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60 Years Later, a Secret Service Agent Grapples with JFK Assassination
Paul Landis, 88, is one of the few survivors who had a firsthand view of Kennedy’s assassination 60 years ago Wednesday. He is only now telling his whole story.Retropolis -
DiscoveryWhen American Words Invaded the Greatest English Dictionary
Slips of paper with peculiar regional terms crossed the Atlantic to Oxford and into the pages of a 70-year lexicographical project.The Wall Street Journal -
ComparisonJimmy Carter and the Israel-Hamas War
How America's failures in the Palestinian-Israeli crisis of the 1970s hurt U.S. security and contributed to the current war.Made by History -
LongreadThe Men Who Started the War
John Brown and the Secret Six—the abolitionists who funded the raid on Harpers Ferry—confronted a question as old as America: When is violence justified?The Atlantic -
Book ReviewWhat if Nostalgia Isn’t What It Used to Be?
As our faith in the future plummets and the present blends with the past, we feel certain that we’ve reached the point where history has fallen apart.The New Yorker -
Book ReviewThe Misunderstood History of American Wrestling
A recent biography of Vince McMahon presents him as an entertainment tycoon who changed culture and politics. The real story is as banal as it is brutal.The Nation -
exhibitNative Pasts
This exhibit showcases the cultural, political, and environmental histories of American Indians, from ancient civilizations to contemporary activism.
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