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… American life, and in his farewell address to the nation he coined the phrase "military-industrial complex." Eisenhower used that address to issue a warning to … of economists like Seymour Melman and others who have studied the question. He juxtaposes the growth of military …

… place in colonial New York City (by regiments of Irish soldiers in the British Army). But it was in the mid-19th … century that the parade as we know it took form. This coincided with both the massive influx of Irish immigrants … this ideal, but it's important to recognize how far we've come. It's in this sense that the St. Patrick's Day parade …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history …

… Great Lakes Creoles: A French-Indian Community on the Northern Borderlands, Prairie du Chien, … "A case study of one of America's many multi-ethnic border communities, Great Lakes Creoles builds upon recent research … Great Lakes region." [Book description from the publisher's website ] …

… in the need for emergency food aid. These findings coincide with a Feeding America reportthat 20 percent of … the effect of child hunger in war-torn Europe, started a committee to bolster the existing national school lunch … these efforts the journey to end child hunger is far from complete. There are still huge gaps in participation in the …

… and there was always a world that needed redeeming. When he died ten years later, scores of mourners, from New York to … nonconformist left. Historian Leilah Danielson attempts to complete the work that Muste did not. It is most useful to … and activism for Muste. He believed that liberalism, as embodied by the New Deal order, had failed precisely because it …

… past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future." LA 92 The Past is a Prologue opens with this quote … hope of providing fresh insight on six days of civil disobedience that brought Los Angeles, California to a standstill … distraught business owners next to coverage of families and communities reeling from extrajudicial violence runs …

… is collected, debated, and passed on.   Shortly before she died, I interviewed my monolingual Spanish-speaking … With a sense of betraying la causa, I carried out mom's command. My mother was equally adamant that I was not to … and preservation. It will also use the suggestions of the community to evaluate how best to promote the public's …

… shape the narrative of Nigerian identity and the nation’s future. Written and narrated by Ousman Murzik Kobo. Video …

… rash act against a national celebrity. Meanwhile, Knight complained that he was a victim of changing expectations … trustee critical of Brand's action invoked a pointed comparison: "President Truman fired General MacArthur.  … But is the comparison valid? In fact there are noteworthy coincidences between the two controversies. Both MacArthur …

… of psychedelic exploration . The Summer of Love marked the coming out party for the counter-culture we now associate … epicenter for the Summer of Love, and the term itself was coined there by a coalition of organizations. By 1967, San … she burst out onto the scene receiving incredible audience enthusiasm and critical reception. D.A. Pennebaker …

… details of domestic issues, the most eye-opening comments on foreign policy have stemmed from Gov. George W. … to the United States "as a kind of model for what their future could be," Bush argued that the U.S. must be "humble … The stark differences between the two candidates' comments tend to obscure the fact that Republicans, as well …

… to today in an interview for NPR affiliate WKNO . From the website: Host Jonathan Judaken and author Alice Conklin …

… the United States owned their reservation lands as a community: families could settle, plant their crops, and own … but the land itself belonged to the entire nation for future generations’ use. The 1887 passage of the Dawes Act upended this system of communal land ownership and, in doing so, struck a historic …

… East. A nuclear-armed China would be a “great menace in the future to humanity, the free world and freedom on earth,” … Bush administration has wisely allowed the international community to take the lead in responding to the threat from … sanctions against Iran for the first time and urged Iran to comply with a United Nations request to halt its nuclear …

… Students will gather information using the Origins website to help facilitate a Socratic-style discussion that … The lesson can be done in the classroom or adapted and completed online. …

… with Plate Tectonics. To finish out the lesson, students complete a quick exit ticket while a recap of the day is completed with explanation leading to a future lesson about magnetism of the ocean floor and how …

… of the German Army moved out of their encampments and into combat. It was the beginning of a war over the future of Poland; it was the beginning of the Second World … World War, wrote “In 1914 the war began with enthusiasm. Soldiers were mobbed and garlanded with flowers. They left for …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … public conversation. This month, our Best in History online comes in the form of a podcast.   In Our Time is one of the … any intellectual rigor. After 42 minutes, you will come away with a very useful introduction to the major …

… audacity, its failures, and what it foretold for Germany's future.  Yet, as we look back, it is time we consider a … nation, Bavaria appointed Gustav Ritter von Kahr as State Commissioner General ( Generalstaatskommissar ), granting … organizations. Lossow joined in alliance with Kahr and the commander of the Bavarian police, Hans von Seisser, to form …

… the Russias.” Services in Moscow capped a series of events commemorating the Romanovs’ tercentenary, in what proved to … memory of Mikhail’s Russia, he did so at great peril to the future of his country and its people. Immersing himself in a … deemed oppositional, the tsar brusquely cut him off. He welcomed supplicant peasant elders, but Kostroma was part of a …

… to bring the guilty parties to justice and to prevent future episodes of terrorism. What kind of war will the … advocated by Secretary of State Colin Powell? Or will war come in the form of numerous military strikes that engage … as some of the president’s trigger-eager advisers recommend? We should hope for the former, because a massive …

… going forward." [Podcast description from WOSU's website ]    More of  Peter Mansoor's work with Origins : …

… third-place finisher, will have the most impact on the near future of American politics. It's worth looking for … or the opening of world markets to facilitate competition across national boundaries. Record campaign … racism, and urging workers and farmers to recognize their common interest in fighting business consolidation. Because …