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… American children today live within a society that is at once protective and … play, adults' efforts to provide protective spaces indoor (community centers, YMCA) and outdoor (playgrounds, sports … and stronger peer associations formed as a consequence of compulsory schooling in the mid-nineteenth century, a gap …

… use history to justify their views. The problem is a common propensity to mangle the past to suit current needs, … justify their views. So what do they do when the past disappoints? Or when historians tell them something in the past … was founded as a Christian nation. I never know how my audiences will respond to my presentation, especially since I …

… signed an agreement to confederate into the Dominion of Canada. Preparations for the celebration of this anniversary … leaders from Métis artist Christi Belcourt to Anishinaabe comedian Ryan McMahon have pointed out that the past 150 … nations. Front and back of the Indian Chiefs Medal, commemorating Treaties 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. Canada’s inability …

… recently to consider their party’s future, many of them complained that conservatives had lost their way. They … nation’s troubling economic and diplomatic crises. Not today. Anyway, the American electorate is now distrustful of … a progressive. Not many of today’s leaders offer that combination. At the recent governors’ conference only a few …

… of psychedelic exploration . The Summer of Love marked the coming out party for the counter-culture we now associate … a bacchanal of sex, drugs and rock-and-roll. 1960s hippies dancing at a festival. San Francisco was the American … she burst out onto the scene receiving incredible audience enthusiasm and critical reception. D.A. Pennebaker …

… neighboring countries. As Indian case counts exceed 400,000 daily and the healthcare system reaches its breaking point, … patients’ access to lifesaving medical assistance, all compounded by the emergence of a new variant that may be … to challenge the underlying health inequities that have become so glaringly apparent in India’s second coronavirus …

… relations in the region. By 2001, Christmas had become a casualty of Israeli-Palestinian violence. Israel … President Yasser Arafat, a Muslim, from traveling from his compound in Ramallah across Israel in order to be present at … hotels in the area were empty. The Bethlehem Hotel, accommodating mainly journalists and Palestinian Authority …

… lockstep with him.   Obama’s choices might also inspire comparisons to Abraham Lincoln. By the beginning of … second term in 1865, all but two members of his original cabinet had departed — sometimes involuntarily. And what … cabinet is actually fairly analogous to what’s happening today in Obama’s.   Underscoring this comparison is …

… anniversary of the birth of W. E. B. Du Bois. Although he died more than 50 years ago, his life and work command more attention now than ever before. Many of his … instances over a hundred years old, remain vital issues today. W.E.B. Du Bois c. 1911. Du Bois was in the vanguard of …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … public conversation. This month, our Best in History online comes in the form of a podcast.   In Our Time is one of the … any intellectual rigor. After 42 minutes, you will come away with a very useful introduction to the major …

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… That day Tibbets's B-29 — christened the "Enola Gay" after his … of nuclear weapons. Paul W. Tibbets Jr., retired brigadier general and former businessman, died on Nov. 1. He'll … the first to use it, we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was not taught …

… France and Its Empire Since 1870, Second Edition Recently updated edition of book from Ohio State Historian Alice L. … seeks both to understand these myths and to uncover the complicated and often contradictory realities that underpin … and information." [Book description from publisher's website ]. …

… of money and momentum. This year, conventions were almost completely removed from the selection of a nominee. For all … success and evidence of his electability in a primary calendar structured to ensure that the party would make a prompt … have looked for vice-presidential candidates who would complement their campaign’s main themes. In 1992, Al Gore, …

… city of Hiroshima was leveled by an atomic bomb. Three days later, the United States dropped a second bomb on … perish in the conflagration that consumed the city, or die from the radiation that fell darkly to the earth in a … its efforts to build atomic bombs after a series of shortcomings and failures convinced its government to focus on a …

… Corbett sought to dispel this strategic uncertainty by elucidating a British way of making war from a vigorous study of … strategic priorities. Corbett disavowed continental commitment and mass armies, believing Britain should instead … Lambert’s work is exceptional and will appeal to a wide audience. …

… and there was always a world that needed redeeming. When he died ten years later, scores of mourners, from New York to … that had animated the nonconformist left. Historian Leilah Danielson attempts to complete the work that Muste did not. It is most useful to …

… to order the warrantless surveillance of suspected al-Qaida agents in the United States? Yes he does, say some, who … War to defend their position. Then and now they argue, the commander-in-chief during wartime has an obligation to place … Lincoln, beginning in April 1861, ordered federal soldiers to arrest active secessionists, saboteurs and …

… Prime Minister’s plan to visit a shrine honoring soldiers who died for his country during World War II has … of a crisis that ended a century ago on Sept. 7, 1901, the date of the signing of that controversial treaty. To have a … of more than $30 million (then an astronomical amount) as compensation to foreign powers for the damage caused by the …

… militarization of the border that we are familiar with today. The U.S. Border Patrol ( pictured above  in 1924 when … an acute labor shortage, the U.S. and Mexico established a binational agreement to import temporary workers to harvest … less interest in actual immigrants who might settle and become part of the citizenry. The program thus conditioned …

… he was dead. The implication was clear—although Stalin had died, his influence would be keenly felt in the Soviet Union. Joshua Rubenstein’s The Last Days of Stalin explores that influence not only in the … pardoned or remitted the sentences of prisoners whom had committed minor offenses. As they worked to dismantle …

… the Constitution requires. Bush’s announcement after Labor Day that he would consult with Congress only exacerbates the … The Founding Fathers balanced the power of the president as commander-in-chief with that of Congress, the people’s representatives — the one to command the nation’s armed forces, the other to decide when …