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… After touring British colonies in Africa, Macmillan had become increasingly convinced that “national consciousness” … and an inability to enforce decisions without an official armed force, the OAU remains an important component of African independence stories. It eventually …

… role in the mobilization of the population. Indeed,  some commentators noted  that it had more in common with “democratic movements in Latin America [in the … the Biblical Mount Ararat, Armenia was the first country to officially adopt Christianity in the year 301 CE (or 314 CE, …

… mistaken on both counts. Although “In God We Trust” is the official motto, “E Pluribus Unum” has long been acknowledged … a secular allegory for that moral lesson. The other two committee members proposed images that drew on Old Testament … and Form of Government We have assumed.” Of all of his accomplishments, Jefferson selected just three for his …

… over Confederate monuments. How do these two trends in commemorating our nation’s past relate to one anther? What … Brenna Miller  Welcome to History Talk, the podcast that brings together a … decade or so, because of the Confederate flag in the state official things, if you will, within South Carolina. So the …

… In 1985, it seemed the Soviet Union would last forever. Its Communist Party rulers held a monopoly on political power. … by pervasive surveillance and forced labor camps. And they commanded the largest military in the world. The Exhibition … foremost Leonid Brezhnev, had come of age as young Party officials during World War II . Accordingly, they took a …

… average citizens with no connection to crime have become victims of this policy —especially poor and young … of these arrests pervade social media, particularly from official accounts of the National Police Force and the … gangs in El Salvador.  On Twitter, these images are accompanied by #guerracontrapandilla (#waragainstgangs) and …

… point it had not attacked America or its citizens directly. Officials in both the FBI and the CIA were tracking the … but at the time it seemed like a relatively minor threat in comparison with established groups like Hamas and Hizballah. … And the attack was executed in a manner that would soon come to characterize al Qaeda operations. The trucks were …

… in the beginning of 2025, still working in the name of the commitment that President John F. Kennedy had made in 1961 … scrambled for paths out of the Great Depression.  Colonial officials had already begun adopting the language of … warned that the United States needed to demonstrate the opposite, and the existing machinery of aid was not up the …

… King. Jury selection began November 15. The case hardly comes as a surprise. In recent years, the King family has … a fairly straightforward case like the King assassination become complicated with such stale, predictable theories that … One reason may be that while King was alive, federal officials who were aligned against him got away with …

… time that the United States hosted an international cricket competition. In fact, the first international cricket game … records, and in 1744, members of the London Cricket Club composed the first known written rules of the game.  … matches are the oldest form of the game, with the first official match taking place in 1877. The name reflects the …

… of the lobbyist Jack Abramoff to charges of bribing public officials, tax evasion and fraud succeed in getting Congress to rein in lobbyists? Can any good really come out of congressional efforts to thwart corruption? The cynics say no. Yet democratic reforms have come out of past scandals. Many pessimists claim that reform …

… A commemorative 1965 Iraqi stamp marking the 45th anniversary … uprising brought together Sunnis and Shi'is , elites and commoners, city dwellers and tribespeople. It caught the … assortment of patriotic and religious grievances. British officials had declared that they came as liberators from …

… According to official accounts from the Chinese Communist Party, “The … (1958—1962) and his fear that enemies in the Chinese Communist Party planned to place China back on the …

… The Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (PMR)—to use the official name—is internationally recognized as a part of … five to ten individuals planted 12 anti-tank mines at a telecommunications complex, destroying two large radio antennas. More recently, …