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Army-McCarthy Hearings: Gentelmen’s Agreement Army-McCarthy Hearings: Gentelmen’s Agreement

With his farcical accusations against the Secretary of the Army, Tailgunner Joe meets his Waterloo.

Apr 22, 2009 / Feature / Carey McWilliams

Synder-Gray: Fights and Flights in the Newspapers Synder-Gray: Fights and Flights in the Newspapers

Ruth Elder's oversea hop is acclaimed by the daily press as a triumph, although she fell more than six hundred miles short of her destination, and seems from the headlines to h...

Apr 22, 2009 / Feature / Silas Bent

Sputnik: Sattelite Hysteria and Moonstruck USA Sputnik: Sattelite Hysteria and Moonstruck USA

A little Russian satellite beeping in space causes mass hysteria on the ground.

Apr 22, 2009 / Feature / Harlow Shapley

The Rosenberg Case The Rosenberg Case

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg get the death penalty for a crime that no one seems sure they committed.

Apr 22, 2009 / Feature / The Nation

The Bonus Army Scares Mr. Hoover The Bonus Army Scares Mr. Hoover

President Hoover's slim chance at re-election probably ended with his heavy-handed treatment of the unemployed veterans who came to Washington seeking relief.

Apr 22, 2009 / Feature / Mauritz A. Hallgren

Moscow Looks at Dumbarton Oaks Moscow Looks at Dumbarton Oaks

Russia hopes the Dumbarton Oaks Conference will ensure peace.

Apr 22, 2009 / Feature / Anna Louise Strong

Death of JFK: A Most Unstuffy Man Death of JFK: A Most Unstuffy Man

The author remembers his childhood friend Jack, who was about to leave a real mark on America when his life was cut short.

Apr 22, 2009 / Feature / H. Stuart Hughes

Theater on the Left Theater on the Left

The Federal Theatre Project presented plays that made audiences think. That's what made them so richly rewarding--but too dangerous for Congress to stomach.

Apr 22, 2009 / Feature / Charles R. Walker

Democracy, on Mic and on Camera Democracy, on Mic and on Camera

A new film offers a nuanced and inspiring portrait of the role hip-hop activists have played in the politics of Senegal.

Apr 21, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Cora Currier

Black Power: Mr. Charlie’s Puzzle Black Power: Mr. Charlie’s Puzzle

With SNCC's new chairman Stokely Carmichael and his chant for "black power" the civil rights movement takes on a different tone.

Apr 21, 2009 / Feature / The Editors

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