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… a black president at the nation’s helm, even the most glib commentators can justify focusing on black history. But … force. History books have been filled with wars, battles, campaigns, successions and elections, as well as their … such as lobbyist groups, party machines and the civil service — which turned around and excluded women until the …

… Tocqueville noted in the 1830s, Americans are renowned for combining “separation of church and state” with intense, … Keepers, represents a significant break with revivals past. Promise Keepers excludes the women who were so … Mexico State University and a writer for the History News Service. …

… Every commentator in America is drawing the parallel between the … century, a task force chaired by retired Air Force Gen. Charles G. Boyd, warned two months ago that major changes were … Earlier arrival at the airports? More in-depth screening of passengers and luggage? Further flight delays? Or will …

… in spring 2009. What was then the world’s largest auto company had been hemorrhaging money for years, losing an … bankruptcy, with no private investors willing or able to pour money into it. Counting GM’s 91,000 employees, the … Fannie Mae, a mortgage provider, and Amtrak, which operates passenger trains. They have struggled recently — but, then …

… in style, tone, and story, the two films are instructively complementary in reminding us of an uncomfortable truth about our nation’s past: that underpinning slavery at the local, state, and … per cent of them through sale to traders. Like Harriet Beecher Stowe in her great 1852 antislavery novel, “Uncle Tom’s …

… while subjecting ourselves to a full body-scan. Airline passengers in the United States have come to expect these … day. Two more days would pass before boats found the crash site. It took two weeks to salvage the wreck. Twenty-nine … with this weather phenomenon. Following the crash, researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center developed an …

… As the dust of this momentous midterm election settles, that joke has been resurrected — mostly by people much … less funny than Rogers — to describe the dilemma of the incoming Democratic majorities in both Congressional houses. … Security program; fight and win the Second World War; pass the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts; and get man to …

… relations in the region. By 2001, Christmas had become a casualty of Israeli-Palestinian violence. Israel … have flourished. In 2003, over 300,000 Israeli tourists visited the Turkish resort of Antalya. In 2005, despite a … to be a return to the festive Christmases of many years past, a hopeful sign in a region fraught with tension. Dr. …

… Pearl Harbor. But rather than backing off the United States committed itself to war. In the case of North Korea, though, … United States. Food aid from outside North Korea has in the past been portrayed to the North Korean people as “tribute,” … of Hawai'i at Hilo, and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… framework of decolonization struggles. Violence has accompanied decolonization whenever the goal of political … of a single state, whether Palestinian Arab or Jewish, encompassing the entirety of Palestine-Israel. Robert L. Tignor … the End of Empire" (1998) and a writer for the History News Service.  …

… or on appealing to independents? Some of those factors may come into play, yet the recent history of vice-presidential … perform under the pressure of a presidential campaign could complicate their chances.   It’s not that citizens base … to the truly presidential.   Sen. John McCain ignored this lesson of recent history in part because he thought he …

… are full-fledged Americans. Bert Corona, a Los Angeles immigrant activist, spoke at the 1968 Democratic … woman has held that position.   But Julian Castro did not become mayor on his own. He attributes his rise to the Chicano … Raza Unida activists held their own reunion in El Paso, Texas, to commemorate the 1972 national convention …

… or the opening of world markets to facilitate competition across national boundaries. Record campaign … major party advocates who in the succeeding two decades passed anti-trust laws, sought to ban child labor, protected … Fort Collins, Colo., and a writer for the History News Service. …

… with his nutty words: the way the Bush administration has compromised American foreign policy and jeopardized world … When the Russians began secretly deploying ballistic missiles to Cuba, U.S. naval forces steamed out to sea, … in 1962 when the Soviets agreed to dismantle weapons sites in Cuba. Given Kennedy's brinksmanship, however, …

… the exiles and the U.S. government joined in a powerful common cause to dump Castro, who, in the peak Cold War … Cuban authorities, eager for tourists, don't stamp their passports. And more and more are going, approximately … Henry Butterfield Ryan is a writer for the History News Service. He is also an associate of the Institute for the …

… to take action against Iraq should that nation fail to comply with UN arms inspectors, one arresting question … has an interesting history. It is an ironic twist from the past that the first congressional discussion of Muslim … “not by its crusade to establish the empire of our principles, not by establishing a corps of diplomatic apostles of …

… allies, to negotiate with Iran on the nuclear issue. In the past, the United States has chosen direct diplomacy in the … weapon. Any potential United States-Iran dialogue would complement European efforts to persuade the Iranians to … not going to be solved quickly, but small steps eventually lessened the dangers of war. Today, the United States and …

… inaccurate, always misapplied metaphor that unnecessarily complicates our thinking surrounding religion and politics.  … separate. The evidence is plentiful. The same Congress that passed the First Amendment agreed to fund congressional … such proclamations, made a public point of attending church services in the House of Representatives while president. …

… him by giving him more slaves.   Among the many Bible passages cited by Dew was this one from Leviticus 25:44-46: … the New Testament,” Dew continued, “we find not one single passage at all calculated to disturb the conscience of an … and equality. For them, slavery and Christianity were incompatible. These contrasting approaches parallel the …

… Tibet. They demand that President Clinton act forcefully to compel China to change its policies toward Tibet. This … and give up the idea of a greater Tibet that would encompass an area much larger than what is now the Tibetan … (2nd edition, 1996), and a writer for the History News Service. …

… are hungry.   To turn the tide, we need to rekindle the passion and innovation of those who started the fight to end … more than a century ago.   In 1908 a Cincinnati school teacher, Ella Walsh, saw that her students were struggling. … and Dole.   For instance, communities can help set up sites for summer feeding. If enough people volunteer and …

… view of wartime Washington. On most mornings, Lincoln commuted into the city, but during hot summer months his … sending a drowsy aide into a deep sleep as he acted out passages from Shakespeare’s Richard III. Secretary of War … Soldiers’ Home and talked with disgruntled soldiers. He visited the wounded. Yet those sometimes painful interactions …

… But in the Second Cold War, the United States will face incomprehensible foes that cannot be counted on to respond as … launch does not mean the need for this re-thinking is any less urgent. It won't be long before will Pyongyang will … 2007 launch would have particular historical resonance, coming 50 years after the Soviet Union sent up the world's …