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Cover of Space Travel, November 1958
Gingrich and Romney: Right and Wrong on Space Travel
Hundreds of people who lost jobs when freezing weather hit California in January 2007 line up to register for the Disaster Unemployment Assistance program funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Down and Out (Again): America’s Long Struggle with Mass Unemployment
"Freedom From Want" - NARA poster 1943
The Spirit of 1947: This Thanksgiving Feed a Silent Guest and Build World Peace
Oil and coal dominated U.S. energy production in the twentieth century.
Energy Policy and the Long Transition in America
A U.S. Coast Guard sailor stands guard over more than 40,000 pounds of Latin American cocaine seized in 2007 and valued at around $500 million.
The Shifting Terrain of Latin American Drug Trafficking
100 and 10 US dollars banknotes.
Inflation — Fighting the Last War
Visitors stroll the first section of the High Line Park, over the 18th Street crossing. Frank Gehry's IAC building is in the background.
The High Line: It’s About the Real Estate
A 1900 poster shows President William McKinley campaigning for the maintenance of a gold standard for the dollar, which he said gave Americans prosperity and prestige.
Currency Wars, or Why You Should Care About the Global Struggle Over the Value of Money
Members of the Free Officers welcomed by crowds in Cairo in January 1953.
The Egyptian Middle Class Is Disgruntled. Again.
Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff stands before an image of her mentor, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Lula).
South America’s ‘Sleeping Giant’ Wakes: Brazil’s 2010 Election
President Obama signing the new student loan legislation in March 2010.
The Kids Aren’t Alright: The Policymaking of Student Loan Policy
STS-116 mission specialists, NASA astronaut Robert Curbeam and ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang perform extravehicular activity (EVA) during construction of the International Space Station.
Facing Opportunities and Obstacles in Space
This iconic 1846 lithograph by Nathaniel Currier was entitled "The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor"; the phrase "Boston Tea Party" had not yet become standard. Contrary to Currier's depiction, few of the men dumping the tea were actually disguised as Native Americans.
Tea Parties Then and Now — A Crucial Difference
A collection of packaged food items.
Feast and Famine: The Global Food Crisis
An insurance form with pills.
“Hands off My Medicare”: The Deadly Legacy of Social Insurance
The National Bank of Slovakia, with an image of the 1 Euro Coin posted on the building. Despite their shared history, Slovakia and the Czech Republic have taken considerably different approaches to participation in the EU, redefining what it means to be European in the process.
Becoming 'European:' The Diverging Paths of the Czech and Slovak Republics
The Wilds' former home in Detroit, MI.
Requiem: Detroit and the Fate of Urban America
Crowds outside the Bank of United States in New York after its failure in 1931.
Blame It All on Unintended Consequences
The Industrial Workers of the World poster "Pyramid of Capitalist System" (1911).
Is Greed Good? It Depends on the Times
1935 cartoon by Vaughn Shoemaker in which he parodied the New Deal as a card game with alphabetical agencies.
The Auto Bailout: a Bad Deal
Rush hour traffic in Interstate 95 in Miami.
Finally, Too Many Cars
The federal government commissioned a series of public murals from the artists it employed: William Gropper's Construction of a Dam (1939) is characteristic of much of the art of the 1930s, with workers seen in heroic poses, laboring in unison to complete a great public project.
Guess What? The New Deal Worked!
Image of President Carter displayed in the National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC. Portrait by Robert Templeton.
Obama Can Learn from Jimmy Carter, Too
Image of Jimmy Carter during his ‘Malaise’ Speech.
Should Obama Deliver Another ‘Malaise’ Speech?