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ConnectionsHow often do you use the Erie Canal? Do you visit for recreation? Do you use it to transport massive tanks for beer fermentation? Okay, maybe not the…
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When NPR tweeted the entire Declaration of Independence, a small but vocal set of Twitter users thoughts it was offensive. They didn't know what they were…
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ConnectionsWe preview the return of the PBS show, Home Fires, with a discussion about how World War II impacted families and individual communities. We listen to…
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ConnectionsFor all of ways we use the term "Epicurean," here's something strange: the original works of Epicurus himself have never been found. It's only through…
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ConnectionsThis week marks 240 years since General George Washington made two daring decisions that all but saved the American side's cause in the Revolutionary War.…
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ConnectionsLibertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson did not know who Harriet Tubman was, according to the New Yorker magazine. But he's not alone: polls show…
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How should we teach about Columbus and his expeditions? It's the week of Columbus Day, and several American cities (led by Seattle) are abandoning the…