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… a very different matter. Unfortunately, bad analogies have come to dominate discussions of China in the American press. … or stating outright that Beijing’s current leaders are best understood as similar to the heads of China’s … the bureaucracy he led. By contrast, heads of dynasties always saw themselves and were treated as figures who were …

… played those sports. To be a Black athlete in America has always meant confronting the politics of race . The Rise of … schedule meant made it impossible to tell which was the best team in Black baseball. Foster created the NNL to … racist Jesse Helms. Jordan quipped that "Republicans buy sneakers, too." Gatorade encouraged kids to "Be Like …

… ties were also immensely important, for one often needed community support at the assembly to win a legal case. Thus, … seventeenth century that these stories began making their way out of Iceland. Translated into Latin, the myths and … One thing is certain: one of the reasons we keep revisiting and reimagining the Viking Age is because we are …

… Forty years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr., was Time’s “Man of … than ever before. Yet Time utterly failed to capture the ways in which the times and the man had met. Time’s coverage … Kant and Gandhi”? Well, yes, he could do that. It was news to some readers of Time that an African American might …

… the amendment restored voting rights to ex-felons who had completed their prison sentence and been released from … Nevertheless, states found a variety of creative ways to deny black men the right to vote. Crimes of Infamy … lease system. Mississippi’s 1876 “Pig Law” is perhaps the best known of these. Mississippi law had defined grand …

… process. What’s unusual is that conservatives are complaining about the Court at the same time they’re … opinions, finally pulled a stunt even Obama wouldn’t get away with: he decided to just ignore Marshall altogether. … popular opinion even when doing so would be in the nation’s best interest. In 1857, conflict over slavery was tearing …

… fathers, Thomas Jefferson. We revere the third president for his statesmanship and for the ringing prose of the … luxury and self-indulgence with the stern defender of the common man we know from history textbooks. As chief … the refinement that advertised his status. In just the same way, the economic underpinnings of that status disinclined …

… Since the economic crisis we’re now in is being compared to the Great Depression, the solutions being … have been quick to pronounce the New Deal a failure as a way of justifying their opposition to the new stimulus … end the Great Depression, though they did ease the crisis for the families who gained an income because of the New …

… built on the theft of indigenous lands. Canadian rule has visited the violence of the residential schools, a sustained … even here in our A-game, Canada’s transfer payments are bested by the European Union’s Regional Policy that … of a new kind of Canadian who, in humility and hope, turns away from the flattery of the world and toward the place they …

… of famous British explorers in her famous wax museum. Yet, for all of his exploits he is most remembered not for what … declaration, "Dr Livingstone, I presume". Both men, in many ways, became remembered as much for this meeting as anything … The writer Walter Benjamin once suggested that "History decomposes into images, not narratives" and Clare Pettitt …

… in the Islamic world and the reasons why they have become so explosive in Iraq, it is hardly surprising that … Adams and the not Very Reverend Ian Paisley that offers the best chance to bring "Troubles" to an end, so too in Iraq a … states ruled by autocratic sultans, a process well under way by the 10th century CE, Sunni Muslim political theorists …

… returned home but evaded murder charges because he committed the crime outside of Hong Kong’s jurisdiction. He … of an Englishman ordering the emperor of China to buy opium. The text says: "I tell you to immediately buy the … has moved forward with the construction of a high-speed railway and the world’s longest oversea bridge. Both projects …

… that Iraq was a significant threat to the international community. Why is that? Because, the United States — from … the world did not forget how the U.S. government lied its way into the Vietnam war. In August 1964, the American … on a war it cannot justify. Christopher Gerteis is a visiting professor of East Asian history at the University …

… and animosity between Islamists (groups whose political platform calls for government policy to rest on the tenets of … population walked out of the Istanbul meeting as well, complaining that the SNC had no intention of setting up a … dissident members of the Free Officers Movement pulled away from the SNC-affiliated Free Syrian Army (FSA), pointing …

… for all of us but it is one that we should not run away from.” Quoting Saint Augustine, he encouraged his … ( Hammer of the Witches ) became one of Europe’s first bestsellers.  While a few intellectuals consumed such … respect for natural order and human limitations is worth revisiting.  As AI datacenters threaten to surpass the  energy …

… No revelation here: scholars are sticklers for words. Indeed, for historians of Native America, the way words are used to frame the Native past is critical. Ned … of “violence.” Pekka Hämäläinen made an argument that the Comanche past constituted an “empire.” Benjamin Madley, …

… of the term “malefactors of great wealth,” Teddy’s label for corrupt corporations and businessmen. Three years later … and he wasn’t afraid to express them.  And he had a pungent way with words.   An energetic stump speaker and prolific … a Milwaukee auditorium to deliver a speech. True to his combative reputation, he insisted on speaking before going …

… evening, his well-deserved vindication will probably never come. Thrust into a difficult situation — one he handled … “our long national nightmare” to an end, the focus has always been on his pardon of Richard Nixon. Only one month … needed a target for their frustration, and Ford was the best one available. But more than 30 years have passed since …

… era created a state of national insecurity that has lasted for half a century. The Bush administration constantly … expands our list of enemies and defines any potential competitor as a mortal threat. The national insecurity state … permanent national security state. Since the enemy would always loom beyond our borders, however, there was no way to …

… principles and hurting innocent citizens. Perhaps the best-known example occurred during World War II, when the … to act decisively, during World War I President Wilson took command of telegraph and telephone systems, issued executive … against them. Bush’s speech to Congress and the nation, his visit to a Washington mosque and his meetings with Muslim …

… . The surge of U.S. forces to Iraq in 2007-2008 and the accompanying counterinsurgency strategy along with a Sunni … ISIS so dangerous? ISIS fighters with captives ISIS is the best equipped, most lavishly financed, and most heavily … have sided with ISIS as the lesser of two evils, paving the way to ISIS victories in Sunni regions of Iraq. 10. Can ISIS …

… blocks to the Mhlahlandlela Government Complex in Bulawayo. As in their other public demonstrations, the crowd was … International German Section. Exactly one year later, Obama bestowed upon the group the RFK Human Rights Award, which … The Political Ends of Human Rights Awards WOZA's second visit to Washington in November 2009 was more than just …

… in the Revolution. The inconclusive end to the War of 1812—for every party but Native Americans, who were left out of … ignored the bicentennial of the War itself, and will not commemorate its end either, and it is worth asking why. The … the nation’s founding in 1776, which goes a long way toward explaining why Americans do not commemorate this …

… died. Augustus began his career by fomenting a civil war, forming a military junta, then violently eliminating any competition before fighting the other members of the junta. … and—through the widespread influence of Rome —on the way modern countries structure and imagine themselves. The …