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… you do not discuss religion, sex, or politics in polite company. Sex to one side, in America’s Religious Wars, … relations through the lens of religion or through its opposite, secularism. Conflict between these one-or-the-other … like Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, this school official was the rearguard of a decades-long culture war …

… the first stage of the air war against the Taliban regime completed, the United States now enters a more difficult and dangerous phase of combat. Repeatedly, President Bush has warned that the fight … — stunned the country, which until then had believed official statements that the war was going well. In the …

… 2000 and Time magazine's "Man of the Year" for 2007, has come to the end of his legal term limit and must step down. … and the overwhelming margin of victory surprised few. The Communist Party came a distant second with only 11% of … launched an armed attack on the Parliament on 4 October, officially causing more than 150 deaths. This bloody event …

… A tweet from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library after comparisons were made between Nixon and President Trump when … was more complex and more closely fought. The intended site of the Whitewater Development Corporation along the … they took the additional precautions of paying Treasury officials for inside information and attempting to bribe …

… protests in Hong Kong that have directly challenged Chinese Communist Party (CCP) policies and yet have not been … November as the leader of the Politburo’s powerful Standing Committee. But we shouldn’t make too much of Jiang’s passing … treason and censorship laws, they point out, and many local officials seem more concerned now with pleasing the CCP …

… the Supreme Court and amidst growing public criticism. To compound the confusion, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, sitting … in Israeli society—for example, divisions over territorial compromise with the Palestinians; divisions between Jews and … roots including corruption involving Labor government officials, which coincided with a broader decline of …

… going to take their seats the next day and that they were completely resolute in overturning the election and bringing … Odinga to power. The Kibera school, he said, had now become a refuge for families whose homes were destroyed in the … corporations have been the bribes extorted by government officials (at one point airlines pulled out of Kenya due to …

… Jessica Vinas-Nelson  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … Petrograd garrison, which was ordered by the Tsar and his officials to break up the riots, instead mutinied and went … World War One memorial in Moscow at the, at this memorial site that also includes lots of World War Two memorials, and …

… which plan to test the next generation of bombs on computers rather than under the ground. But who’s paying … to the final frontiers — space and the virtual realm of computer technology. They have a passionate booster in … plan. They shout it out in glossy brochures and slick websites, hoping to get a bigger piece of the budgetary pie. …

… Bolivian Atacama region, mainly led by Chilean and British companies. The mineral was used both as a fertilizer and in … and subjecting them to discrimination for decades to come. Though usually overlooked in claims of Hispanization, … after mediation efforts failed. On April 5, 1879, Chile officially declared war on both Bolivia and Peru.  The …

… Mugabe has dominated Zimbabwean politics since 1980, having come to power on a wave of popular support developed during … (WOZA). The acronym, WOZA, is also an Ndebele word meaning "come forward." The group was founded "to press for solutions … disenfranchised and impoverished. For this, the country's officials blame international actors. President Obama is not …

… of Ukraine: Russia cannot be an empire without Ukraine and coming to terms with Ukraine’s separate nationhood is a … nations. With Ukrainian independence, Russia lost many sites enshrined in its historical memory, including the … Ukrainians, or “Little Russians” as they were called on the official level, came to resemble that of the Scots in the …

… to elevate them to an esteemed position in the eyes of competing Oxbridge scientists, derisive Anglican clergy, and … secured a charter by order of King Charles II in 1662 that officially made them "The Royal Society of London," labeled … began to wane, and by the century’s close meetings had become a place to present research (comparable to modern …

… could operate off the books. Photo of FDN & ARDE Frente Sur Commandas in the Nueva Guinea zone of Southeast Nicaragua, … the proposal received Reagan’s approval. Administration officials focused on how to conceal the operation and … that could have implicated Reagan, there followed the Tower Commission, a congressional inquiry, and the Office of the …

… But what exactly does Russia want? And how does this compare to its ambitions in the past? In this episode of … Jessica Blissit  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … sailors on board were helping in Syria, and it was retired officially after its Syrian mission and greeted with all …

… body-scan. Airline passengers in the United States have come to expect these kinds of security measures as a … closure of all the New York City area airports. Aviation officials saw the series of crashes as civil aviation’s … day. Two more days would pass before boats found the crash site. It took two weeks to salvage the wreck. Twenty-nine …

… hallways. Teachers gave lessons to help young students comprehend an American past with racial segregation, and how … in the Bill of Rights did not even apply to state or local officials until the 1950s. The U.S. government took little … list: Chicago, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Cleveland. All are sites of recent unrest originating in killings of unarmed …

… The Complexity of Brazilian Race Relations … Between Black and White: The Complexity of Brazilian Race Relations … Betw-een Black and -white: The Complexity of Brazilian Race Relations Despite the … general population. Today, while "whitening" is no longer official government policy, it continues to be expressed in …

… strength and quantity, and are well mixed.” Humoral theory, combined with ignorance of germs, created a situation ripe … drink vinegar, mercury, or arsenic. Others ate garlic or a compound made of iron oxide clay, aloe, myrrh, and saffron. … medieval period, now in Croatia—instituted one of the first official plague quarantines. The ordinance prevented anyone …

… history. The train stops in Urgench, a quiet and comparatively modern city of about 150,000 people. Exiting … fourth century B.C.E. Khorezmians were minting their early coins by the second century B.C.E. A century later the … and established a mint to create Khivan gold and silver coins. Khivan rulers also worked to improve the ability of …

… was his only advice, citing a famous and beloved Russian comedy about excessive drinking, Eldar Ryazanov’s 1975 film … The Irony of Fate . Mark Schrad’s book puts that all-too-common Russian experience in a long historical context. And … his book: from Russian politicians and state figures, from official statistics and the approximations of Western …

… us from the ravages of modern warfare, or if they will become the appliances of Orwellian control. What is remarkable … 1945. At the height of the attacks, the British evacuated 360,000 women and children from London, validating Gen. … that ‘today we have destroyed New York.’” Although other officials were more restrained, the army and navy had …

… dying lay beneath the rubble and remains of their homes and communities, American televangelist Pat Robertson stated … began immediately. And although Haiti was finally able to officially "buy" its economic freedom and diplomatic … the next 100 years became, in many respects, the exact opposite. Rather than being ignored and excluded, Haiti became …

… the amendment restored voting rights to ex-felons who had completed their prison sentence and been released from … laws like the one Floridians voted to eliminate. More common are states that extend disfranchisement through … occurred in other southern states . Reconstruction officials were able to protect black voting rights for a few …