Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 4, 2025

When Was Higher Education Truly a Public Good? (Glen McGhee)

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Like staring at the Sun too long,  that brief window in time, when higher ed was a public good,  has left a permanent hole for nostalgia to ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

The True Story of the Statue of Liberty—and the Lies We Were Taught

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The Statue of Liberty stands in New York Harbor as one of the most iconic symbols of the United States. For generations, it has been describ...
Sunday, January 19, 2025

The Business Plots, Then and Now

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In 1933, a group of American businessman planned a coup to take down the new President, Franklin Roosevelt. In this scheme, General Smedley ...
Wednesday, November 27, 2024

National Day of Mourning, Thursday 11-28-2024 (United American Indians of New England)

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Since 1970, Indigenous people & their allies have gathered at noon on Cole's Hill in Plymouth to commemorate a National Day of Mourn...
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Thursday, June 29, 2023

A People's History of Higher Education in the US

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[Editor's Note: What we saw today at the US Supreme Court--with the end of affirmative action in college enrollment--is horrible but not...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

The US Working-Class Depression: "Let's all pretend we couldn't see it coming."

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How is the working-class Depression of 2020 similar to the other 47 financial downturns in US history?  Downturns are frequently precipi...
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