A free radio documentary tells the tale of the long-overlooked individual who nearly killed the Italian dictator in 1926Violet Gibson, a 50-year-old Irish woman, attempted to assassinate Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in 1926.(Public domain via It...
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In early October, EA released *Star Wars: Squadrons*, a shiny new, VR-ready homage to classic early *Star Wars*\-branded space sims like LucasArts’ *Star Wars: TIE Fighter* and others. *Squadrons’* single-player campaign, which has you fly as a Reb...
Reports on the rise of fascism in Europe were not the American media’s finest hourBenito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler(Wikimedia Commons)ByJohn Broich, The Conversationsmithsonianmag.comDecember 13, 2016How to cover the rise of a political leader...
It would take an international icon to toss aside a bitter rivalry to help a crew in need The airship Italia(Wikimedia Commons)ByEva Hollandsmithsonianmag.comAugust 18, 2017In the Arctic summer, the sun shines even at midnight. So it was bright as th...
As long as the ideology has threatened marginalized communities, groups on the left have pushed back with forceDemonstration on May Day with antifascist banners, on May 1, 1929 in New York.(Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)ByJames Stoutsmithsonianmag....
