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Secrets of the Serial Set

Secrets of the Serial Set: The Three Mile Island Disaster

During the mid-20th century, nuclear power was one of the fastest growing areas of science and technology. However, in 1979, a partial nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island put the health and safety of employees and nearby civilians at risk.

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Content Updates

What’s New in HeinOnline: October 2023 Content Release

As November approaches, the days are growing shorter and the nights are stretching longer. While we prepare to turn our clocks back, we have exciting new content designed to keep you company during those chilly nights spent researching.

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Behind the Bindings

Behind the Bindings: Tricks and Treats in the Law Journal Library

Did you know you can find ghosts, goblins, and ghouls year-round right within HeinOnline’s Law Journal Library? If you want a research session that will send shivers down your spine, we’ve conjured up some spooktacular searching tips sure to fright.

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History

The Infamy of the Dred Scott Decision

Dred Scott v. Sandford, a Supreme Court decision made in 1857, is largely regarded as one of the most infamous decisions in the Supreme Court’s history. This case determined that people of Black African descent were not entitled to U.S. citizenship.

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History

4 Notorious Cults in American History

For this blog, we use “cult” to refer to groups with a leader who exerted an excessive and dangerous amount of control over their followers. Let’s dive into where each of these four cults came from and how they came to their tragic end.

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Content Updates

The Legislative History of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Last September, we published a blog post exploring the Inflation Reduction Act, signed by President Biden on August 16, 2022. In our September content release, we added this act’s legislative history to our U.S. Federal Legislative History Library.

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Content Updates

What’s New in HeinOnline: September 2023 Content Release

Dig up all of the frightfully good titles we’ve added to our databases this month, and rest assured that no research project that looms above your head need haunt your dreams at night when you have trusty HeinOnline by your side (on your computer).

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Secrets of the Serial Set

Secrets of the Serial Set: The Assassination of William McKinley

It was none other than HeinOnline’s hometown of Buffalo, New York, where the third assassination of an American president took place on September 6, 1901. In this month’s Secrets of the Serial Set, we explore William McKinley’s violent death.

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History

The History of Hawai‘i: How a Kingdom Became a State

The wildfires that ravaged the Hawai‘ian island of Maui and completely destroyed the city of Lahaina last month have rekindled conversations about the controversial history of how Hawai‘i came to be an American state in the first place.

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Economics

The History of Minimum Wage in the United States

Millions of Americans struggle to make ends meet, working multiple jobs to make up for the fact that the federal minimum wage has not kept up with the rate of inflation. However, it hasn’t always been difficult to live off of a minimum wage job.

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