Search Results

… mental health system and suggest its connection to the violence. Nikolas Cruz—the suspected gunman at Marjory … picture. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that one in five Americans has experienced … mental health care at Cook County Jail in 2014 (photo credit: Sarah-Ji). The effects of mental illness on life …

… banks and to businesses that right now can’t get the credit they routinely depend upon. If the plan succeeds, … How much of a stake our current government will buy in individual banks remains to be seen, but it will probably not be … billion federal bailout legislation. Although there are provisions against golden parachutes for banking executives, …

… goes the traditional narrative of the African American civil rights movement.  As most school children learn it, Rosa … rights activism throughout the rural South.  While not discrediting the work of such leaders as King, they have given due credit to lesser known individuals like Ella Baker and local …

… round, Rousseff took 41.6% of the vote, Neves 33.6%, and environmentalist Marina Silva (who recently endorsed Neves) … During the "Lost Decade" of the 1980s Brazil owed foreign creditors $105 billion, but by 2009 Brazil provided the International Monetary Fund with $10 billion in …

… impassioned argument for answer C.  The collapse of the Soviet Empire and the start of America's so-called "War on Terror" will be small potatoes when viewed next to the current shift in global capitalist wealth … and acts increasingly as the capitalist-system's primary creditor.  That doesn't necessarily mean that we're on the …

… Its Legacies Christian Appy is a prominent historian of the Vietnam War, and his collection of interviews with several … editor of Cosmopolitan magazine Helen Gurley Brown deserves credit as one of the pioneers of second-wave feminism … the Vietnam War and the 1996 Oklahoma City bombing. To her credit, Kathleen Belew only briefly references the present, …

… humoral medicine, remained canonical despite their age. Deviation from these entrenched models was professionally … illustrious astronomer and architect Sir Christopher Wren, credited with designing many iconic buildings across Britain … at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia Accounting for their methodology, scholarship, and …

… the bulk of this stuff should be avoided. National Review editor Jonah Goldberg penned the above words in a 2001 … Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism uses the life and activism of Phyllis Schlafly as a fascinating window through … quick-witted, charismatic and intelligent; she has received credit for almost single-handedly halting the Equal Rights …

… than the rest of us at this most important of political activities links citizenship to wealth in a way that has long … propertied, there was some validity to the argument that giving them the vote would only make them the political appendages of their landlords and creditors. Sir William Blackstone, who greatly influenced …

… In late 1969 the Nixon administration envisioned itself at a crossroads of national proportions. … ruin. Although the technology-led stock-market boom and the credit-industrial complex masked the depth of this problem … produce wealth. The tendency for Dutch citizens to use credit methods to maintain affluent lifestyles, for …

… Having just presided over Britain’s victory in the Second … into a wartime coalition with Attlee’s Labour Party. To his credit, Attlee accepted this invitation, taking up the … government was, in Bew’s view, to Attlee’s considerable credit. Certainly, this was one area in which Attlee was by …

… Yet there's every reason to believe that the president's visit, even coupled with European sanctions, will not … hundred buses as well as a seven million dollar line of credit. On the issue of Iran, President Bush has been … leaders said the right things on President Bush's recent visit, it remains to be seen if Europeans will carry through …

… frontier.   They also came to international attention at virtually the same moment. Darwin published his epochal … that very year Harvard botanist Asa Gray wrote the first review of Darwin’s book to appear in the United States.   They … equal. In this sense, both Lincoln and Darwin deserve credit for emancipating us from the political and …

… You learned that, during the fall of 1621, noble Pilgrims invited friendly and helpful Indians to a feast to celebrate a … a big slice of pumpkin pie. That was our very first Thanksgiving. Right? Wrong. Virginia colonists had held a … States. But it was still not our very first Thanksgiving. Credit for that event belongs to the Native Americans. Among …

… during preceding decades. The ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) has continuously beat the drums for increased … of the United States to stabilize and improve the nation’s credit ( left ). The 1993 unveiling of the road sign for the … to customers, from checking and savings accounts to credit cards to stock brokerage accounts so that they could …

… of 2008, a small group of historians and journalists was invited to the White House to chat and lunch with First Lady … Laura Bush’s unwillingness to put herself forward, to take credit to “show off,” as my mother would say is also what … she prizes the larger lessons of ladyhood: empathy, sensitivity to the needs and emotions of others and the impulse to …

… of 2008, a small group of historians and journalists was invited to the White House to chat and lunch with First Lady … Laura Bush’s unwillingness to put herself forward, to take credit to “show off,” as my mother would say is also what … she prizes the larger lessons of ladyhood: empathy, sensitivity to the needs and emotions of others and the impulse to …

… until Albert Einstein’s 1905 Special Theory of Relativity and 1915 General Theory of Relativity showed that Newton’s laws collapsed at near-light speed … theory forward, the nickname gives it too much credit. Newton, too, aimed to keep God out of his …

… mid-term elections, the Tea Party populists are claiming victory.  Their anger and insurgency fired up the conservative base, and the base turned out, giving Republicans control of the House and victories in state … "postal savings banks" so they would have easier access to credit.   As a brand new party in 1892, the Populists did …

… cells and associated acts of terrorism , he paints a vivid picture of the lives, personalities, motivations and the … War created a jihadist threat to Europe, Nesser credits the Algerian Civil War as the catalyst for the first … Review of Islamist Terrorism in Europe: A History , by Petter …

… has been motivating Republicans for years.  In 2001, activist  Grover Norquist spoke for many conservatives in … defense, Medicare, or Medicaid. As a result,  Moody’s credit rating agency downgraded the United States’s credit rating. By contrast, supporters of government workers …

… addressing a stockholders’ meeting in Oliver Stone’s 1987 movie, “Wall Street.” Gekko, an arrogant power broker, used … buyouts that produced millions for himself while leaving others in ruins. His words resonated strongly in the … and investment banking and restricted the use of bank credit for speculative activities. Roosevelt also supported …

… and joy within the United States and around the globe. To view the photographs in this podcast, please view the video version which is available via the YouTube link at the … LSC collection, was operating in the 1850s, and is widely credited as being one of the first photo agencies ever to …

… the slave trade illegal – a story recently told in the movie Amazing Grace . Then, in 1834, Parliament ended slavery … British colonies. Many see 1807 and 1834 as the first great victories in the campaign for human rights. But were they? … were not themselves British, they often relied on British credit and shipyards. After all, there was still a thriving …