Tag: history

Trumpeting the past? The Bible has conflicting narratives over the conquest of Canaan. Wikimedia Commons

The Bible As a Model to Tell America’s History: Warts and All

At a time when Americans are seemingly as polarized as ever over the present, ...

Commodities on the move on the completed southern section of the BR-163 Highway - Roosevelt Pinheiro / Agência Brasil

For the Military, the Brazilian Indian Is a Savage and an Obstacle to Progress

The media portrayal of Brazil’s annual fire season — which in 2020 is trending ...

Brazilians often can't distinguish between fact and fiction

In Brazil, History and Story Are the Same and Fake News Isn’t Fake

Fake news is the big news these days. We are being warned how pernicious ...

Raining in São Paulo - Fernanda Carvalho/Fotos Públicas

In Brazil, Left and Right Are Lost in the Labyrinth of History

In today’s Brazil, everything is as it seems. The belly of politics has been ...

Brazil: President Vargas’s Most Enduring Legacy Is His Xenophobic Nationalism

The ideology of nationalism has been Brazil’s most pervasive ideology since the first presidency ...