At the turn of the twentieth century, America was rocked by rebel movements led by women described by polite society and the powers-that-be as utterly dangerous. Women who advocated bombing, assassination, strikes, smashing of property, and generally breaking the law. In every area of protest, it was female voices that led the way. These were…
The Portuguese fascist dictator Antonio Salazar is receiving favourable reviews from some American conservative publications – Tony McMahon reports
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 had a different status to non-Muslim slaves often being put in supervisory roles and regarded as more cultivated
There was a time when the public loved journalists – viewing them as champions of free speech while today the profession is hated by many on social media
Psychology is a relatively news science and in its first decades was very hostile to homosexuality as Tony McMahon discovers
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
Exorcism has a long and violent history as Tony McMahon discovers from casting out demons to a belief that changelings could assume any form
How Ancestry.com helped me identify my great uncle Francis McEnhill as a heroic US Cavalry officer in the Spanish-American war
What was the difference between Roman and American slavery in practice?
