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… dans les fusillades de Charlie Hebdo a suscité une recherche profonde pour découvrir comment les hommes armés sont venus à être si irrités par … analystes ont oublié le fait que l’attentat du 7 janvier passé n’était pas la première fois que des extrémistes ont …

… Russie Unie, soutenu par Vladimir Poutine. Le Parti communiste arrive en second avec seulement 11 % des voix, … de la Fédération (chambre haute du Parlement), qui dépassent à peine le seuil des 7 %. Les élections … négative du régime soviétique. Par son passé au sein des services secrets, Poutine peut en effet être perçu comme un …

… of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere—organizations that had come out of gay-father activism of the 1980s—wrote a brief … draw invidious distinctions between families headed by opposite-sex parents and families headed by same-sex parents, … from 1955, a man told a judge that his wife’s “strange passions” made her an “unfit mother.” Because it was less …

… partnership.” Those conciliatory words, however, were accompanied on both sides with qualifications, skepticism, and … this history will have to be addressed and rectified. The past is very much part of the present in Iran. A profound … military achievements that appears on Fars News, a website affiliated with the IRGC, notes that Iran “launched an …

… us on an authoritative and eye-opening journey into how the company Monsanto came to have outsized influence over our … Agent Orange―to build an agricultural empire, promising endless bounty through its genetically engineered technology. … Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future …

… the world, to determine how knowing where we’ve been in our past can direct us in our present and future. … The Past and Future of the Global War on Drugs (Prologued, … the world, to determine how knowing where we've been in our past can direct us in our present and future. I'm Brionna …

… John Dos Passos met the Spaniard Jose Robles in 1916 during his first venture to Spain. Dos Passos … spread to the Spanish conflict. Robles went to his death a committed Stalinist, but to shroud the reality of the … Review of The Breaking Point: Hemingway, Dos Passos, and the Murder of Jose Robles , by Stephen Koch (New …

… We'd like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are sites that – much like  … public conversation. In this post, we feature  Not Even Past, a site founded in 2010 by the Department of History at … 15 Minute History -  a podcast for secondary school teachers and students  Our/stories - a site for the sharing of …

… use history to justify their views. The problem is a common propensity to mangle the past to suit current needs, a sort of indoctrination by … in Grantham, Penna., and is a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service … Those Who Abuse the Past Are Bound to Misunderstand It …

… Slobodan Milosevic demonstrate the usefulness of the past for thinking about the present. Both critics and … terrain. When the war did not progress as planned, military commitments escalated. America’s credibility had to be … culture and politics, and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… getting Congress to rein in lobbyists? Can any good really come out of congressional efforts to thwart corruption? The cynics say no. Yet democratic reforms have come out of past scandals. Many pessimists claim that reform is … Robert La Follette, fought for the direct primary, civil service reform for state office officials, and a stringent …

… National Park Service's call for public input to identify sites associated with César Chávez that are worthy of … labor and civil rights history is collected, debated, and passed on.   Shortly before she died, I interviewed my … With a sense of betraying la causa, I carried out mom's command. My mother was equally adamant that I was not to …

…   100 years ago this week, the passenger pigeon went extinct. On September 1st, 1914, … they often darkened the day-time sky.       Martha has become a cautionary tale of the human ability to extinguish … into the planet’s sixth period of mass extinction, what lessons should we learn from the disappearance of the …

… interests in the U.S. textbook publishing business. Liberal commentators and religious libertarians denounced the …  the history of religious public relations.  In the past, when unpopular religious denominations set up interest … op-ed essays to several hundred newspapers and news Web sites, including the History News Network.  For example, …

… the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York City to Acoma Sky City in New Mexico. NTHP activists are gathering in … judging achievement and erecting monuments to honor the past. And it may take two or three generations before a firm … current efforts aimed at protecting the Apollo 11 landing site and 106 pieces of equipment left at Tranquility Base on …

… delivered by winter storms from the Pacific, and over the past year, those storms were largely blocked by an enormous … thought – by more than 20 feet. Lindstrom and other researchers have since located tree stumps in more places around … disease, malnutrition, and warfare. Long inhabited sites were abandoned as the desperate populations wandered …

… one. We should not panic if Russia, in the short-term, becomes more antagonistic toward Western values and interests. … techniques upon Russian nobles and required their service as officers and civil servants. Upon Peter’s death, … uses this discontent is likely to appeal to the Soviet past. The stability and international influence enjoyed …

… When U.S. senators voted to reject the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, they took a giant step … challenge, but Oppenheimer recalled an apocalyptic passage from Hindu scripture: “I am become death, the … in Europe and set up a verification system providing for on-site inspections. For the first time, diplomacy led not just …

… law as well as our national conscience. When Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, many white Americans … phone line or to check registration lists on a laptop computer. But very few majority-black districts received the … critical role of race, and thereby blinds us to the real lessons of history. Like Vice President Al Gore, Tilden …

… As campaign 2000 moves past the conventions, Ralph Nader, candidate of the Green … and La Follette are legion. Despite La Follette's long service in the Senate and a previous bid for the presidency … in a sea of political corruption, a caring man genuinely committed to protecting consumers, promoting peace and …

… Ukrainians learned about the April 26 explosions at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant. As the plant's fuel burned at … Celsius, clouds spreading invisible radioactive isotopes passed over fields, pastures, gardens and forests. Women … the accident is piling up, awaiting a final nuclear storage site. Likewise in limbo, over 100,000 evacuees in temporary …

… abandoned Czechoslovakia to Nazi aggression, taught the lesson: “Don’t appease dictators.” As the Bush … invasion, the Iraqi military could engage in house-to-house combat or terrorist attacks against U.S. troops in Baghdad … in Portland, Ore., and a writer for the History News Service. …

… reaction. We tried not to see it. We were shocked, but powerless. At first, revolted; by the end, indifferent. It has to … These French units exploited the unclear lines of their own command authority to act somewhat independently of the rest … Washington University, and a writer for the History News Service. …