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Olympic Broadcasting Services covering the men's 10 kilometre marathon swim at the 2012 Olympic Games.
The Big Game on the Small Screen: The Televised Transformation of Sport

Print of "The Epiphany of the New Antichrist" by Romeyn de Hooghe.
The Myth of the Jewish Antichrist: Falwell Stumbles Badly
Mr. Professor by Joan Carlsson, Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0
Needed: A New Deal for Academics
Fidel Castro in 1959
Easing Up on Cuba
Floor proceedings of the U.S. Senate, in session during the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton
Uneasy Lies the Head that Sleeps in the White House
Barry Goldwater in 1964.
The History of the “Right Wing Conspiracy”
A glass negative of Warren G. Harding.
Sex Scandals and U.S. History
Image of a large turkey on a postcard from the early 1900s.
The First “First Thanksgiving”
President Bill Clinton in 1999.
History of Sixth-Year Elections Bodes Well for Democrats
President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton in 1993.
Why Clinton Will Survive
A photo of the Great Synagogue of Rome.
The Catholic Church and the Holocaust
New York stock market index from 1926 to 1939
Can the Global Crisis of the Nineties Lead to Another Great Depression?
Omagh, Northern Ireland in 2001.
Taking the Guns Out of Irish Politics
A photo of Helmut Kohl in1987.
Germany After Kohl
Civil Rights March on Washington in 1963.
President’s Commission on Race a Failure
Portrait of Neville Chamberlain, who was the Prime Minister of United Kingdom during the early months of World War II.
Lessons of Munich
General Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1945.
Second-Guessing Hiroshima?
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)—Article 19 states that "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."
Free Speech: Still Under Threat
Grover Cleveland, painted by Anders Zorn in 1899
The Politics of Civility
A map of northern Ireland
Ending the War in Northern Ireland
A view of New York City behind Secretary Gale Norton in a lower Manhattan office space in 2006.
Downsizing Becomes Normal
A portrait of Slobodan Milosevic
Glory and the New World Order
Side view of an Andrew Jackson bust at the MET.
The Long Tradition of White House Sex Scandals
Monica Lewinsky's official government ID photo from 1997.
Another Watergate?
A sign from a DC Women's March that reads, "70% anti-abortion leaders are men; 100% of them will never be pregnant."
Abortion, History, and the Beginning of Life
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams: An Example for Our Times
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis.
Apologizing for Slavery
Statue of Peter the Great in Moscow
The Past and Future of Russian-American Relations
The Dalai Lama during a visit to Boston, Massachusetts in 2017.
An Effective American Policy on Tibet?
Charles E. Wilson being sworn in
Beyond Civil Rights
A photo of the Steamship Martha Washington in 1913.
Thinking Differently about “Think Different”
Hand-coloured woodcut of a Methodist camp meeting in Eastham, Massachusetts, c. 1850.
Promise Keepers Stake Male Claim to Moral and Political Power
Senator Fred Thompson at the Chattanooga Summit in 1996.
Back to the Future of Fund-Raising Scandals
The flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Critique of NATO’s Expansion
An image comparing Communism to Naziism
Historical Analogies and the China Debate
A 1960s photo of a hallway inside the Philadelphia County Prison.
Have We Learned Nothing About Prisons?
Schools often have dedicated computer labs which different classes share for studying and research.
The Fifth Wave?
Flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
NATO Expansion in Eastern Europe: For What and For Whom?
Melissa Drexler on trial
Infanticide: Something New Under the Sun?
The Dalai Lama waves to a crowd during a visit to the Netherlands in the 1980s.
Hong Kong and Tibet
The coat of arms of the Republic of Texas from the 19th century.
The Real Republic of Texas
Seal of the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The seal is described in 36 C.F.R. § 1200.2 as: The seal is centered on a disc with a double-line border. The words NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION encircle the inside of the seal and the date 1985 is at the bottom center.
Downgrading the Founders
Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon and Deng Xiaoping during the state dinner for the Vice Premier of China
The Nixon-Deng Comparison
the word History in script
Why Study History?
Image of Adonis on a red-figure squat lekythos.
Easter: A Season of Renewal
Mr. Ernesto Zedillo, Chair GDN Board of Directors, kicks off the 10th annual GDN conference.
Broken Promises in Mexico
The Dalai Lama speaking in front of Tibet's flag.
A New Chance for Peace in Tibet
Barry Faulkner's mural, "The Constitution," depicts the framers of the U.S. Constitution.
Term Limits: Thank Goodness We Didn’t Have Them in 1787
First house built with a loan from the Federal Housing Administration after World War II.
Reforming a Welfare State