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… Russia's claims to the Arctic in 2007. This time, everyone took notice. Miles below the site of his previous … two others to the Arctic seabed, the first time humans had done so at the North Pole. There, 14,000 feet (2.5 miles) … understand why there is all this noise in the international community. If anyone wants to plant a flag down there, …

… A common response to the COVID-19 epidemic worldwide has been … PA, August, 2020. Although experts have cautioned there is much we still do not know about immunity … places. But, as with most seemingly novel practices, this one has a long and complicated history. Health passes will …

… surreptitiously acquired from Stratfor, the Texas security company, revealing Egyptian and Sudanese plans to build an … also brought the brown silt that nourished the delta, one of the world’s most productive agricultural regions, … The Nile River historian Robert O. Collins reports that “no one passed through this primordial bog” until 1841. Not …

… to Mecca, is a central ritual of the Muslim faith and one of the largest and oldest gatherings of people in the … and the site of God’s revelations to him—Muslims fulfill one of the five pillars of their faith. Location of Mecca … safety, and how much states should subsidize the ritual—is complicated. In many countries, demand for hajj visas …

… Guantanamo Bay has become one the most infamous places on earth.  In the United … to own a piece of Cuba, and how that naval base has functioned over the past century. Stephen Irving Max Schwab seeks …

… administration to a single-party system ( yidang duda or "one party rule") similar to the sort that had preceded the … is not quite as large as Massachusetts and Rhode Island combined. It is also the second-most densely populated … being a Mainlander, he is a "New Taiwanese." Not everyone accepts this definition of "Taiwanese," to be sure. I …

… 40 years to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) . Proponents believe this surprise victory signals that the ERA has a renewed chance to become the 28 th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. To be … and sexual orientation. At the outset, the ERA was envisioned as a way to remove barriers for educated and …

… The chair of the House Government Reform Committee, Tom Davis, House Democrat Henry Waxman and Senate … a moral McCarthyism that seems to be sweeping Washington. One polling firm, the Rasmussen Reports, found that only 22 … become involved in the problems of baseball. According to one 74-year-old man from Arizona, “They got a lot more …

… Bridge, Rick Perlstein—a journalist by profession, but one with a keen eye toward the historical—completes his trilogy chronicling the rise of what has been … and turns along the way are more than worth the ride by anyone interested in high-level politics and intrigue as well …

… of being on the receiving end of anti-gay protests. One protester — the Rev. Fred Phelps of Topeka — went so far … preparations were being made in Wyoming for the trial of one of the men accused of killing Matthew Shepard — a gay … protection for gays?  Perhaps the same impulse — the same combination of religious fervor and fear of social collapse …

… some political pundits conclude, negotiations cannot overcome divine principles dictating distinct worldviews that … support from the Sunni Islamic State. And yet, more than one year after his appointment, the Islamic State has yet to … two factions supported two different rulers. Some championed the appointment of Hassan, a son of Ali and so a …

… season brings a new round of presidential analogies and comparisons. Two years into his presidency, Barack Obama has … Truman, John F. Kennedy and even Dwight D. Eisenhower. Opponents have latched on to Jimmy Carter and Woodrow Wilson. … and George H.W. Bush as important role models. But there's one president whose name has rarely been mentioned: William …

… into a two-thirds majority. She will in fact be replacing one of the two Protestants who remained on the court. This dramatic change in the composition of the Supreme Court can be traced to the … to achieve equality. It reflects our better selves, the ones who want to make up for decades of prejudice and …

… Liu Bang also became the symbolic father of the Han people. One fifth of the world’s population now self-identifies as “Han Chinese.” His legacy, then, is a multifaceted one. In the popular imagination in the West, the present-day … of China’s greatest imperial dynasty was, like Mao, a commoner. As with many dynastic founders, it is difficult to …

… ten historical moments help us understand the long and complicated relationships Catalunya has had with Spain as … the Arab invaders back, maintaining the region as a buffer zone between the Franks and Muslims. In 801, Louis the Pious, … Kingdoms in 1400 ( right ). In the 12 th century, when one of the kings of Aragon decided to marry a princess of …

… Class is back. Whatever its other accomplishments, the Occupy Wall Street movement that sprouted … of shoes from start to finish; now as a wage worker, he cut one piece of leather to the same shape over and over. As … The federal government made enormous grants of land and money to a handful of businessmen to connect the West and the …

… elected a president who was accused of cohabiting with one of his slaves (Jefferson), one whose marriage was of questionable legality (Jackson), and one who publicly admitted to fathering an illegitimate child …

… the nation, and many of the founders worked hard to prevent one from being established. In July 1776, almost immediately … a secular allegory for that moral lesson. The other two committee members proposed images that drew on Old Testament … (as well as his divine birth and resurrection), envisioned “The Children of Israel in the Wilderness, led by a …

… independence. But liberation in Africa was more than this one moment in the global process of decolonization. The 1960 … Each individual state’s independence is an important milestone, but the events of 1960 were part of a larger continuum … After touring British colonies in Africa, Macmillan had become increasingly convinced that “national consciousness” …

… a table with friends and fight over.  I mean that as a high compliment, since there are far too many books out there, narrowly argued and turgidly written, that leave one feeling flat rather than engaged. So here are the terms … conservatism together. Farber has worked hard – sometimes one can almost feel him bending over backwards – to be fair …

… signed between the PRC and a minority people and is part of communist China’s larger nation-building process in its … and Amdo in the northeast, had their own local rulers, who nonetheless were faithful to the Dalai Lama and Tibetan … sought Chinese protection from imperialist powers. Clause One of the agreement stated that “The Tibetan people shall …

… at the time was but a technicality (Texas was largely a one-party state). Ross took the oath of office on January 5, … voting restrictions, the amendment’s passage was a milestone in voting rights history.  Neither Ross nor Ferguson … William B. Ross died while governor in October 1924 from complications following an emergency appendectomy. The …

… The story line for the upcoming November elections has been that conservatives are … compare the conservative position on issues over the last one hundred years with the liberal position and you can … yourself.   Think 10-year-olds should work in coal mines? One hundred years ago conservative business interests and …

… Slobodan Milosevic is one of the demon princes of the modern American imagination. … of years the kings of Europe sought glory through a combination of military victories like Lepanto, the great … God-given destiny. In practical terms, to be a real king one had to crush one's enemies and flaunt one's wealth and …