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… The left side of the American political-entertainment complex has passed the time since the 2012 election watching … second party system – Jacksonian Democrats and Whigs, c. 1830s-1854 – also emerged out of national disagreement … to the international economic crisis. Roosevelt took office at the very bottom of the crisis. The American …

… Hornet pilots defied the orders of their American commanding officers. These pilots independently aborted 40 bombing … nearly 800,000 troops to the coalition. There were over 300 combat and combat support battalions, over 225 naval …

… Will the guilty plea of the lobbyist Jack Abramoff to charges of bribing public officials, tax evasion and … succeed in getting Congress to rein in lobbyists? Can any good really come out of congressional efforts to thwart corruption? The …

… policies—that we can verify with certainty that they are good or bad, and vote for the political party whose policies promise the best outcome. But if we had any way to make such calculations—if we … frequently similar) convictions consist of visions of far-off goals, a moral ethos about the worth of these goals, …

… face an uncertain future in the sprawling Dadaab camp complex in Kenya barely register on the radar of the global … being rescued by Spanish volunteers (in red and yellow) off the coast of Greece after sailing from Turkey in 2015. … Jews who sought to escape the Nazi terror during the 1930s, nor did it alleviate the plight of refugees from …

… Revolution--and learn that women in America have never been completely united.  … Trump. Think pieces blossomed overnight, denouncing the complicity and betrayal of white women to the feminist … Choctaw Nation. Daniel Rivers Coming into the 1820s and 1830s, many tribes in the United States—in an attempt, in some …

… We take off our shoes and coats and send them through the X-ray … body-scan. Airline passengers in the United States have come to expect these kinds of security measures as a … enactment of safety measures dates back the early 1930s. As a result of each of these ten tragedies, commercial …

… on brains. Undead and not quite living, where do zombies come from and why are they here? The story of our … their destruction, death is vanquished. 2. Haiti and the Code Noir Depiction of slaves gathering sugar cane. (New … poisons Madeleine and renders her a zombie who lacks freewill and is devoid of personality. Regretting his decision, …

… that would formally enfranchise women. They set up shop in Philadelphia in 1876 and wrote what they called the … call the Anthony Amendment, and what would eventually become the 19th Amendment. But not for a long time. California … also employed a state focused strategy that lobbied state officials to propose state constitutional amendments …

… and the future. Different Truths to Live By Every human community tells its own stories about the ultimate order of … between humans and gods, and the nature of life and death, good and evil, personhood and kinship, and so on. An … gifts. In return, the Athenians lavished her with offerings, tended her soils, and protected her from all …

… advisers, Richard B. Cheney and Donald H. Rumsfeld, entered office determined to restore the authority of the … insisted that there can be no limits to the power of the commander-in-chief in time of war. More recently the … When President Nixon covertly subverted checks and balances 30 years ago during the Vietnam War, Congress passed laws …

… instance, more than five billion dollars' worth of German goods were exported to Iran in 2007. Switzerland's Swiss EGL energy trading company recently completed a forty-two billion dollar … recently announced. The president's recent and likely last official trip to Europe may prove to be nothing more than …

… in recent memory. But with these changes have come many questions and tensions. Is the focus on the … in Modern Family , crime procedurals, or even Levi’s jeans commercials changed the public’s perceptions, and has it … Leticia Wiggins   Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone, …

… strategists have long been concerned that Americans would become complacent” about the war on terrorism. “Skepticism by … he will use peaceful means to save us from danger. So he offered (in the State of the Union address) “a forward … Republicans had raised. The Democrats agreed that there was good reason to be afraid.     They agreed that the nation …

… so that all Jews could go back to biblical ways. The Ten Commandments are mute about gay marriage. Males in a … To oppose the Massachusetts court ruling, the Bishop of Boston has twisted the Sixth Commandment — against … freedom and, in general, the elaborate support the Bible offered slavery – were essential to virtue in the world of …

… ultimate solution to problems of (pick one, or pick many) communication, commerce, travel, learning, teaching, … real. But maybe some of the claims about what it can, or will, do are exaggerated? Maybe a little historical … thinking, it couldn’t possibly be a force for universal good. The railroad could, and did, create immense, almost …

… your candidacy for the Democratic Party’s nomination is official. Washington’s successful Chicago mayoral campaign … to get voters registered. He realized that if he were to become the city’s first African American elected mayor he … racial dimension of your candidacy will be a constant. Take good notes from the past, Senator, as you go forth trying to …

… first used the term in English, but “influenza” was not a commonly used term in England until the 1782 pandemic. 2. … Reports indicate that, at the peak of the pandemic, 30,000 fell ill each day in St. Petersburg and that … to pay steep fines. 8. Finding the Viral Cause Dr. Edwin Shope ( left ) and Dr. Patrick Laidlaw (right). During the …

… natives of the New World.   Las Casas ( above ) rose to become one of the most influential thinkers of his day. He … to be hardier than natives. The 16th century  Florentine Codex depicts the indigenous population of Mexico, … as a "protector" who would represent their interests and offer judgements based on traditional indigenous customs, as …

… lockstep with him.   Obama’s choices might also inspire comparisons to Abraham Lincoln. By the beginning of … The movie “Lincoln” is based in part on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book “Team of Rivals.” Screenwriter Tony Kushner … anti-Seward senators, and he managed to maneuver Chase into offering his resignation. Lincoln kept both men in his …