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… fashioned a Democratic majority that included labor unions, the elderly, urban ethnics, African Americans and …

… Bush and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson joined an international effort to help troubled banks by buying stock in … banks were owned partly by either state governments or the national government. These included the first Bank of the … M. Schocket is author of “Founding Corporate Power in Early National Philadelphia” and director of American Culture …

… political opponents, angered many Americans and gouged deep national wounds. The Vietnam War bitterly divided the … eloquent inaugural address, declaring that “our long national nightmare is over.” Three days after taking office, …

… diplomats and their allies, even as they threatened U.S. national security. Ultimately, it would take the … posts as money-makers, even when this conflicted with U.S. national security, as in the case of the trans-Atlantic … Diplomacy/International Relations …

… and able Senate leader who has performed well in the national spotlight. Obama’s carefully considered selection … quickly demonstrated that she possessed little knowledge of national and international issues.   Even conservative columnists criticized …

… long-distance communication really begins with the Western Union post-diggers who laid the first American … in some ways dated back to the telegraphic age of Western Union in the 1860s) to help construct a new communication … cables, one that owes its origins to AT&T and Western Union’s innovations years ago. Today, over 95 percent of all …

… dared to undertake a comprehensive land reform campaign, nationalize corporate property and open diplomatic relations … up to overthrow them. Yet that bastion of communism, the Soviet Union, a few years later turned toward the liberal reforms … Global/Transnational …

… argued that only a balance of power among states, the international equivalent of checks and balances, would preserve … leaders and diplomats once celebrated: the idea of an international order premised on law. Law protects the weak who … what would become the League of Nations, to adjudicate international conflicts according to higher principles. Americans …

… tensions between Russia and the United States/European Union that are reminiscent of the darkest of Cold War days. … a similar question after World War II. He was a critic of National Socialism at the dawn of Hitler's career. In …

… occupation or annexation. But there were movements for national independence in the region. And the ultimate goal … that's not just here in the Balkans, but also in the international media. And all of this has had been in the works … Serbs in the region view him even more now as a defender of national interest, and also a defender against foreign …

… war during the Cuban missile crisis. Fortunately, he and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev negotiated a solution to … the Vietnam War was a civil war, that “the most effective nationalist movement is communist-controlled,” and that the …

… megawatts, which is not even one-tenth of what the International Atomic Energy Agency forecast back in 1974.  … and central Europe and the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union in 1991 brought an end to the Cold War. And that … Global/Transnational …

… between Trump and Russia extend as far back as the late Soviet era. Previously, the most outlandish and perplexing … the Tammany Hall political machine in New York City and the national Jeffersonian Republican coalition , and as a result … five men were arrested in the offices of the Democratic National Committee, located in the Watergate complex , while …

… case. Recent images from Abu Ghraib and Fallujah offend the national sense of decency. While there are always those who … only strengthen the insurgency and bring down more international outrage. The United States is faced with a … stronger and put the United States in violation of international law. Or the armed forces can continue to fight …

… The recent Republican National Convention presented George W. Bush’s presidency as … James Buchanan, who warmed the president’s chair while the Union disintegrated in his term (1857-61). The Civil War was … people. •  Insulted and ridiculed other nations and international organizations and then found it necessary to go, …

… who passes the case on to the American Civil Liberties Union. A founding member of the ACLU in Virginia, Cohen …

… significant share of the largest corporations at the time, national banks. They did so for two reasons. First, it was a … from bankers about government involvement in banks, early national banking corporations turned out to be hugely … M. Schocket is author of “Founding Corporate Power in Early National Philadelphia” and director of American Culture …

… limits, restrain our use of resources, and re-imagine our national aspirations so that they were more environmentally …

… in our previous podcast, “ Putting Race on Display: The National Civil Rights Museum .” ( Image Source ) …   In part two of the show, Dr. Kevin Boyle, author of the National Book Award winning "Arc of Justice" will join us to … conversation, as Stephanie and I were having about the National Civil Rights Museum. I mean, one of the things that …

… on the American frontier.   They also came to international attention at virtually the same moment. Darwin … slavery. As the war began, Lincoln believed that saving the Union, not abolishing slavery, was the cause worth fighting … to see that ending slavery was the only way to save the Union without making a mockery of the nation’s founding …

… protests against police violence once again to the national stage. In this event's, aftermath, questions … included political radicals, labor organizers, you know, Union advocates, those types of groups. In the early 20th …

… air crashes until the creation of the independent National Transportation Safety Board in 1967. 3. The … No cause was ever determined. Then on February 11, 1952, a National Airlines DC-6, crashed less than two minutes after … crash led to the temporary closure of Newark Airport. The National Airlines DC-6, 1952. Following the crash of a …

… rebuild it has become a rallying point for far-right Jewish nationalists, who are willing to desecrate the sacred … took on new meanings that reflected this tension between national solidarity and moral sensitivity. The Zionist … all Jewish holidays) as a way to reinforce sentiments of national solidarity. The religious meaning of the day became …