Tag: World War II
How one ‘Rosie the Riveter’ poster won out over all the...
Sarah Myers, Saint Francis University and G. Kurt Piehler, Florida State University
Seventy-five years ago, Norman Rockwell’s painting of Rosie the Riveter appeared on the...
For black celebrities like Oprah, it’s impossible to be apolitical
Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff, University of South Carolina
Oprah Winfrey’s rousing Golden Globe speech has many speculating whether the media mogul will become a presidential candidate...
Why Russia thinks it’s exceptional
Gregory Carleton, Tufts University
Destiny calls upon Russia once more to face the West – or so Russians might believe.
America is not alone in projecting...
Comics captured America’s growing ambivalence about the Vietnam War
Cathy Schlund-Vials, University of Connecticut
In America’s imagination, the Vietnam War is not so much celebrated as it is assiduously contemplated. This inward-looking approach is...
During Vietnam War, music spoke to both sides of a divided...
Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff, University of South Carolina
Music is central to Ken Burns’s new Vietnam War documentary, with an original score accompanied by samples of...
Dunkirk survivors’ terror didn’t end when they were rescued
John Broich, Case Western Reserve University
In late May 1940, Vic Viner was one of the 338,000 Allied troops on the beaches around the French...
Remembering Bill Tutte: another brilliant codebreaker from World War II
One of the greatest mathematicians and codebreakers of the 20th century, William (Bill) Tutte, was born a century ago this Sunday, May...
Is Google’s eagerness to answer questions promoting more falsehood online?
Thomas Maher, University of Arizona
When people have questions, they often ask Google. They expect high-quality, accurate answers. Late last year, it emerged that the...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
