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… TV age, campaigning is expensive business. Today’s bribes come in the form of enormous but legal campaign … was even more brazen than it is now. Mining and logging companies gained nearly free rein to scar and pollute … offered an amnesty to corporate tax evaders. An IRS official said that it was unfair to make bandit corporations …

… the development of new technologies to reduce the cost and complexity of operating in space.   These proposals, … are rockets infallible: Insurance rates for the launch of a communications satellite can be 10 to 15 percent of its … the 2020s, perhaps too long a time for present-day elected officials to gain politically. Yet making space affordable …

… relations between the United States and Iran have been complicated and edgy as long as anyone can remember. … and refineries from Britain as soon as possible. American officials, who had urged the British to accept a last-minute … and urged him privately to change course. Yet when Carter visited Tehran on New Year's Eve 1977, he felt obliged to …

… enact this substantial change to Title I. This 35-year-old compensatory education legislation has failed to reach its … being threatened by “a rising tide of mediocrity.” In his official remarks on the report, Reagan pinned the blame for … and the editor of the Federal Education Policy History website. He is the author of "Failing Grades: The Federal …

… in a sea of political corruption, a caring man genuinely committed to protecting consumers, promoting peace and … this vote will be a real blow against corruption and complacency and a powerful statement for the environment and … the first independent presidential candidate to be backed officially by the American Federation of Labor. Nader has a …

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone, … steps by which you could succeed and be recognized in some official way. It just happens to you, or it doesn't.   … and many more, as the Times calls them hits on its website.   Patrick Potyondy   And so just to wrap up, do you …

… revolution, such a proposition was not far-fetched. It was common sense that government should rest on the consent of … of government. This historical precedent is making a comeback in some circles today. Currently, noncitizens vote … Denying immigrants local voting rights makes government officials less accountable and undermines the legitimacy of …

… Hebdo a suscité une recherche profonde pour découvrir comment les hommes armés sont venus à être si irrités par … avec des conséquences mortelles leur colère envers des comiques dont le travail a été jugé blasphématoire ou opposé … regrettés était le chroniqueur Saïd Mekbel. Son esprit de comédie n’épargnait personne comme il s’en servait …

… World War I, President Woodrow Wilson established the Committee on Public Information, led by journalist George Creel, to craft and communicate America’s message. But the nation’s first … a way designed to counter the attacks of opponents abroad. Officials have a tough task ahead of them. In World War II, …

… Just how has American society mobilized for a sense of common purpose in the past? And why have we seemed to lose that sense of common purpose today in the midst of the coronavirus … Riders on San Juan Hill. There was an even greater need for common purpose as the Great War , what we Americans came to …

… were an obvious denominational marker. “Part Two: Dynamics” comprises the bulk of the book. In chapters five through … of some pilgrims were not strictly spiritual, and he compares the practice with modern tourism. In chapter … hagiography to discuss sermons about the saints as well as official documents surrounding a saint’s canonization. …

… programs. These recent developments no doubt bring comfort to some. But we can't rest easy. The dangers of … With the Treaty of Tlatelolco in 1967, that goal was accomplished. Latin America is now a nuclear weapon free zone. … than those faced in Latin America. For instance, Iranian officials have openly called for Israel's destruction. That …

… a chronic condition that can have serious, life-threatening complications if left untreated. Diabetes is caused when the … date to the ancient Egyptians, over a millennium before the common era . Later, in the second century CE, the Greek … healthier, more than twice her original weight, and had become a shining example of the power of insulin therapy for …

… before all slaves in Massachusetts would be set free, the Commonwealth v. Jennison case of 1783 ensured that slaves … by the early 19th century all the Northern states had committed at least to eventual emancipation, slavery’s … and social research and making claims about human nature. Commonwealth v. Jennison and its long aftermath also …

… and undervalued, the seismic program was still incomplete almost two decades later when Loma Prieta struck … as the “Cypress Structure” collapsed, killing sixty-four commuters. Unlike most California freeways in 1989, the … (Summer 1993) that was adopted by CalTrans as part of its official report to Congress on the Loma Prieta Earthquake. …

… and artist Jack Kirby in the eponymous Captain America Comics #1 , the patriotic hero became a breakout star for … These dynamic adventures made Captain America an unofficial part of the war effort. His winged visage enlivened … “good war.” Four-color McCarthyism could not pull enough coins from adolescent pockets to prevent the superhero …

… What can and should members of the international community do to honor 1989’s Beijing martyrs? Not … drew near. Equally unsurprising was the answer most commentators gave: work to make China’s leaders to accept … and other protesters was to force China’s leaders to take official corruption and nepotism seriously, and this is …

… Swat, Pakistan, where he was pursuing a graduate degree in computer engineering. He left seven months ago because he … Europe for years, but what used to be a short-term campsite has become a semi-permanent residence for many who have … new arrivals in Belgrade . Eighty percent of refugees are officially registered and staying in open reception centers, …

… day in Dallas in 1963. In an inaugural address that has become a poignant reminder of the idealism of the 1960s, JFK … in a refreshing spirit of voluntarism by urging citizens to commit themselves to solving the problems of poverty and … public school available, if he cannot vote for the public officials who represent him, if, in short, he cannot enjoy …

… a million people. South Dakota, the stories revealed, had become the “Cayman Islands of the Heartland.” As unlikely as … a mile of Bear Butte, a federally protected religious site, local whites encouraged them to capitalize on the … included club members in major decision-making and that its officials sometimes did not even answer their letters, …

… its efforts to build atomic bombs after a series of shortcomings and failures convinced its government to focus on a … brought the war in the Pacific to a close, but, as Japanese officials observed at the time, it was a combination of … Istukushima Shrine which is both a UNESCO "World Heritage Site" and less than 30 kilometers from downtown Hiroshima. …