US History
“Gangsters of Capitalism”: Jonathan Katz on the Parallels Between Jan. 6...
January 26, 2022
We speak to award-winning journalist Jonathan Katz about his new book “Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and...
The True History Behind ‘The Plot Against America’
Philip Roth’s classic novel, newly adapted by HBO, envisions a world in which Charles Lindbergh wins the 1940 presidential election
By Meilan Solly
Associate Editor, History
March 16,...
This Was the Worst Slaughter of Native Americans in US History....
The 1863 Bear River Massacre decimated the Northwestern Band of the Shoshones but was overshadowed by the Civil War
By Dana Hedgpeth
The Washington Post
26 September...
New Evidence Implicates CIA, LAPD, FBI and Mafia as Plotters in...
By Jeremy Kuzmarov
September 1, 2021
photo: washingtonpost.com; collage courtesy of Steve Brown
Yet even after over 50 years, high government officials like Vice President Kamala Harris...
Cuban Exile Told Sons He Trained Oswald, JFK’s Accused Assassin, at...
By Nora Gamez Torres / Miami Herald
Oct. 30, 2021
photo: Ricardo Morales, known as "Monkey," second left, and his "cleanup" crew posing with CIA-provided sniper...
The removal of Jefferson’s statue. A shame for America and the...
The removal of Jefferson’s statue is a gift to the political right
By Tom Mackaman
19 October 2021
New York City will remove from City Hall a...
100 years since the Battle of Blair Mountain
By Andy Thompson, Jerry White
9 September 2021
This month marks the 100th anniversary since the end of the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921, when...
The two American Revolutions in world history
By David North
4 July 2020
Today marks the 244th anniversary of the public proclamation of the Declaration of Independence, on July 4, 1776, which established...
Hands off the monuments to Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Grant!
22 June 2020
In recent weeks, participants in demonstrations against police violence in the United States have demanded the removal of monuments to Confederate leaders...
US: The largest uprising since the ’60s
A Class Rebellion: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on How Racism & Racial Terrorism Fueled Nationwide Anger
June 01, 2020
In the largest nationwide uprising since the 1960s, protesters...