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Histories of Abortion in the United States
The Journal of American History compiled the following index for readers who would like to learn more about the history of abortion, reproductive rights, and Roe v. Wade. Updated...
War and Peace
by Tom Clavin 78 years ago Joe Moser was shot down during his 44th mission. Joe is the main character in my most recent solo book, Lightning Down: A World War II Story of...
Eliot Ness’s Second Act: Murder, Mayhem…and a Dancing Grandfather
by Daniel Stashower You helped bring down Al Capone before you turned thirty. What do you do for an encore? Eliot Ness. This image is in the public domain via Wikicommons. When...
The Last of His Tribe
by Tom Clavin August 29th is the anniversary of the discovery of Ishi. No, this is not an island or one of Jupiter’s moons. At the time when Ishi was found, on August 29, 1911,...
Life and Death in Berlin: Discovering the City Through the Zeitzeugenbörse
by Sinclair McKay These were children who had known only a world of violence. Yet amid the bloodied ruins of Berlin in 1945, apartment blocks and entire streets transformed into...
The Shootist
by Tom Clavin Annie Oakley is one of those Wild West figures whose name is familiar to many people but they don’t know much about her. In honor of the anniversary of her birthday...
Watergate: “The CIA had no involvement in the break-in”
by Jefferson Morley Scorpions’ Dance by Jefferson Morley is the untold story of President Richard Nixon, CIA Director Richard Helms, and their volatile shared secrets that ended...