Far-Right Politics and Its Historical Marriage to FascismKey to the far-right worldview is the notion of ‘societal purity’. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate...
History
The Munich Agreement: Handing the Sudentland to Hitler in 1938Following the trail of Hitler’s land grabs. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The Munich Agreement, signed on 30 September...
Nazi Germany’s Invasion of Poland in 1939Tracing the path of Germany’s expansion from 1935. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The leader of Nazi Germany...
The Rise of Haiti as the World’s First Free Black Republic in 1804Haiti became the first free black republic in the world. By Matthew Vree and Alison Satake During...
Christophe’s Kingdom and Petion’s Republic in Early 19th-Century HaitiChristophe established an hereditary monarchy in 1811. Overview In 1816, English painter Richard Evans sailed eastward toward...
The U.S. Invasion and Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934The U.S. successfully mainpulated the 1915 Haitian elections. Following the assassination of the Haitian President in July...
A History of Newspaper Publishing since the 17th CenturyBy the 1830s, high-speed presses could print thousands of papers. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction...
Free Press and Its Limits in Colonial AmericaFree speech is not an absolute right. A fundamental revolutionary ideal that emerged in the early American...
Restricting Free Speech with the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798The acts were deeply controversial and challenged as unconstitutional. By Harrison W. MarkWriter and HistorianWorld History Encyclopedia...
A History of the ‘Evil Eye’ in Stories and ArtThe ancient curse might be deliberate, inflicted, or accidental. Introduction On a visit to Iran in the...
‘The Devil Made Me Do It’: Demonic Intervention in Medieval Monastic LiturgySeeking out their underlying meanings. The manifold appearances of demons and the Devil are central themes in...
‘The Exorcist’ 50 Years Later: Hollywood’s Imagination and Our Obsession with EvilIt fomented a cultural panic about demons in our midst. By Dr. Regina HansenMaster Lecturer of RhetoricBoston...
The History of Money: How Did Things Change Over the Years So That Cryptocurrencies Could Enter the Financial Game?Money is indeed what makes the world go round and what helps us purchase all sorts of...
Jobs and Automation in the Sixteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth CenturiesPrevious waves of mechanization have caused difficulty and anxiety. By Sean FlemingSenior Writer, Formative ContentForum AgendaWorld Economic...
John McCarthy and the First Discussions of Artificial Intelligence in the 1950sAutomata even appear in Greek mythology. By Dr. Pamela Ann McCorduckHistorian of Artificial IntelligenceUniversity of Pittsburgh Though...
Technological Roller Coaster: A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence since 1956Before 1949 computers lacked a key prerequisite for intelligence. By Rockwell AnyohaGraduate StudentThe Hoekstra LabHoward Hughes Medical...
A Long History of Animals Self-Medicating with PlantsThis animal wisdom has a scientific name: zoopharmacognosy. Introduction When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered...
Nazi Prelude: Ending the First World War with the Treaty of Versailles in 1919The victors wanted an official recognition that Germany had started the war. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The Treaty...
The Nuremberg Rally and Power of Propaganda in Nazi GermanyThe Nuremberg rallies became truly grandiose affairs. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The Nuremberg Rally, or the Reich...
The Nuremberg Laws and Racial Restriction in Nazi GermanyThe laws were another phase of Adolf Hitler’s ‘solution’. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The Nuremberg Laws of September 1935...
Geme-Suen v Ur-Lugal’s Wife: A Court Case between Two Women in Ancient MesopotamiaAspects of the legal system in Mesopotamia. By Oxford University Press Introduction During the 21st century BCE,...
‘The Widow Capet’: The Trial and Execution of Marie AntoinetteMarie Antoinette was immensely unpopular in France. Introduction The trial and execution of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), formerly the queen...
Efren Saldivar: How a Nuclear Weapons Lab Helped Crack a Serial Killer Case in the 1990sThe painstaking lab work that put Saldivar away. By Sarah ScolesFreelance Science Writer and Author Nuclear weapons...
Old Tjikko: A Nearly 10,000-Year-Old Tree in SwedenThe root system of Old Tjikko is estimated to be 9,566 years old. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A....
The Wishing-Tree of Loch Maree in Scotland since the Seventh CenturyOnce the supposed source of cures for mental ill health, the tree is itself in frail condition,...
From Fire Hazards to Family Trees: The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1866-1977Created for U.S. insurance firms during a period of devastating fires across the 19th and 20th centuries,...
Abortion in Antiquity: Egypt, Greece, and RomeAbortions were generally performed by midwives. Egypt The first indications that abortion was common in ancient civilizations...
Friedrich Wolf and ‘Cyankali’: A Play about Abortion in 1929The play is set in the Weimar Republic. The play is set in the Weimar Republic, shortly...
‘The Abortion Pastels’: Paula Figueiroa Rego and Women’s Right to Autonomy in 1998Rego made these works in response to a referendum. One of the best-known activists in the fight...
Protestors, Influencers, and Disinformation during the American Civil WarThe past was hardly full of the upstanding, rational, nonpartisan journalists. By Dr. Jon GrinspanCurator, Division of...