How Can One Man End an Era?
Author: Liam Mullen Interviewer: Matthew Bentley Is one man capable of ending an era for an entire nation in just two nights? This research paper introduces and the examines the life of one of America’s most infamous serial killers and their impact on...
Why did the Confederacy Rely on Primitive Submarine Warfare to Desperately Beat the North?
Author: Matthew Bentley Interviewer: Liam Mullen A desperate South is looking for any advantage they can to break the tight Union blockades of their most vital ports. These Northern blockades are cutting off major Confederate supply routes leaving them...
How did Eastern European Jews Resist Holocaust Extermination Efforts?
Upon German expansion at the beginning go World War II, Jews living in Eastern Europe faced horrific genocide efforts from the Nazi party and collaborators from various local ethnic groups. Whereas many Jews were immediately executed or...
Who kidnapped the Lindbergh baby?
The Lindbergh Kidnapping occurred on March 1, 1932, during the Great Depression. Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh were the parents of Charles Lindbergh Jr, who was 20 months old when he was kidnapped. He was also 20 months old when he died. His body was...
The War over Korean Comfort Women Decades After World War II
Author: Alexandrea Riddell Interviewer: Aaron Myers Korean Comfort Women were sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during WWII. The soldiers raped, beat, and tortured the women and once they were free their lives were never the same. Hidden until the 1990's...
Can one man save the world?
Author: Charles Rollin Buffington V Interviewer: Drew Holt During October of 1962, the United States came close to thermonuclear war. The Soviet Union placed missiles on the "imprisoned island" of Cuba and Fidel Castro aligned himself with the communist...
How Did the U.S. Government Use Jazz to Promote Itself During the Cold War?
Author: Philip Jackson Interviewer: Kyle Saunders Philip Jackson explores how the U.S. government, beginning in the Eisenhower era, began sending prominent jazz artists overseas to Cold War strategic zones, hoping to represent American culture in...
Hip-Hop: Where Did It Come From And What Is The “Struggle”
Author: Nicholas Suk Interviewer: Gohar Tahir Nicholas Suk investigates the origin of hip-hop and how the decaying city of the Bronx helped birth the movement. The Bronx was in the midst of social and economic breakdown, leading to issues such as...
Why did the British Support the French in the Algerian War?
Author: Shane McGuire Interviewer: Jacob Williams From 1945-1962, the French Fourth and later Fifth Republics conducted a brutal war in Algeria against Algerian nationalists who wished for independence. From the start of the war, the French had British...