Archive - The Forgotten Files

Cocaine, Opium, and the Color Line

The Racist Roots of America's War on Drugs

Apr 16 •

Marketing a Myth

The Klan’s Starring Role in "The Birth of a Nation"

Apr 9 •

A Dog's Idea of the Ideal Country Estate

The Canine Cartography of John Held Jr

Apr 2 •

March 2024

Weird Orgies, Wild Parties, Unleashed Passions

Before gummies... they used big needles

Mar 26 •

The Imperialists' Guide to Africa

British tips for carving up a continent

Mar 20 •

Who Is Filibus?

Cinema's first gender-fluid, cross-dressing, anti-hero, steampunk, sky pirate.

Mar 12 •

Manga, Satire, and Propaganda

Mapping Japan's Worldview in 1932

Mar 5 •

February 2024

The God-fearing Map to Hell

A simple lesson from Puritan America

Feb 28 •

When the Earth Was Flat

"Map of the Square and Stationary Earth" ~ A Masterpiece of Pseudoscience

Feb 21 •

The Snake That Strangled the South

How a Ridiculed Strategy Turned the Tide of the Civil War

Feb 14 •

The Face of Nazi Propaganda

Churchill as a monstrous creature losing his grip on the world

Feb 7 •

January 2024

Tracing a Tragedy

Greed, Guns, and the Great Bison Slaughter

Jan 31 •

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