Author: Real History Lisa

9/11 – A Personal Remembrance

[Crossposted from my Real History blog] There is so much, and also not enough yet, to say about 9/11. Here’s what I remember. I was up early that morning. Couldn’t sleep, so I turned on CNN. It was around 5:30 AM. At...

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How to do and NOT do Docudrama

[Crossposted from my Real History blog.] Come on, ABC. This should be simple. Fictionalize the non-essential elements all you want. Tell the truth about the key facts that matter. ABC appears to have done this in reverse as any...

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A Brief History of Labor

[Crossposted from my Real History blog.] It’s Labor Day. But how much do we really know about the history of labor in this country? I decided to give myself a crash course. I could study this topic for years, it is so...

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