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Harris Should Look to 1964 for Guidance

By Marc J. Selverstone / Made by History

Why 1984's 'Red Dawn' Still Matters

By Michelle D. Paranzino / Made by History

The Freedom Waders at Rainbow Beach

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The Failure of the Watergate Reforms

By Bruce J. Schulman / Made by History
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The Tactics That Toppled Nixon

A college group pioneered the dirty tricks that led to Watergate. Fifty years later, the tactics still poison politics.

By Jonathan van Harmelen / Made by History

How VP Nominees Became 'Attack Dogs'

Vice presidential nominees weren't tasked with flinging mud until the last 40 years.

By Charles J. Holden / Made by History

History Suggests Memes Will Help Harris

The media demonized Victoria Woodhull because she didn't have the reach to respond, and voters never took her seriously.

By Allison Lange / Made by History

Why Artistic Swimming In Paris Is All-Female

For the first time, men are permitted to compete in artistic swimming at the 2024 Olympics. But none will.

By Vicki Valosik / Made by History

Do We Know Who Betrayed Anne Frank?

Such mysteries animate debates but answers, however elusive, would add little to our understanding of the experience of the Holocaust.

By Jennifer L. Foray / Made by History

What Boston's Freedom Trail Leaves Out

The history behind the Trail shows what gets left out when profit, rather than the public, drives historical tourism.

By Seth C. Bruggeman / Made by History

Political Protest in Olympics History

From Peter O’Connor raising an Irish flag to Tommie Smith and John Carlos' Black Power salute, the Olympics has a rich protest history.

By Armani Syed

How to Save California's Beaches

The history of how California's beaches suggests that working against nature does more harm than good.

By Elsa Devienne / Made by History

Mark Kelly and the History of Astronauts Jumping to Politics

From one high-stakes career to another

By Jeffrey Kluger

The Olympics Have Never Been Neutral

While the rules governing protest at the Olympics have evolved, they remain rooted in the myth that the Games can be politically neutral.

By Debbie Sharnak & Yannick Kluch / Made by History

The Myth Behind Olympics Sex Verification

The story of Heinz Ratjan has been used to justify gender testing at the Olympics—but we've gotten it all wrong.

By Michael Waters / Made by History

The Supreme Court's 2nd Amendment Mistake

Consequences mattered to the Founders—and that meant early American judges upheld major gun restrictions despite the Second Amendment.

By Saul Cornell / Made by History

The Wackiest Sports in Olympic History

From live pigeon shooting to firefighting, a brief history of discontinued Olympics sports.

By Olivia B. Waxman

James Dobson's Political Power

The Evangelical psychologist gained influence with millions of families through decades of parenting advice focused on strict discipline.

By Sarah McCammon / Made by History

Paris 1924 Olympics in Photos

A glimpse of notable moments from the 1924 summer Olympics in Paris.

By Olivia B. Waxman

The Y2K Warning We Failed to Heed

The Year 2000 computer problem has become a punchline in recent years, but the CrowdStrike outage shows the joke's on us.

By Zachary Loeb / Made by History
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