas history teacher violated all the educational standards when he forced his students to watch Mel Gibson's 2004 "gorno masterpiece," The Passion of the...

Some years ago, I was working with adjudicated youth and became interested in the psychology of criminals, particularly those who kill. In my quest...

There were lots of hits and misses in the 1960s. Hits? John F. Kennedy, the Black Panther Party, the Civil Rights Act, the Voting...

A new piece of history has emerged. It is a pamphlet that was meant to teach children that slavery is wrong, and to hopefully convince...

A couple in California, Eric Wing and Stacey Sampo, made a video about Hillary Clinton's history of feminism that is going viral in a...

Monday we celebrate Presidents' Day, and today happens to actually be the 16th President's birthday. Lincoln is generally considered to be one of the greatest men...

The New York Public Library has taken on an amazing project of collecting menus from the late nineteenth century to the current century. Those intrigued by...

Generally, when one writes a book on a particular subject, that means the author is at least somewhat of an expert on the topic....

Don't you just love how the far right engages in selective memory when it comes to historical matters which paint their heroes in an...

When a photo is taken of a person, we have no way of knowing if it may be the last time they will ever...

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