Tag: World War I
America faced domestic fascists before and buried that history
Arlene Stein, Rutgers University
Masked officers conduct immigration raids. National Guard troops patrol American cities, and protesters decry their...
From truce in the trenches to cocktails at the consulate: How...
Andrew Latham, Macalester College
President Donald Trump is reportedly setting his sights on a Christmas peace deal in the...
Chinese barges and Taiwan Strait drills are about global power projection...
Colin Flint, Utah State University
Is China intent on a D-Day style invasion of Taiwan?
Certainly...
How the US military has embraced growing religious diversity
Ronit Y. Stahl, University of California, Berkeley
In 1919, Lee Levinger buried four soldiers in France. The responsibility to preside over a funeral was not...
As Herman Melville turns 200, his works have never been more...
Aaron Sachs, Cornell University
Outside of American literature courses, it doesn’t seem likely that many Americans are reading Herman Melville these days.
But with Melville turning...
Did a censored female writer inspire Hemingway’s famous style?
Cynthia Wachtell, Yeshiva University
Virtually everyone has heard of Ernest Hemingway. But you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who knows of Ellen N. La Motte.
People...
How Salvation Army’s red kettles became a Christmas tradition
Diane Winston, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Tinseled trees and snowy landscapes are not the only signs of the upcoming...
Veterans have fought in wars – and fought against them
Michael Messner, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
If President Donald Trump had his way, the nation would be...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
