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The Free Speech Movement The Free Speech Movement

When protester Jack Weinberg told a reporter, "Don't trust anyone over 30," the '60s youth movement was born.

Dec 21, 1964 / Feature / Gene Marine

Fannie Lou Hamer: Tired of Being Sick and Tired Fannie Lou Hamer: Tired of Being Sick and Tired

Speaking for every African-American living under the South's Jim Crow rules, Fannie Lou Hamer says she is sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Jun 1, 1964 / Feature / Jerry DeMuth

Euthanasia—Pro and Con Euthanasia—Pro and Con

To kill or not to kill: Two experts debate the morality of euthanasia.

Jan 28, 1950 / Various Contributors

The Berlin Airlift The Berlin Airlift

While goods and supplies pour into Berlin from the air, the real question hovering over the city is whether there will be a war between the West and Russia.

Mar 5, 1949 / Feature / Julio Álvarez del Vayo

Marshall Plan: Prosperity Is Indivisible Marshall Plan: Prosperity Is Indivisible

Socialist eastern Europe stands to be left out in the cold under the Marshall Plan.

Oct 11, 1947 / Feature / Julio Álvarez del Vayo

The Abraham Lincoln Brigades The Abraham Lincoln Brigades

Who were the brave young men who, against their country's orders, volunteered to fight fascism in Spain?

May 8, 1937 / The Nation

The Death of Will Rogers The Death of Will Rogers

Was there an American who didn't love Will Rogers whose death along with aviator Wiley Post in an Alaskan airplane crash shocks and saddens the entire country.

Aug 28, 1935 / The Editors

Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge

That Silent Cal's political success was largely the product of GOP mythmaking was hardly a secret, but in the Roaring Twenties hardly anyone cared.

Jan 18, 1933 / Feature / Oswald Garrison Villard

Mahatma Gandhi Meets Romain Rolland Mahatma Gandhi Meets Romain Rolland

A visit with the 'king of India.'

Feb 10, 1932 / Feature / The Nation

Thomas Edison: In the Driftway Thomas Edison: In the Driftway

The Drifter remembers the great inventor.

Nov 11, 1931 / The Drifter

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