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  • 27 Aug 2019
    Kevin A. Young

    Liberating the Left’s History

    “Will Bolivia and Peru become Indian republics through communist instigation?” So asked a conservative Bolivian newspaper in 1949. Two years prior, large portions of the countryside had witnessed indigenous rebellions against forced labor, land theft, and racism. Although the elite rhetoric blaming “outside agitators” was disingenuous, the rebellions did in fact feature alliances between indigenous […]

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  • 20 Aug 2019
    Agustí Nieto-Galan

    The Dark Side of Molecules: Politics and Chemistry in the 20th century

    When trying to choose the science and the scientists that shaped the 20th century, many think about nuclear energy and the near mythical names of Maria Skłodowska-Curie, Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein, or perhaps about the revolution caused by molecular biology and the almost magical DNA and its 1953 discovery by James Watson and […]

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  • 18 Jan 2016
    The White House. Photo: Matt Wade via Creative Commons.
    Howard Wainer

    How will history record the actions and claims of contemporary political parties?

    How will history record the actions and claims of contemporary political parties? One of those parties might eventually be described as: “The movement that arose in response to an influx of migrants, and promised to “purify” American politics by limiting or ending the influence of immigrants, thus reflecting nativist and anti-Moslem sentiment. It was empowered […]

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