history Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/history/ A platform for change Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:26:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 To end Trump’s Second Gilded Age, Democrats should take a page from the original Progressives https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2026/04/to-end-trumps-second-gilded-age-democrats-should-remember-how-the-first-one-was-rolled-back/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:56:32 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=14966 Yesterday, I discussed how former president Barack Obama holding a public event with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani sent a firm message to Democratic leaders that the days of freezing out party members who want more activist governing or campaigning styles need to end. By openly affiliating with Mamdani, Obama communicated without a word that […]

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]]> Christian nationalists love to rewrite history https://flux.community/kyle-mantyla/2023/05/christian-nationalists-continue-to-rewrite-history/ Wed, 03 May 2023 19:04:21 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13346 Late in 2022, religious-right pseudo-historian David Barton trotted out a new historical and biblical misrepresentation designed to support his Christian nationalist political agenda. While speaking at a Truth & Liberty Coalition conference in Colorado in September, Barton claimed that Patrick Henry’s famous “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech and a letter written by President George […]

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]]> Charlie Kirk and Dennis Prager continue to fail high school history class https://flux.community/kyle-mantyla/2023/03/charlie-kirk-and-dennis-prager-continue-to-fail-high-school-history-class/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:38:34 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13007 Right-wing commentator and youth organizer Charlie Kirk continues to host TPUSA Faith’s monthly Freedom Night in America events at churches around the nation where he consistently spreads historically baseless claims about the Constitution and the founding of this country. On Wednesday night, Kirk and right-wing radio host Dennis Prager of Prager U appeared at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, where […]

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]]> We praise people as ‘Good Samaritans,’ but there’s a complex history behind the phrase https://flux.community/terry-giles/2022/08/we-praise-people-as-good-samaritans-but-theres-a-complex-history-behind-the-phrase/ Mon, 22 Aug 2022 13:00:20 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12111 “Good Samaritan” is a label often used to describe someone acting selflessly to benefit others, even if a total stranger. Some may recognize that the phrase has its origin in a biblical story, one of Jesus’ parables recounted in the Book of Luke, Chapter 10. In this story, a traveler from the Samaritan community, a Middle Eastern […]

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]]> Barry Goldwater’s critics saw today’s Republican extremism in 1964 https://flux.community/seth-cotlar/2021/10/barry-goldwaters-critics-were-more-right-they-knew-about-republican-extremism/ Wed, 13 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/10/barry-goldwaters-critics-were-more-right-they-knew-about-republican-extremism/ The post Barry Goldwater’s critics saw today’s Republican extremism in 1964 appeared first on Flux.

]]> What is critical race theory? It’s an effort to find the full story of history https://flux.community/david-miguel-gray/2021/07/what-critical-race-theory-and-what-it-not/ Tue, 06 Jul 2021 17:45:50 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/07/what-critical-race-theory-and-what-it-not/ The post What is critical race theory? It’s an effort to find the full story of history appeared first on Flux.

]]> ‘Leaving to sin’ is more about evangelicals’ obsessions than the desires of those who leave https://flux.community/chrissy-stroop/2021/05/leaving-christianity-religion-repression-desire/ Wed, 26 May 2021 18:16:40 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/05/leaving-christianity-religion-repression-desire/ The post ‘Leaving to sin’ is more about evangelicals’ obsessions than the desires of those who leave appeared first on Flux.

]]> Women used to dominate the beer industry – until the witch accusations started pouring in https://flux.community/laken-brooks/2021/03/women-used-dominate-beer-industry-until-witch-accusations-started/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:55:57 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/03/women-used-dominate-beer-industry-until-witch-accusations-started/ The post Women used to dominate the beer industry – until the witch accusations started pouring in appeared first on Flux.

]]> Past medical abuses are making Black Americans less trusting of COVID vaccinations https://flux.community/esther-jones/2021/03/past-medical-abuses-are-making-black-americans-less-trusting-covid/ Thu, 04 Mar 2021 10:02:00 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/03/past-medical-abuses-are-making-black-americans-less-trusting-covid/ The post Past medical abuses are making Black Americans less trusting of COVID vaccinations appeared first on Flux.

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