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The front of the National Security Administration in Fort Meade, MD
America’s Big Brother
The Trials of Laura Fair by Carole Haber Book Cover.
A Woman Scorned?
President Warring G. Harding at Walter Reed Hospital in March of 1921.
People Were Skeptical about Veterans’ Hospitals, Too: The Affordable Care Act and Health Policy Precedents
Man Celebrating Repeal Day with a banner that says "Good Old Days Are Back Again!"
Celebrating Repeal with a Drink, Not a Joint
Photo of William Colby
Casting the Long Shadow of the CIA
JFK and Jackie Kennedy on a sailboat
Watching JFK Live and Die Years Later
The futuristic National Security Operations Center occupies a floor of the National Security Agency's headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland.
America's "Big Brother": A Century of U.S. Domestic Surveillance
Trayvon Martin was on the cover of People magazine in 2012.
Justice Denied: The Killing of Trayvon Martin in Historical Perspective
In this 1805 painting, the artist imagines American planter and Indian agent Benjamin Hawkins teaching Creeks to use a plow on his Georgia plantation.
Reflecting on Justice 200 Years after the Creek Civil War
Young Child dressed in a Uncle Sam costume
Coming to America to Contribute
Iranian postage stamp commemorating the shooting down of Iran Air 655 in 1988.
Viewpoint Iran: The Past and Present of the U.S.-Iran Standoff
March on Washington
The Unfinished Struggle: Civil Rights and the March on Washington
Abraham Lincoln Campaign Poster 1860
"Great God, What does it Mean?" - Lee's Escape at Williamsport
Predator drone.
Aerial Torpedoes, Buzz Bombs, and Predators: The Long Cultural History of Drones
The GOP elephant and the Democratic Party's donkey.
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: America's Love Affair with the Two-Party System
Mapping the Nation: History and Cartography in Nineteenth-Century America, by Susan Schulten Book cover.
From Sea to Shining Sea
soldiers patrolling in Iraq
The U.S. Invasion of Iraq, 10 Years Later
2012 United States presidential election results map by county.svg
Blocking the Will of the Majority Is a Fundamental Feature of the U.S. Constitutional System
The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America, by James T. Patterson Book Cover.
Capturing a Moment
Collier's 1921 Lincoln Abraham - cabinet meeting.jpg
Lincoln’s and Obama’s Teams of Non-Rivals
A Sea Fight with Barbary Corsairs by Laureys a Castro, c. 1681
Hostage Taking in Algeria Is a 200-Year-Old Story
emancipation illustration from Harper's Weekly
President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, 150 years ago
Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet, by John G. Turner book Cover.
He Led His People Into the Desert
State of War: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1945-2011, by Paul A. C. Koistinen Book Cover.
The Anatomy of the Military-Industrial Complex