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Portrait of Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre, c. 1779

The Execution of Louis XVI

… la Marseillaise , the song the soldiers of the Federated National Guard had brought with them to Paris the previous … imagine a France without the king. The deputies of the National Assembly had advocated a constitutional monarchy, … town of Varennes and escorted back to Paris by six thousand national guardsmen. As they made their way back to Paris, …
The United States Declaration of Independence

The Writing Is Faded, the Message Lives

… this manner? Simply put, the Declaration gradually became a national icon — the civic equivalent of stone tablets that … wanted to see the document and galvanize their sense of national identity. So for all to see the document, it was … copy — the one that tens of millions have seen at the National Archives in Washington — was ratified on July 4. A …
a woman caring for someone with HIV

What HIV Teaches Us: The Need for Affordable Health Care

… men who have sex with men. The association was drawn by national public health data, by activists from the AIDS … regions. Figure 6: Names of victims inscribed in the National AIDS Memorial Grove in San Francisco’s Golden Gate … most affected by the virus varied by geography and that nationality, gender, race, and socioeconomic status have …
American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century, by Kevin Phillips book cover.

American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century

Review of American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century, by Kevin Phillips New York: Viking, 2006
… Nixon administration envisioned itself at a crossroads of national proportions. Having won the 1968 election in the … mind, this coming maelstrom is linked with the burgeoning union between oil politics, grassroots fundamentalism, and the financialization of the national economy. His book is broken into three sections …
First house built with a loan from the Federal Housing Administration after World War II.

Reforming a Welfare State

… was advertised after World War II as an alternative to both Soviet style socialism and “free market” capitalism, was … fighting the Cold War. A social security style system of “national health insurance,” proposed by President Truman in … health insurance based on type of employment and unionization came to take its place. Federal aid to …
poster supporting those lost in Pearl Harbor

Mobilizing for Common Purpose in the COVID Era

… in the war. Indeed, the slogan shouted at the Democratic National Convention that nominated Woodrow Wilson for a … in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, … in this content do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. … Allan M. Winkler … …
The Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence, 1960-2010, by Crawford Young Book Cover.

Fifty Years and Counting

Review of The Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence, 1960-2010, by Crawford Young (Chicago: University of Wisconsin Press, 2012)
… control to post-colonial state apparatuses, and attempts to nationalize major industries along socialist lines. The … on post-independence states and internal conflicts and nationalism, ethnicity, and identity stand out as … … Elizabeth Perego … Reviews … Africa … Diplomacy/International Relations … Decolonization … Global/Transnational … …
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and outgoing President Herbert Hoover on Inauguration Day in 1933.

COVID, the New Deal, and the Importance of Leadership

… constructing a road in what is now the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. In this time of crisis, no one understood the … in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, … in this content do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. … Allan M. Winkler … …
Image of a junior high school classroom from Harris & Ewing Photographs.

An Historic Opportunity in Education

… conflict with the reserved rights of the people under our national organic law. If put into effect, it will destroy … Bush (the first) and Clinton fought for the development of national education standards, a policy that would have been … years, they remain, generally speaking, at low levels. This national problem has provoked the public to demand a …

American Populism and the Persistence of the Paranoid Style

… Broder had been impressed by her recent address to the National Tea Party Convention, one of the sundry right-wing … aggressively regulate—some Populists went so far as to say nationalize—the railroad and telegraph networks. They also sought direct election of Senators and a national income tax. In other words, these original …
President Bill Clinton addressing a high school in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1999.

The Politics of Compassion

… ill fed," with tangible programs to protect trade unions, establish minimum wages, subsidize school lunches, … children. At the same time, they advocated such policies as National Health Insurance, guaranteed annual incomes, and a … much harder to mobilize their core constituencies — trade unionists, low income and minority voters, and those …
Students at the Tuberculosis Sanitorium, Phoenix Indian School, ca. 1890-1910.

Early American Contagions

… or other signs of ill-health were more likely to die. Union Army soldiers during the American Civil War suffered … infected with measles, twenty percent succumbed. The Union Army was no “virgin soil” for diseases. In other … in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, …

Killing the Arctic

… examination and more than a little concern. Each year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) … ways. On a remote outpost in Svalbard lies an abandoned Soviet mining town called Pyramiden. Occupied from 1927 - … river ports, air routes, roads, and railways. In the Soviet Union it was accomplished by forced resettlement and …
Former President Jimmy Carter

Putting Ex-Presidents Back to Work

… of State James A. Baker as co-chair, Carter will lead a national bipartisan commission on election reform. His … together would be likely to encourage solutions to complex national and international problems. Although the Carter … referred to former presidents as “that most exclusive trade union.” Exclusive, indeed. Our former presidents are a band …
photo of FDR.

Picking Up Where FDR Left Off

… became concrete reality in institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade … Economics/Business/Trade … U.S. Laws and Legislation … International Organizations … Picking Up Where FDR Left Off …
A map of the US night sky, showing points of population density

Fault Lines: The Urban-Rural Divide in America

… presidential campaign, which brought rural America into the national spotlight. While urban areas tended to be … on issues like the economy, gun control, abortion and international trade -- issues which helped to launch Donald Trump … said that even while, you know, we were creating a kind of national mythos of Yeomen farms and agricultural production, …
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon in 1969 with the American flag behind them.

Thirty Years since Apollo 11

… for tax dollars. Apollo was a political triumph for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the United … believe, the early 1960s saw the United States and the then Soviet Union fiercely engaged in the Space Race as part of the Cold …

The Hajj and Europe

… Statistics on Muslim populations in the European Union . In Britain, for instance, the Foreign and … French government posts a consul in Jeddah to help French nationals making the hajj. The most recent consul, a convert … continent. At the same time, the disintegration of the Soviet Union in the 1990s—hailed by many as the belated …
Wedding rings.

Getting Government Out of Marriage, and Vice Versa

… Supreme Judicial Court decision legalizing same-sex unions threatens hallowed traditions, firmly established in … are mute about gay marriage. Males in a homosexual union are at least less likely than straight husbands to … when couples decided to seek recognition for their union, it was from the clergy, not the government’s fee …
Fort Bragg sign - home of the Airborne and Special Operations Forces

Renaming Southern Army Bases Is Nothing New

… in the news cycle. The outgoing president vetoed the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act over a provision that … vote —the first of his presidency—to provide funding to the national defense establishment and with it long overdue name … what a society reveres. In the attempt to destroy the Union, Confederates stood as enemies of the United States. …