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… story, but it’s a myth. To be sure, it’s a powerful one — one that will be repeated many times this November. The fact … are uncertain. The only documentary evidence of the event comes from the journal of Plymouth Colony’s governor, Edward … Indigenous Communities …

… this law and demand that the government repeal it. As one protester lamented to a New York Times reporter: … had very recently joined forces with the celebrated Tajik commander Ahmad Shah Massoud to establish the "Northern … nothing demonstrates the essentially "backward" or "medieval" nature of Afghan society more than its treatment of …

… away from the actual events of the war, movies have become the dominant means for us to envision them. But can you … Harp  (Criterion Collection). Private Mizushima, the lone survivor of a battle who has disguised himself as a … stares in shock at an enormous mound of dead Japanese soldiers. He covers his face, weeps, and runs, trying to avoid …

… The decommissioning of weapons in Northern Ireland ought to be a … and committed to principles of nonviolence. All but one of the myriad terrorist organizations has now declared a … from an IRA arms dump by dissidents. Twenty-nine people died and more than three hundred were injured in this …

… of violence and instability until 1922. Multiple communities of former tsarist imperial subjects imagined the … policies Union-wide promoting non-Russian nationalities. No one knew, however, what might be too Ukrainian, and … what precisely “Ukrainian” included, in the Soviet context. One arena these debates played out in was the arts. In very …

… to the nation he coined the phrase "military-industrial complex." Eisenhower used that address to issue a warning to … the dangers of a permanent state of wartime readiness – one, it must be said, that he himself had helped to create – … of economists like Seymour Melman and others who have studied the question. He juxtaposes the growth of military …

… presidential losers of the American past. Yes, the time has come for all true lovers of trivia to stand up and be … take note of this foray into insignificance. Both gone and forgotten, second-place finishers in the … devotee of trivia, it should be noted that he also received one electoral vote in 1796, and therefore lost four times. …

… The Caucasus Mountains are one of history’s great transition and contact regions, … cultures, and belief systems. In the Late Antique and medieval eras, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Islam, and … only after St. Nino spent an entire night praying for it to come back. From its bark, once it was grounded, flowed holy …

… Heschel's work, the Prophets was written not for a Jewish audience but for people of faith in general. Writing during … accepting Nazi anti Semitism and racial ideology required one to overcome a number of intellectual hurdles. How could one accept …

… what they believe, they ought at least be faithful to one of the Framers’ core principles. But they aren’t doing … a different approach to representative democracy from the one the Framers embraced. The men who gathered in … needed for decisions we’re stuck with. The Framers weren’t comfortable with slender majorities when the nation’s …

… Veterans (DAV) National Convention in August 2013 . “No one is taking away your benefits. Your veterans’ healthcare … be neglected by state and local health systems, or become—in World War I-era parlance—“public charges.” Alongside … I, Civil War veterans also had access to ten national Soldiers’ Homes and a variety of state-run institutions. Those …

… I’ve read about it, 1968 was quite a year. Writers have compared it to the most dramatic moments in modern history— … Between these came the abdication of Lyndon Johnson and not one but two major assassinations. Martin Luther King, Jr. … against the Vietnam War in Washington, D.C. ( left ). A soldier standing guard in Washington, D.C. after riots …

… then turned to Lt. Col. Oliver North. North is one of the most colorful characters in this narrative: … could operate off the books. Photo of FDN & ARDE Frente Sur Commandas in the Nueva Guinea zone of Southeast Nicaragua, … and sought to sustain its war effort. Here, one of the shadier characters in this sordid drama emerged: Manucher …

… the U.S. Congress and with the president’s signature will become law. While a new law represents a positive step for … coverage of January’s Sago disaster, in which 12 miners died. With less attention but equal devastation, 21 more … devices, four of twelve failed to work properly. The ones that worked delivered only an hour’s worth of oxygen. …

… Dr. Dr. Daniel Rivers: Thank you so much and welcome to our webinar for Indigenous Peoples' Day. It's … Daniel Rivers. I'm faculty lead for the American Indian Studies Program here and I teach Native American History, … hi?  Dr. Melissa Beard Jacob (she/hers): Sure. Hello, everyone. Boozhoo. Awunkoquay ndishnikaaz. Hello everyone my …

… dedicated to the wars in which they fought.   But there is one glaring exception: the First World War.   Despite … nearly 117,000 perished during the war — 53, 402 in combat — and another 204,000 were wounded. Many believe that the last man to die in the war was an American soldier, 23-year-old Henry …

… Hurricane Katrina has underscored the importance of unified command and control in response to national disasters. Unfortunately, no one has stepped forward to take on this responsibility. For … retorted that Congress expected him to be some sort of superhero and that was impossible. Maybe so, but Brown was a …

… have met periodically in Vienna in an attempt to accomplish what was long considered a near-impossible task. … it doesn’t develop nuclear weapons, and thereby mitigate one of the most pressing international security concerns of … in Iran—who was effectively inspiring Iranian soldiers fighting in the war. Those soldiers, the article …