Author: Annie J
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New Horror Site: Zillow in 2008
Historian Jonathan Levy writes, “what most distinguishes the Age of Chaos is a shift in what has always been capitalism’s…
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#NoRegrets
From the beginning, the groups of people most interested in studying and mitigating carbon emissions have set the terms of…
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The Great American Prerogative to Want More, More, More.
My first thought to this question: oil, oil, oil, and money, money, money. I was not too far from the…
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Happy Earth Day! =)
Beginning in the early 1980s, environmentalists were demonized by conservative Republicans, particularly under the Reagan administration, as “extremists” who posed…
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WWJD: Weaponize Worship for the GOP? :o
Jerry Falwell, the televangelist and American pastor, unified disgruntled conservative Christians around moral and social issues—coalescing into “political” issues. The…
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The Devastating Impacts of Deindustrialization in Pennsylvania
During the 1970s and 80s, steel employment faced a devastating blow due to a combination of factors: global competition, technological…
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The Silent Majority
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the American working class became more diverse as more people of color and…
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Good Mooorning, Vietnam (and all working-class soldiers)!
Of the 2.5 million enlisted men in Vietnam, roughly 80% were from working-class and poor backgrounds (Appy). In contrast, World…
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The Tactical Racism of the North
When talking about the Civil Rights movement, traditional teachings tend to focus on the regional South where racism was pervasive…
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Fly Over State? No. Weapons of Mass Destruction State!
During Dwight D. Eisenhower’s administration, substantial investment and construction of highways and the interstate system skyrocketed. I-90, a familiar road…
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