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… In 1831, when Gustave de Beaumont and I left France to visit the United States to examine first hand this … strife between Sunnis and Shiites within your great community of Islam weakened the entire civic and social … Both men were determined to prevent a continuation of this form of religious tyranny, so injurious to the …

… The Clansman portrays the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) as an avenging force, hooded heroes saving the South from newly freed and empowered black citizens. For example, the African American Silas Lynch is a scheming, power-hungry, and morally corrupt figure who ultimately attempts to establish a “Black Empire” in the …

… capable of reaching the United States, and that therefore Kim’s threat against the U.S. is an obvious bluff. … the Korean peninsula. Nixon learned this first hand when he visited South Korea in 1953 as vice president. An … that I may start some action is a constant check on the Communists,” Rhee told Nixon. Nixon thought so highly of …

… legacies that acts of violence leave on individuals and communities, and the importance of remembering and … Academic Technology Services. The Origins' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Editor: Kristin Osborne We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects. …

… the spirits that burn in the Baghdad sky Insist there’s a price we must pay A soldier returns from the war in the Gulf … A soldier named Tim McVeigh . . . ―Charlie King, The War is Coming Home , 1996 On April 19, 1995, a date fraught with meaning for American white supremacists, former soldier Timothy …

… During the last four weeks, the Election Assistance Commission, the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security have considered asking Congress for authority to delay this year’s election if a terrorist … Dissenting Tradition" (1998) and a writer for the History News Service. …

… after the Democratic convention. The Massachusetts senator ultimately rejected the idea, but his even considering it … voting their conscience, often went through many ballots before choosing a nominee. They thrashed out other important … of money and momentum. This year, conventions were almost completely removed from the selection of a nominee. For all …

… Comparing COVID-19 to HIV is, in many ways, like comparing … issues afflicting the social worlds in which we live. For example, HIV and COVID-19 have both laid bare that … Academic Technology Services. The Origins' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and …

… discovered since the mid-1960s (four of which just cause a common cold in humans). Written by Dr. Jim Harris. Narration … Academic Technology Services. The Origins ' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Park and Kristin Osborne. We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects.   This …

… Academic Technology Services. The Origins' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Layout: Kristin Osborne We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects. …

… History can be instructive and often inspiring. Take, for example, the case of the nation’s sixth president, John … immortalized on screen in “Amistad,” Steven Spielberg’s latest effort at cinematic history-telling. The film ought … all, to effect mental, moral, and national improvement. Commitment to improvement of self and nation motivated …

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… nun is abducted, stripped, threatened with rape, and forced to drink her captors’ urine. This is the latest in a series of attacks on Christians in that nation … of the early martyrs are wildly exaggerated, if not completely fictional. But later, better documented deaths …

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… The story of wired long-distance communication really begins with the Western Union … Academic Technology Services. The Origins ' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Editor: Kristin Osborne We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects.   …

… in a lab, increasing the possible development of a vaccine for the Corona virus. Just what do we know about the history … Academic Technology Services.The Origins ' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Park and Kristin Osborne We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects. …

… Academic Technology Services. The Origins ' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Park and Stephen Richardson We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects. …

… Academic Technology Services. The Origins ' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Park and Stephen Richardson We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects. …

… a "totalitarian ideology" menacing people everywhere. This comparison between Islamic radicalism and fascism, which … the Right have trumpeted ever since 9/11, is misguided and ultimately harmful. Because fascism, at least in its most … cases, the replacement of an old order with instability and foreign domination, whether exerted by French troops in the …

… people are in the United States illegally. During the visit of Mexican President Vicente Fox, President George W. … wants to make working legal in the United States, possibly for up to the three million whom his administration believes … about immigrants for the past thirty years. Of course they come from a long line of immigrant restrictionists. FAIR …

… protesting against dictatorship. This violent suppression ultimately came to be known as May 18, or the Gwangju … as a “city of peace and human rights,” emphasizing the community’s legacy of peaceful organization and solidarity, … leaders who used systematic violence—arrest, torture, forced disappearance, and extrajudicial killing—to tighten …