The construction of the pool reflected a national ambition to build something unifying and enduring. The rushed renovation and political fallout of 2026 reveal how much that civic vision has changed.
- Professor of History, Wesleyan University
Trump often casts himself as a man of the people. But his statue garden feeds into a ‘great man’ approach to history at the expense of local and state history.
Most recent debates center on how much attention should be given to the history of the nation’s accomplishments over its darker chapters.
Brasil é responsável por 17% de todos os homicídios por arma de fogo no mundo, enquanto que mais da metade dos norte-americanos já vivenciaram incidente relacionado a tiros, diz estudo da Lancet
To the famous composer, the gun serves not as a tool of self-defense, but as an instrument of self-expression and self-realization.
Many gun rights advocates claim that the right to carry guns is a universal right that has spanned centuries and nations. History tells a different story.
Not so long ago, people had no idea what would happen to them – and what they would see – once they ascended into the clouds.
The lamps that once lit London’s streets have come to symbolize a certain time and place in British history.
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