Tag: history
Seeking truth among ‘alternative facts’
Peter Neal Peregrine, Lawrence University
Part of what I do as an archaeologist is judge between competing claims to truth. Indeed, you could say this...
Exxon’s Rex Tillerson and the rise of Big Oil in American...
Exxon's Rex Tillerson and the rise of Big Oil in American politics
Brian C. Black, Pennsylvania State University
“How Big Oil Bought the White House and...
Does nonpartisan journalism have a future?
Justin Buchler, Case Western Reserve University
The nonpartisan model of journalism is built around the norm of covering politics as though both parties are equally...
Will Trump victory make Angela Merkel leader of the free world?
Johanna Schuster-Craig, Michigan State University
After the election of Donald Trump, commentators have argued that German Chancellor Angela Merkel may become the leader of the...
Could razing Hitler’s first home backfire?
Despina Stratigakos, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
The Austrian government has announced that it will demolish or completely remake the house...
In a state wrought with racial tension, Jackie Robinson…
In a state wrought with racial tension, Jackie Robinson suited up for his first spring training game
Chris Lamb, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Seventy years ago,...
The twisted roots of U.S. land policy in the West
John Freemuth, Boise State University
The seizure of a Malheur National Wildlife Refuge building in southeastern Oregon by armed and self-styled “constitutionalists” was...
How the Nazis co-opted Christmas
Joe Perry, Georgia State University
In 1921, in a Munich beer hall, newly appointed Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler gave a Christmas speech to an...
EXPLORING NATURE
Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...
Moones Alamooti, University of North Dakota
As energy use rises and the planet warms, you might have dreamed of...
