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Cover of 428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire by Giusto Traina.

The End of the World as They Knew It

Review of 428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire, by Giusto Traina (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. pp. xix, 203. Trans. by Allan Cameron)

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Oval Office in 2009.

Putting Race on Display: The National Civil Rights Museum

Exiles carry a poster against the communist government of Cuba, in a demonstration in Miami

Which Side Are You On?: The Ludlow Massacre and Class Struggle in 1914

… abuses common to company towns of the period. For them, meaningful collective bargaining could deliver a fair day's …

Updating ‘No Child Left Behind:’ Change, or More of the Same

… stake on both sides is the question—so foundational to the meaning of American democracy and society—of what role the … kids." No one would argue with that. The question that has plagued education reform for over half a century has been …

Ukrainian refugees sheltering beneath a bridge in Kyiv, March 5, 2022.

“The Tragedy Has Never Left Us.” On the War in Ukraine

… light the deep movements that shape its forms, intensity, meaning. But the history of war, defined as a bottom-up …

Avoiding the Scourge of War: The Challenges of United Nations Peacekeeping

… of its member states. In order to avoid the inertness that plagued its predecessor, the League of Nations, the U.N. was …

Measuring Reagan for Greatness

Schools often have dedicated computer labs which different classes share for studying and research.

The Fifth Wave?

Signal Soldiers train to protect against Nuclear Biological and Chemical threats.

The Nuclear Theft From the Poor and Hungry

Comic from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Sun.

“A New and Deadly Menace” (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 2)

Killing the Arctic

… peat deposits, a key factor in the wildfires that have plagued Arctic landscapes since 2016 and that blanketed …

Hacer América and the American Dream: Global Migration and the Americas

Colombia: On the Brink of Peace with the FARC?

Cultural Diplomacy and the Global Cold War

U.S. soldiers walking across a field during the Vietnam War.

A New War Like — Vietnam?

"The Magnet Citizenship" March 1917 cartoon by Henry Mayer - Moving Picture Weekly (1915-1920)

U.S. Citizenship Is Based on Principles, Not Heritage

… values. "Be Americans First," he beseeches his audiences, meaning be "western." But Tancredo misunderstands the … Undeniably, the Naturalization Act of 1790 was made meaningless for African Americans by its reference to "free …

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Ghosts of Ned Ludd

… in general, divesting Luddism of its particular historical meaning. Without context, the striking parallels and …

President Bush makes remarks in 2006 during a press conference in the Rose Garden about Iran's nuclear ambitions and discusses North Korea's nuclear test.

Fighting a War in Name Only

… liberate enslaved nations raised large questions about the meaning of freedom at home. As such, it gave impetus to the …

On August 8, 1918, 17,000 German soldiers surrendered to the Allies.

November 11, 1918: The End of World War I?

The Long, Long Struggle for Women's Rights in Afghanistan

Centennial Seal of the Land Grant Colleges

The 1862 Morrill Act Honored the Liberal Arts As Well As Technical Education

How to Create the Perfect Wife: Britain’s Most Ineligible Bachelor and His Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate, by Wendy Moore Book Cover.

The Idiot’s Guide to Enlightened Matrimony

Review of How to Create the Perfect Wife: Britain’s Most Ineligible Bachelor and His Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate, by Wendy Moore (New York: Basic Books, 2013)

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