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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 …
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 …
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 …
man looking out a window

The Creation of Student Loan Debt in the United States

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
… surround student loans. The article talks about the history of cost of college education, and how the increasing … In the lesson, students will be given an overview of the history of student loans and increased need for higher … US History since 1877 …
General MacArthur Memorial

The Philippines “A Sea of Troubles”

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
… a political cartoon to begin to understand the complex history between the United States, Philippines, and China. … will work together to create a timeline tracing the history of the Philippines and their relationship with … World History since 1500 …
Genoa Park along the west bank of the Scioto River in Columbus, Ohio, United States

12/29/2014: Cities of the Future

… an ecological option for the future. We’ll talk about urban history, urban design and urban renewal this hour." [Podcast … You Need A Friend: The Role of "Big Government" in American History Charles Darwin’s American Adventure: A Melodrama in … Connecting History …