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This Week in People’s History, July 4 – 10

Portside
Cartoon showing the evils of official secrecy Shining light on federal records in 1966. Segregating the U.S. civil service in 1913. Smallpox scam in 2002. March of the Mill Children in 1903. A big win for airline workers in 1966. 14th Amendment inked in 1868. Telstar fried by a nuke in 1962.

War Fever

Eric Foner The Nation
The crusade against civil liberties during World War I.
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