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Some encouraging, history-defying news to end the year

The Myth of Thanksgiving

Blame Two Old Dog Dads for Claims of Voter Fraud Today

The 1950s Dog Dads Responsible for Voter Fraud Claims Today

How one Woman Broke the Silence Around Abortion in 1962

The Secret Genesis of Corporations’ Political Dominance

The Secret Genesis of Corporations’ Political Dominance

The Family Foundation Undermining Election Integrity Today

How Corporate Execs Quietly Shaped the Pledge of Allegiance

How Corporate Executives Quietly Shaped the Pledge of Allegiance

How Arthur Watkins might still get his way

How the Book of Mormon Inspired the "Termination" of Native American Tribes

How the Book of Mormon Inspired the "Termination" of Native American Tribes

The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 (Part 2)

The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 (Part 1)

What if prisons and jails didn't exist?

How NY Covered Up a Massacre—and Sparked Mass Incarceration

Medical Care and Experimentation at Attica

The Attica Prison Uprising, 50 years ago today

A preview of our season premiere!

The flawed arguments that triggered mass incarceration

The Confederate-y History of History Textbooks

The Before and Aftershocks of Afghanistan

How the US still inflames the causes of migration

Why is history skipped?

French Reparations, US Occupations, Haitian Assassinations

Welcome to Skipped History!

A closing note on Season 2, and on to Season 3!

How a Racist, Sexist "Thesis" Inspired US Interventions Abroad

The Historian Who Inspired Justifications for US Interventions Abroad

A bit more Iran-Contra insanity

The US-backed Contra War & the Rise of Private Military Companies

How the US began funding white supremacist mercenaries

How a (Bad) Novel Acts as the Far Right's Playbook

The 1979 Greensboro Massacre

How the Alliance that Fuels the Far Right was Born

A "gentlemen's coup" in Brazil

The 1965 Military Coup in Indonesia

The US’ Violent, Cookbook-Inspired Coup

The Complexity of Ike

The 1953 US-Led Coup in Iran

The 1953 US-Led Coup in Iran

The Operative who Revolutionized Presidential Campaigns

The Great Wall Street Scandal of 1905

The Great Wall Street Scandal of 1905

A little more McKinley-esque lunacy

The US decision to occupy the Philippines in 1898

The Lasting Consequences of the US Decision to Occupy the Philippines

Cheddar is Chill. Bananas? Not so much

The 1954 US-Backed Coup in Guatemala

The 1954 US-Backed Coup in Guatemala

Behind the Scenes of Last Week's Episode on Indonesia

How Two Brothers Tried to Start a Civil War in Indonesia

How Two Brothers Tried to Start a Civil War in Indonesia

A sneak peek of Season 2

Hello, and an update on Season 2