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… and in it Morris offers a wealth of anecdotes about some of the better known and many of the lesser known … of the presidency itself has changed, making his comparisons something of an apples and oranges exercise.  … silly. Finally, Morris's “big idea” in this book is that common sense, cordiality, honesty and the ability to …

… my guests are historians. We look back and study what has come before and  this …this is a decidedly forward looking … we analyze if the promise of women's rights activists have come to fruition and what we can learn from the last 200 … of Latinas in the past that have made it possible for someone like AOC to come to power. But at the same time, …

… of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has begun, some have heralded his prosecution as the dawning of “a new … surface of this dispute is a fundamental clash between the competing claims of national sovereignty and universal human … sound increasingly hollow. If Slobodan Milosevic’s extradition and trial marks the dawning of “a new era of …

… be neglected by state and local health systems, or become—in World War I-era parlance—“public charges.” Alongside … but selectively. “The great outcry against the (Civil War) compensation system had not been due to the moneys that were … “aims to give a man a pension because he was a soldier, and sometimes a soldier for 30 days, and sometimes not much of a …

… an uprising at New York’s Stonewall Inn. The event has become iconic in popular memory as the spark for a new radical … Stonewall’s wake, a Gay Liberation movement galvanized gay communities nationwide and its anniversary has become a … their mood ugly, and instead of acquiescing to arrest, some of the crossdressers pushed back.  A "raided premises" …

… to start with: What do Americans fund every year at levels comparable to annual budget of the Pentagon? Answer: the … to be an enormous enterprise; and second, we don't have a comprehensive sense of its history. Until now. Philanthropy … starting point for other scholars who want to investigate some of the many issues raised by this book. In fact, the …

… Tallahassee hours earlier. Waiting for the verdict had become unbearable. On the charge of second-degree murder, the … they expressed their disappointment in the trial’s outcome, pain over the loss of their child, appreciation for … to vent their anger and frustration. In Washington, D.C., some carried signs that read, “Stop criminalizing black …

… experiment. More than 200 years later, there's still something useful, perhaps even attractive, in having  an … whose members can deliberately and calmly assess the outcome of an election and judge its impact upon the public … important, the existence of the Electoral College creates some important  "requirements" for presidential candidates. …

… one day after the author's arrival. ( United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees ) We came to Greece with only a … We found people sleeping in tents underneath shipping compartments or on meager strips of grass, a mere stone's … they'd been dropped off by ferries from the Greek islands. Some passenger terminals became impromptu shelters, …

… and fateful consequences for the U.S. Constitution. Some of the possible results are certain to prove … likely have to endure the result regardless of how much we come to regret it. The nation’s constitutional history is … results, repeal became possible only in 1933 through the extraordinary circumstances of the Great Depression and the …

… Some pundits have compared the recent uprisings in the … shadow of democracy elsewhere. Nineteenth-century Europeans sometimes looked across the Atlantic at the United States, … attracted to American democracy and technology, including communications technology such as Facebook, which has helped …

… it was being spoken about by fans of literature, who often complained about the stifling power of the novel and the … time was struck by the boldness of Dostoevsky’s idea. For some critics, the murders of pawnbroker Alyona Ivanovna and her sister Lizaveta committed by ex-student Rodion Raskolnikov were “the purest …

… Jessica Vinas-Nelson  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … that come to us in the United States, or auto parts, extractive industries like mining that are destroying the … that has terrible violence caused by gangs and drug traffickers. And, yes, there is terrible violence caused by …

… and build peace in the new year.   Can ordinary people, not someone in Washington, be in charge of American diplomacy … a peaceful Europe. At the time, many worried that Communism might gain power in Europe. Could a third world … send a donation to pay for feeding that silent guest to a committee in Plymouth, Mass., the home of Thanksgiving. …

… Historical analogies, comparing something in the present with what appears to be its … equal. Some are better — or at least more useful when it comes to seeking guidance from history — than others. A case …

… RSF as terrorists. Yasir al-Atta, the Sudanese army deputy commander, said in an interview on August 3, 2024, that the … of resources, the Arabian Peninsula would at times become over-populated. This led to mass migrations across the … although not classified as an Arab country, is home to some 800,000 Arabs, roughly a third of its total population. …

… As national governments and the global scientific community struggle to contain the spread of the coronavirus … since the 9/11 truther movement . A 2020 ad for the upcoming Plandemic documentary U.S. government … World War —a little-known history that can shed light on some of the causes and consequences of today’s coronavirus …

… ahead of any other national team. In view of the tremendous competition associated with the world’s favorite sport, … Children in every Brazilian neighborhood learn to perform extraordinary athletic feats on sandlots, grassy fields and … little more than a “ho-hum” from much of the population. Some critics of Brazilian society complain about the …

… Everybody agrees that some prisoners held at Guantanamo received a certain amount … formally by a court or informally by a non-judicial “truth commission”? Or should he be applauded as a patriot?   Look … neither a legislative nor a judicial body. It was simply an extraordinarily influential advisory body.   Cicero (like …

… soldiers and townspeople and by early 1770, fights had become commonplace. The death of a young man, Christopher … retribution. The size of the crowd continued to grow, with some Bostonians attending to the wounded while others … protests erupted in the city after the passing of an extradition law. The people of Hong Kong saw the law as a …