Why Did Russia Sell Alaska to the U.S.?
Alaska was once part of Russia but the tsar sold it to the United States for a bargain sum. So might Vladimir Putin be eyeing it up?
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Did the Founding Fathers oppose democracy?
The Founding Fathers never conceived of the United States as a democracy and let’s not get started on women, slaves and the poor as Tony McMahon discovers
When cigarettes were healthy for you!
Between the 1930s and 1950s, smoking cigarettes was presenting as being healthy for you and endorsed by doctors and athletes.
People’s Party – American populism before Trump
American populism has been on display with President Trump and the 2020 election but it has a long history in the United States
Muslim African slaves in America
Muslim African slaves in America had a different status to non-Muslim slaves often being put in supervisory roles and regarded as more cultivated
Toppling statues and renaming streets – nothing new
There is a long history of toppling statues and renaming streets and cities and historian Tony McMahon thinks we should vex a lot less about this
George Floyd – learning lessons from Martin Luther King
Historian Tony McMahon compares the aftermath of the death of George Floyd with what happened after the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968
Lewis Powell – the handsome assassin of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln killer Lewis Powell is more famous today because of the celebrity he attained on account of his rugged good looks – but he was still hanged
What links the Freemasons and Knights Templar?
Templar expert Tony McMahon examines the many theories that claim to evidence links between the Knights Templar with the Freemasons
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