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Elizebeth Friedman
Elizebeth Friedman revolutionized American cryptology and played a crucial role in bringing down mobsters and spy rings in the 20th century.
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Agent Garbo
Juan Pujol García, a pacifist who became a crucial double agent during WWII, deceived Nazi Germany and aided the D-Day invasion.
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The Great American Songbook
The Great American Songbook, a collection of jazz standards and show tunes created by talented songwriters in early 20th century New York, provided solace and joy during difficult times in U.S. history.
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What Is Fascism?
Fascism is a difficult word to define. We know it when we see it, but no one ever has a satisfying definition. In the 30s and 40s, it brought totalitarianism, war, and genocide. So today, let’s talk about how this idea took hold, grew to...
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The Fasces from Ancient Rome to Charlottesville
Let’s talk about the fasces, a symbol which defined Italian Fascism’s anti-democratic regime, the power of the people in Rome, and whatever it represents as it sits today in the US Congress. Let’s take a look.
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Madeleine Albright: Trump Is the 'Least Democratic President' in Modern U.S. History
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright currently teaches a course at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service called the American National Security Toolbox. She told Cheddar in an interview Thursday that if President Trump...
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Holocaust Memorial and Cemetery
Ancient Jewish Cemetery / Gyongyos Holocaust Memorial / Shots of Adjacent Town / Holocaust Memorial and Cemetery on April 25, 1968 in Gyongyos, Hungary (Footage by Getty Images)