Racism in the U.S. Congress nearly derailed Hawaii becoming the 50th state, as Sarah Miller Davenport reports.
Category: Until This Day–Historical Perspectives on the News
Brexit’s Imperial Nostalgia
Trump’s Backward Move on Drone Civilian Casualties
Billions of Swedish Krona Supported Anti-Apartheid Struggle
Birgitta Karlström Dorph was on a secret mission in South Africa between 1982 and 1988, writes Ida Karlsson.
Anti-Semitism vs. Anti-Zionism in France
Eric Hobsbawm, the Joy of History and All That Jazz
The writer’s global appeal will remain something for the history books, writes Pepe Escobar.
The Neocons Have Their Caesar
The Notable Silence of Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill
Solidarity & Seattle’s General Strike of 1919
Gandhi and American Civil Rights
Howard Thurman travelled to India and returned to the U.S. intent on bringing nonviolence to the struggles of African Americans, writes Walter E. Fluker.