Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians: The Parallel of Honor

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Dana Lonehill: If they were not mentally ill upon arrival before they entered the Canton’s Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians, they soon would be with their living conditions including laying in a darkened room with windows nailed shut for days at a time.

From the Dust Bowl to Hurricane Sandy

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Wa;ter Moss: The destruction, personal suffering, and tragedies caused by our recent Hurricane Sandy were not a repeat of the 1930s’ Dust Bowl, but they were close enough to remind us that we have ignored at our peril a basic historical lesson: Screw up the environment badly enough and it’ll come back to blow you away with a vengeance.

How Socialized Medicine Works in France

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Richard Greeland: I am once again amazed by how well run is France’s free health system (known as ‘Social Security’ or La Sécu), and I am eager to share my personal experience of the possible with my friends in the U.S. for whom accessible healthcare remains a constantly receeding mirage.

The Pen Proves Mightier than the Chicotte: Le Roi Souverain Tombe

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Mac Mckinney: King Leopold, ever the unscrupulous businessman and con artist, now sensed that it was time to hold a transfer of sale to a decidedly captive customer, his own homeland, Belgium. If he had to relinquish the Congo, he would at least replenish his coffers doing so.

Anti-Immigrant Leader: Illegal European Immigration Helped Finish Off Indians

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Andrea Christina Nill: By employing the charged rhetoric of immigration restrictionists, Erickson successfully engaged Beck in an extended conversation that highlighted the hypocrisy and inconsistencies that encompass the anti-immigrant movement.

Tea Baggers and “Populist Anger”

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Berry Craig: The Tea Baggers have bought into Social Darwinism, the 19th century gospel of the rich and powerful that extolled the “free market” as almost divinely inspired. “God gave me my money,” Rockefeller said. Social Darwinists said if you’re poor and powerless, it’s your own fault. Some Tea Baggers feel that way about health care. “YOUR HEALTH YOUR PROBLEM,” said another sign at a Tea Bagger rally.

What Passes for “Populism” These Days Is Laughable

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The Populist experience offers a rich resource for grappling with the current crisis. To make use of it, however, means setting aside nonsense about “sharpened pitchforks,” and learning from a vital historical movement of citizen education and political mobilization.

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