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The United States has always used propaganda to achieve its goals. Some of these goals have been better for the country than ...
In A Woman’s Eye, Her Art, Drusilla Modjeska unpacks how the once-forgotten women artists of the early 20th century continue ...
There are in Europe a few rara avis territories whose current status is the result of historical peculiarities. One of them ...
Dunklin County, Missouri, has produced an impressive number of influential political leaders, shaping state and national ...
It's been 85 years since The Great Dictator first dazzled audiences in 1940. It was a big risk for one of the world's most ...
The word 'broadcasting' dates back centuries, and originally described a method of sowing seeds. But it took on a new meaning with the rise of radio in the 1920s.