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King Capital, caricature by the Slovenian graphic artist and illustrator Hinko Smrekar (first half of the 20th century).

Why Business Loves Laissez Faire

… age. The problem is that these free marketeers have their history exactly wrong. The Gilded Age, as Mark Twain and … to ask is: on whose behalf? Steven Conn is Professor of History and Director of Public History at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. … History News Service …
"The Bosses of the Senate" (1889). Reformers like the cartoonist Joseph Keppler depicted the Senate as controlled by the giant moneybags, who represented the nation's financial trusts and monopolies.

The Dreary Science Meets Politics

… age. The problem is that these free marketeers have their history exactly wrong. The Gilded Age, as Mark Twain and … to ask is: on whose behalf? Steven Conn is Professor of History and Director of Public History at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. … History News Service …
US Capitol, meeting place of Congress.

After Past Scandals, Real Reforms

… States today is suffering the worst corruption in the history of Congress. Even a cursory look at Congress in the … democratic reform. Nancy C. Unger is associate professor of history at Santa Clara University. She is author of “Beyond … Nature’s Housekeepers: American Women in Environmental History” (Oxford University Press, 2012). …
Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon walking on White House grounds.

Don’t Believe “Peace Is at Hand”

… Nixon's dilemma — to prolong a mistaken war or go down in history as the president who lost it. No wonder Bush's top … Bush read "A Savage War of Peace," Alistair Horne's history of France's long, bloody withdrawal from Algeria … http://millercenter.virginia. edu , and is a writer for the History News Service. …
Artifact from Benin

Who Owns the Past? Museums and Cultural Heritage Repatriation

… of Greek temples in conquered Sicily. This month, your History Talk podcast hosts Lauren Henry and Eric Michael … , A Postcard from Warsaw, Poland: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews , and China Dreams and the “Road to Revival” For more information about the history of Congo and Central Africa, check out Dr. Van …
Perry speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.

Governor Perry’s Vice-Presidential Mistake

… ignorance of more than 60 years of American political history.  Perry suggested that Cactus Jack, Franklin … vice presidency remains the office that Garner disparaged. History tells a different story. If the recent past is a … Saint Louis University School of Law and a writer for the History News Service. …
Glass negative of Kaiser Wilhelm.

A New Kind of Anti-Americanism

… as the most important international organization in history. Moreover, even traditional left-wing critics of … the American people. Norman Markowitz is a member of the history faculty at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., and a writer for the History News Service. …
Woman reading inside a newsstand in the 1950s.

Journalists and the Bomb

… close the debate on a deeply disturbing moment in American history. American news analysts once knew better. In fact, … episodes in our nation's past. Uday Hohan, a writer for the History News Service, is a graduate student at American … and American culture.  Leo Maley III, a writer for the History News Service, is a graduate student at the …
Vigil commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 1989 massacre

New Protests in China Won’t Be the Last

… organized opposition. This is too limited a way to use history when trying to make sense of China’s complicated … to ignore. Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom is a professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, a writer for the History News Service and the author of "China's Brave New …
Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy meeting with Kagan.

What’s Wrong With Kagan’s Confirmation Hearings

… nominee in 1922, Sen. George Sutherland of Utah.   History and the debates of our Founders offer some sound … Convention and the presidency who writes for the History News Service. … History News Service …
Women of the Association of Families of the Detained-Disappeared demonstrate in front of La Moneda Palace during the Pinochet military regime.

In Historical Truths, the Road to an Open Society

… will endure. Derek Catsam is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin and a writer for the History News Service. He is the author of "Freedom's Main … History News Service …
The 1999 impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, Chief Justice William Rehnquist presiding

How Presidential Power Became Untouchable

… will reinforce conclusions previously drawn from the history of impeachments, or more precisely non-impeachments. … of presidential authority allowed by recent impeachment history. The presidential power now claimed by McCain will … against overreaching executive authority. Otherwise, recent history suggests, the people of the United States may pay a …
The federal government commissioned a series of public murals from the artists it employed: William Gropper's Construction of a Dam (1939) is characteristic of much of the art of the 1930s, with workers seen in heroic poses, laboring in unison to complete a great public project.

Guess What? The New Deal Worked!

… proposals, to declare the New Deal a failure gets the history fundamentally wrong. The legacy that FDR created … New Deal is just what we need. Steven Conn is Professor of History and Director of Public History at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. … History News Service …
President Lyndon B. Johnson visiting American troops in Vietnam in 1966.

The Ambiguities of “Cut and Run”

… the eye of the beholder. Let’s examine some relevant recent history. Did Dwight D. Eisenhower “cut and run” in Korea in … the University of California San Diego and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
Power lines.

Blackouts: Symptoms of Our Dependence

… hours, the “great Northeast blackout” — the largest in the history of the World — returned 30 million Americans to the … and “progress.” John H. Summers, a doctoral candidate in history at the University of Rochester and assistant editor of the Blackout History Project , is a writer for the History News Service. …
Protester opposing gay marriage in Boston, 2007. The sign compares gay rights in the U.S. to Nazi, Germany.

Gays, Nazis, and the GOP

… courage to tell the difference. Jonathan Zimmerman teaches history and education at New York University. He is the author of "Small Wonder: The Little Red Schoolhouse in History and Memory" (Yale University Press). … History News Service …
Soldiers from 3rd Infantry Division provide perimeter security for Iraqi policemen at a traffic control point in Tikrit, Iraq.

The Limits of Shock and Awe

… seems that the president does not read either newspapers or history. None of this is to say that the Bush administration … technological superiority. It is to suggest rather that history indicates that warfare cannot be reduced to a … get in the way. Michael Bellesiles is the author of several books, including "Revolutionary Outlaws" and "Arming …
The donkey party logo remains a well-known symbol for the Democratic Party despite not being the official logo of the party.

Democrats — the Party of Disorder, and Achievement

… the press. But this consensus seems willfully to ignore the history of Congress across much of the 20th century. Will … Party to represent that? Steven Conn is Professor of History and Director of Public History at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. … History News Service …
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, shakes hands with a US Air Force general officer prior to his departure from the United States

The Need to Talk with Iran

… for restrictions on Iran’s nuclear capability. With the history of immense distrust between the two countries, … History News Service …
"The Magnet Citizenship" March 1917 cartoon by Henry Mayer - Moving Picture Weekly (1915-1920)

U.S. Citizenship Is Based on Principles, Not Heritage

… basis of identity, with pride in their heritage and their history, and counter radical multiculturalism on campus."   … of European culture, he says, "Western Civilization is our history."  And, he adds ominously, that civilization is now … History News Service …
A U.S. Marine Corporal looks through a sniping rifle during a training in California in 2001.

Don’t Compare America Now With Britain Then

… critics is Frederick W. Kagan, a professor of military history, U.S. Military Academy at West Point. To make his … Michael H. Creswell is in associate professor of history at Florida State University. The author of "A … Cold War Europe" (2006), he is also a writer for the History News Service. …
FDR speaking on the radio

Sensationalism, Modern Media, & Presidential Elections

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
American Government
… used as a resource for teachers to gain information on the history of media for the lecture segment of instruction. For … lecture with discussion about the goals of media and the history of media shaping public opinion. After this, … US History since 1877 …