Kathryn Schulz attempts to destroy Henry David Thoreau's reputation, calling him, not without accuracy, a libertarian, anti-social crank and fraud who didn't even live the anti-social life he was espousing,.
As a historian, everything about the internet concerns me. There are two reasons for this. First, the rush to get rid of books (my friend's school is shredding them if.
This is the grave of James Buchanan. Buchanan was arguably the worst president in American history. A follower of Andrew Jackson, with all the commitment to white supremacy that entailed,.
There's a useful slight reversal of position from President Obama and other Democratic politicians who have pushed a regimen of educational reforms, primarily constant standardized testing (or studying for those.
In my seemingly constant travel (thanks to academic stuff and a wife working in a different state, not because I am actually traveling for fun, mostly) around this great land,.
The most dangerous workplaces is the family farm, which is why we need a lot more attention paid to working conditions there. This is an outstanding discussion of this easily.
This story on Indian children digging mica for western cosmetics companies is distressing but also reminds us why we cannot allow corporations to escape legal responsibility for conditions in their.
Campbell Brown, who has become the nation's leading spokesperson for destroying teacher unions and privatizing public schools since she left CNN, is now inviting Democratic candidates to events she's hosting.
