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… for the political party whose policies promise the best outcome. But if we had any way to make such calculations—if we … a more minimal notion of what politicians and parties can accomplish, and what they ought to be accountable for. The … logic of presidential politics is that the party in power pays. They had the deck. If they get it wrong on their …

… Memphis, a pall of shock and sadness blanketed the black community. Anguish soon turned to anger. Fearing a riot, the … exploded in the days following Dr. King’s assassination. In communities large and small, stretching from the East Coast … aside normative expectations of black consumers—that they pay more for less—to acquire necessities they always …

… unrecognized until recently by anyone in the international community. It has its own government, though largely staffed … in 1993, but had remained unrecognized by the international community—pushed Georgian villagers and soldiers out of the … debate in Georgia and around the world in the months to come. Whatever the answer, a Rubicon was crossed on August …

… getting Congress to rein in lobbyists? Can any good really come out of congressional efforts to thwart corruption? The cynics say no. Yet democratic reforms have come out of past scandals. Many pessimists claim that reform … vice president. Indictments and convictions today are coming fast and furious. Gilded Age outrages mounted quickly …

… we think about this political family, but it is a mostly comprehensive overview in Ken Burns’ trademark engaging … . This episode lays out the standard New Deal narrative as comprehensively as it can moving quickly through the … family, 1903 (Ted Jr. on knee)    The biographical approach pays off most strongly for Eleanor Roosevelt. Often …

… taking power.  What ought to be changes of government become changes of regime. Putsches and revolutions substitute … republic. As a result, no doubt the day will soon come when parties in Mexico, like those in the United … happens, opposition politics in Mexico will then have become, as in the United States, a normal part of …

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to The Global War on Drugs brought to you by the … are 50 years old. President Nixon had created a national commission to study marijuana and he even chose the nine of … profits from drug trafficking, you're really gonna start paying attention. But, in thinking about the, sort of, …

… the American imagination. America’s fixation on Cuba’s Communist government has led to many regrettable results: … by a domino-theory fear that tiny Cuba would bring about communist revolutions throughout the hemisphere. It wasn’t … received support from the U.S. as a bulwark against communism. Hotel Ambos Mundos, where Ernest Hemingway lived …

… The first ad had “1862” emblazoned across the top, accompanied by a photograph of President Abraham Lincoln.   … (1890), and Southern (Louisiana) University (1881).   It is commonly assumed that those 30,000 acres of federal land … to sell their share so quickly, if at all.   It is also commonly assumed that all land-grant colleges were created …

… Multilingualism in India is as common as daylight. India recognizes 22 official languages … recorded residents speaking over 1600 native tongues. It is common to find people who can fluently function in more than … Syed) is sent to a traveling circus to earn money to pay for the bike's repairs, but soon winds up in the streets …

… luxury and self-indulgence with the stern defender of the common man we know from history textbooks. As chief … parlor. He took down the second story and added a dome to complete the perfectly proportioned facade that looks out at … his dream of perfect elegance. To the extent that he could pay for it-through credit-cost was no object.   How could …

… and anger are settling into a cold rage against whoever committed the atrocity and those who may be sheltering the perpetrators’ accomplices and families. But what must now be done? This is … put us on the road to a long and bitter conflict whose outcome and consequences no one can predict. But noble …

… a large hole in the health system up to this point: to pay for everything from hospital visits to prescriptions, … that translates to the future of American health care comes in his final chapter. “Health care cannot function,” … In this sense, government involvement remains a necessary component for healthcare to advance. In the author’s …

… northern China. Amid this misery, a mysterious group that combined traditional Chinese folk culture, including martial … court fled Beijing for  Xi’an . Western troops proceeded to commit atrocities of their own, looting much of the city and … in the Boxer Protocols of 1901, where China was made to pay a crippling indemnity of 450 million taels of silver to …

… she responded, “May it please Your Honor, I shall  never  pay a dollar of your unjust penalty.” And she never did. Dr. … call the Anthony Amendment, and what would eventually become the 19th Amendment. But not for a long time. California … support needed to pass a constitutional amendment. It was becoming less likely that a federal amendment was going to …

… in the plant, security in the office; a good, stable paycheck handed over like clockwork each and every Friday. … the phalanx of government programs that made our world comfortable: the labor laws that gave our fathers the … Race We knew about race, of course. Though we lived in a completely white neighborhood, there was no way to avoid …

… administration has added more than 1,000 individuals and companies to sanctions lists. The president has gloried in … from trade networks and the global financial system has become Washington’s foreign policy tool of choice. Indeed, the … in human rights violations. How did economic sanctions become so vital to America’s relationship with the rest of the …

… of a satellite” to the world. Pravda put a distinctively communist spin on the news, arguing that “artificial … appeared) would be used for legitimate research and not for competition in what he called “an outer-space basketball … Sputnik’s launch came as a surprise to the world, it had become clear by the early 1950s that advanced rocketry and …

… Jessica Vinas-Nelson  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … Vinas-Nelson  Thanks for joining us today. This year, we're commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the February and … of alcohol, and then all of a sudden, there's no money to pay for the war, because the taxes that should have been …

… European history that question is how did it come to pass that Europeans would differ so strongly from … attitudes toward standing armies and warfare, without coming down on one side or the other. Some Americans may … Thus the major conflicts of the twentieth century become the outliers, not what defines European society. This …

… the international order was disrupted by the Suez Crisis, a complicated imbroglio marked by the intersection of European … Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal Company after the United States and Britain refused to … the European colonial powers and to garner the profits the company earned in his country. Egyptian supporters cheer …

… to Mark Twain, “it often rhymes.” Indeed, few historical comparisons make more compelling verse than the COVID-19 outbreak and history’s … drop, demand for wage labor increased markedly, as did the pay these workers could command. The peasantry’s net worth …

… the first stage of the air war against the Taliban regime completed, the United States now enters a more difficult and dangerous phase of combat. Repeatedly, President Bush has warned that the fight … Bush must maintain the resolve of the American people to pay the price of dollars spent, lives lost and liberties …

… are addressed, this work is not focused on ecological communities or human impact on marine habitats . Rather, … shaped human settlement, migration, political power, and commercial ventures. Abulafia divides his work into five … and frankincense. Abulafia attempts a “rounded” rather than complete history of the oceans, yet his ability to …