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… During the past year, Israel has experienced an unprecedented … prime minister and head of the right-wing Likud party, was indicted in November 2019 for bribery, fraud, and breach … political and personal future came under doubt in late 2016 when the Israeli police launched several criminal …

… One of my professors recently told me she was beginning to believe the best thing a historian can do is drill down into and … the feeling that 1965 was a “pivot” or a “hinge”—“the time when America’s social cohesion began to unravel and when the … Review of The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America , by …

… activists, labor leaders, and militant students to overtake the government of the Republic of Upper Volta. Almost immediately following the coup’s success, the small West African country—renamed … nationalists and radicals, especially among filmmakers, when it got into a fight with French based monopoly film …

… An estimate compiled by the nation’s intelligence services reaches the president’s … entry into the nuclear club by this state, whose government Washington has long refused to recognize, imperils America’s … and 1968. The two sides saw a test ban very differently. When Harriman met with Khrushchev, the Soviet leader made …

… The much-anticipated film, Marvel’s Black Panther , has sold … appeared in Fantastic Four #52 (July 1, 1966) and his story was elaborated in the next issue (#53, August 1966). Marvel … Lee and Kirby’s imaginative jumping off point for Wakanda. When Marvel published its Marvel Atlas #2 in 1988, Wakanda …

… Last week, Ryne Sandberg and Wade Boggs joined the more than 180 players who have been inducted into the … also earned him widespread enmity within the game. But he was more a victim than a manipulator of race. In 1963, the … while leading the Phillies in a season-long pennant race. When Allen was involved in a brawl the following year with …

… On its “Milestones in UN History” website, the United Nations features smallpox eradication, explaining … because it had a safe and effective vaccine .” Eradication was a stunning achievement and that description of how it was accomplished feels especially poignant today when faith in both global solidarity and vaccines is ebbing. …

… include high fever, cough, runny nose, and watery eyes. The characteristic rash appears a few days after the initial … controlled through vaccination , and has been since 1963, when Drs. John Enders and Samuel Katz developed the first … girls. Pre-18th century Chinese vaccination method. Such was the earliest form of inoculation, a practice that would …

… We can expect to hear a lot about empathy when Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s nomination to be an associate justice on the Supreme Court, appears before the Senate judiciary … Court ceremony in which Warren’s successor, Warren Burger, was sworn into office, Nixon could not have been more clear …

… The news media today are full of stories about efforts … of legislative redistricting began more recently, however, when the U. S. Supreme Court decided a case known as Baker … Baker. In so doing, the Court announced that redistricting was an issue a court could resolve, thereby over-ruling …

… Sixty years ago this May, the U.S. Border Patrol enacted “Operation Wetback,” a … today. The U.S. Border Patrol ( pictured above  in 1924 when it was officially created) carried out Operation Wetback to … Immigrant Deportations Today and the Continuing Legacy of "Operation Wetback" …

… February 26, 1885, was an unremarkable day in the  Congo  basin, where it passed like many others. Yet … They are afraid to complain to the Government whitemen when the soldiers rob them because they would not be …

… countless hardships. Just as we have always done in the past, we will in fact turn adversities into … Moon's August 2, 2019 tweet. The immediate trigger was Japan’s announcement the same day that it would remove … statement of “regret”—in person or in any written form. When it comes to Japan, even the slightest insult as …

… It was a momentous day this past November when the ground breaking for the monument to Martin Luther King, … Martin Luther King’s True Legacy: Revolutionary Ideals …

… voters in Florida approved a ballot initiative that amended the state's constitution to give the vote back to citizens … to vote. The number of individuals these laws affected was small because convictions for these serious crimes were … they were like prisoners; and prisoners are degraded when they are like slaves. These connections were …