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Martin Di Caro

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Martin Di Caro was the host of the History As It Happens podcast at The Washington Times.

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FILE - In this Dec. 7, 1941, file photo, part of the hull of the capsized USS Oklahoma is seen at right as the battleship USS West Virginia, center, begins to sink after suffering heavy damage, while the USS Maryland, left, is still afloat in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. Pearl Harbor survivors and World War II veterans are gathering in Hawaii this week to remember those killed in the Dec. 7, 1941 attack. Those attending will observe a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., the minute the bombing began. The ceremony will mark the 80th anniversary of the attack that launched the U.S. into World War II. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)

History As It Happens: Pearl Harbor, 80 years on

Conflict between the U.S. and Japan was not inevitable, and in the 1930s it would have seemed unnecessary that a dispute over China, where the U.S. had no vital strategic or material interest, should culminate in the events of Dec. 7, 1941.

December 6, 2021
Nikole Hannah-Jones stands for a portrait at her home in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Hannah-Jones says she will not teach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill following an extended fight over tenure. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

History As It Happens: Misunderstanding slavery

The 1619 Project's new book-length interpretation of the American past was an immediate bestseller. But some scholars say it is still marred by egregious errors and cynical distortions.

December 1, 2021
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he chairs the ASEAN-China Special Summit to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations via video link from Beijing, China on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. Xi on Monday said his country will not seek dominance over Southeast Asia or bully its smaller neighbors, amid ongoing friction over the South China Sea. (Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via AP)

History As It Happens: Xi Jinping forever

Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping now have company in the pantheon of China's revered leaders. The ruling communist party is revising and using history to chart the way forward.

November 22, 2021
A student holding a U.S. flag upside down stands atop the steps at the Idaho Capitol Building Monday, April 26, 2021, in downtown Boise. The Idaho Senate has approved legislation aimed at preventing schools and universities from "indoctrinating" students through teaching critical race theory, which examines the ways in which race and racism influence American politics, culture and the law. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP) **FILE**

History As It Happens: The endless battle over history

Critical race theory has become a catch-all term, turning history classes into a battleground in America's culture wars. An acclaimed historian says the controversy could thwart the teaching of uncomfortable subjects.

November 15, 2021
Shauna Andrus, left, a nurse volunteering at the University of Washington Medical Center, gives the first shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Emmy Slonecker, 7, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, in Seattle. Last week, U.S. health officials gave the final signoff to Pfizer's kid-size COVID-19 shot, a milestone that opened a major expansion of the nation's vaccination campaign to children as young as 5. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

History As It Happens: Heading toward herd immunity

Historian John Barry, author of "The Great Influenza," says the U.S. might achieve herd immunity relatively soon, but thousands more Americans could needlessly die from COVID-19 this winter.

November 10, 2021