Shorts
There’s More Than One Answer
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[Always read the footnotes.]
Features
A Known and Unknown War
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Twenty years later, I am living through the making of the Iraq War as history.
Reviews
The RRRevolution Will Be Cinematic
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This unflinching depiction of the British Raj and its terror is long overdue in Western pop culture.
Shorts
Hotline Suspense
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The entire plot of Stanley Kubrick’s Cold War satire turns around getting people on the phone.
A Thing Of The Past
The Persian Rug
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Still in her concentration camp uniform, Olga found her Persian rug.
Shorts
Country Before Dog
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Though American children could not serve in the war themselves, they could vicariously serve through their dogs.
Shorts
Where Is Dorsey Foultz?
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When the D.C. Metropolitan Police failed to catch a murder suspect, white residents criticized and mocked. Black residents worried.
Personal Pan Histories
Personal Pan Histories: Turnips
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“For my family, boiled turnips became a reminder of my grandmother’s suffering.”
Personal Pan Histories
Personal Pan Histories: Wacky Cake
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A cake made without milk or butter? Don’t tell the Minnesota Dairy Industry Committee!
Field Trip
The Desert Keeps Receipts
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We are immersed in a landscape of risk, a damaged place that damages in return.
Field Trip
When John Brown’s Body Is Wax
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What better place to think about authenticity than a wax museum?
Shorts
Lovers Under an Apple Tree
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Why did the priest and the choir singer die, and what was the nature of their love?
Shorts
I’ve Never Seen Anything
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How could the Jedi Order vanish from public memory in less than a generation?
Features
Death to the Ewoks
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Though the genocidal event isn’t canon, many fans apparently wish it was.
Features
Arming the Past: An Interview with Michael Bellesiles
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He wrote one of the most contentious works of history from the last century. And he sat down with Daniel Gullotta for his first public discussion of the controversy in nearly a decade.
Field Trip
This Is Not an Interrogation
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Veterans get the chance to tell their stories; my role is to facilitate that process.
Field Trip
The Circus Hitler Said He Loved
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Simultaneously beloved and despised by the Nazi regime, their stories are now being uncovered by a team of researchers.
Features
War Happens in Dark Places, Too
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In thick woods and swamplands and on small river islands, they bided their time.