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Now & Then

How can the past help inform today’s most pressing challenges? Every Wednesday, award-winning historians Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman use their encyclopedic knowledge of US history to bri... Read more

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Telling Tales of History: The Florida Problem

Telling Tales of History: The Florida Problem

What can the controversy over Florida’s new Black history standards tell us about the politics of distorting the past? H... Read more

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Unions, Strikes, and the Public: What Matters?

Unions, Strikes, and the Public: What Matters?

How should we make sense of the current labor activism in transportation and entertainment? Heather and Joanne explain h... Read more

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