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… and raped her and kept her as his daughter. Over the past one hundred and forty years, Americans have experienced … of $20,000 (only in part because he did not have the money). This refusal brought him a torrent of negative commentary and helped to define for the future what …

… for a weekend vacation to Djerdap National Park. As one park guide put it, Djerdap proved to be a great place to … park can enjoy and reflect these legacies too, while even becoming a part of it themselves. The Djerdap National Park is … lakes, and rivers. The park was established in 1974, one of many founded during the socialist period of …

… and so on with the Semiquincentennial celebrations! We’ve done this before. Three times already, in fact, the nation … American past has been defined in different eras, who has done that defining, and how others tried to offer different … states, by thirty other countries, and by private companies. Some visitors recorded that they left simply …

… their way through a devastated Germany. The first major combat sequence takes place in an open field, as Collier and … fighting. Disturbing scenes follow:  the crew shoots one of their prisoners, sexually brutalizes a number of local women, …

… the elevator. (Photo Credit, AP)  In late July 2014, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell also handed Rice a two game suspension. … early September 2014, when TMZ released another video, this one of the fight that occurred in the elevator. It showed …

… I am asked, should be made of this? As it turns out, no one really wants to hear my answers. They have their own. … it weren't so, academia is probably as much troubled by dishonesty and other human shortcomings as other occupations. When scholars make mistakes, …

… spelled out, in English, the word Newborn . Fireworks accompanied live appearances by pop stars and elected … in Serbia's capital Belgrade brought together well over one hundred thousand demonstrators, some of whom vandalized … are best found in Yugoslavia's much more recent past. If one insists on drawing "principles" out of this story, …

… Europe in search of security and stability. With close to one million people arriving in 2015, many Europeans worry … threaten the cultural makeup of Europe due to the alleged incompatibility of the Islamic faith of the majority of new … migration flows. Traditionally, the Mediterranean has functioned as the main route for migrants from Africa or the …

… to include many more citizens since 1776, these gains have come haltingly and unevenly. Even as women gained suffrage, … voter suppression continue to affect electoral outcomes today? Listen in to find out. To learn more about the … right has not been fully honored. Lauren Henry  You've mentioned both the role that the federal government and states …

… evidence of the LAPD’s excessive use of force and confirmed complaints of police brutality made by black and Latino … more accountable to the mayor and Board of Police Commissioners. In early June 1992, voters overwhelmingly passed … Angeles and the nation. The jury, composed of ten whites, one Latino, and one Filipino-American, included no African …

… evening, his well-deserved vindication will probably never come. Thrust into a difficult situation — one he handled with aplomb — his reputation was unfairly and … focus has always been on his pardon of Richard Nixon. Only one month after taking office, Ford announced that Nixon …

… during the last twelve months is a strange experience. One of the most striking things is the sheer diversity of … as they have from the furor last summer triggered by comments about Beijing’s human rights record made by Bob … People’s Republic and our relations with its leadership.   One curious thing to note about the past year’s wide-ranging …

… last history play Henry VIII: Or, All is True. A volatile combination of a cheap roof and pyrotechnic effects could … Shakespeare. The lease had expired on their former home, one of the oldest Elizabethan playhouses, simply named the … due to a ban on plays in the upscale neighborhood. In one of the greatest burglaries of all time, in the frigid …

… 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 … for progress — now known as the Good Friday Agreement — not one of the millions of bullets, thousands of rifles or tons …

… case effectively created the legal context for sugar to become ubiquitous. Look at any U.S. food label today and you will find that one of the top five ingredients listed, in some form or … The Sherman Anti-Trust Act . Notably, E.C. Knight was one of the first cases where the Federal government …

… The catastrophe in San Diego is not entirely a natural one. As with Katrina, it’s also the work of humans. This … been brought under control. Between the two immense burn zones sits San Diego, the nation’s seventh largest city. This … are offering time, money and supplies. Inter-agency communication is decidedly better. And the city owns a …

… 2016, Hillary Rodham Clinton secured enough delegates to become the Democratic nominee for president of the United States.  As everyone knows, this will make Clinton the first woman to attain  … child with Woodhull, she left him and, in 1866, married Colonel James Harvey Blood and moved to New York City to begin …

… while other jurisdictions declared these children unwelcome. A U.S. Border Patrol poster placed around the border … as a person residing in a nation-state other than the one in which he or she was born. That percentage translates … of the United States, and this nation’s experience is only one part of the larger global context. In the Americas, in …

… important new biographical details to the traditional commander-in-chief profile. After having 43 presidents cut … from the same cloth, we finally seem poised to elect someone different. The similarities of our previous White House … publicly). Almost all were married and had children; only one was a bachelor (Buchanan), only one was divorced …

… things. It isn’t just that the Trump administration is prone to scandal. The Trump administration is prone to an astounding pace and variety of scandal. Some … A tweet from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library after comparisons were made between Nixon and President Trump when …

… the nation’s military. The administration has already abandoned a strategy that called on American forces to fight and … wars simultaneously. Now U.S. forces must be able to win one war and carry out a number of holding actions around the … and means to maintain its present overseas positions and commitments, it will fail, as did Great Britain in the late …