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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver in 2007.

An Immigrant in the White House? But Will It Be Arnold?

… governor of the nation’s most populous state and as an internationally famous actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger is the most … M. Schocket is author of “Founding Corporate Power in Early National Philadelphia” and director of American Culture …
 Haile Selassie in 1942

Emperor Haile Selassie I Returns Triumphant to Ethiopia

… and 107 Ethiopians were killed. Even though an international team had established that Walwal was in fact 150 … populations. This use of chemicals violated the international treaty of Montreux, which Italy had signed in 1928, …
Early OSU football game

4th and Goal? The Past of the American University and the Future of the NCAA

… the relationship between American university sports and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. In this … rights and college finances.   Leticia Wiggins   The National Collegiate Athletic Association or NCAA is feeling … of compensation. Players at Northwestern are looking into unionizing, and so on and so forth. But I think what we what …
IRA gunmen in Northern Ireland

From the Cold War to the War on Terror

… If it's not possible, how long, for example, does the international community accept this sort of loosely guided … a softening of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, led by Gorbachev, the Reagan administration …

Re-mapping American Politics: The Redistricting Revolution Fifty Years Later

… to apply those legal rules. Even though there had been a nationally visible civil rights movement since the … exciting, off-year contests. The decline of private-sector unions since the mid-1960s across the North has contributed … the Democrats since the 1930s have relied heavily on unions to turn out their voters. And so when state …
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a press conference in 1964.

Martin Luther King’s True Legacy: Revolutionary Ideals

… Erecting a monument for Martin Luther King, Jr. on the National Mall in Washington will honor a great American. … and his fellow civil rights workers intentionally created national discomfort in cities, north as well as south, … be like for all Americans and people around the world if national leaders and common citizens alike exercised our …
“Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states,” 1861.

The Civil War: Losing the War, Winning the History

… from the outset.   When Texans decided to secede from the Union, for example, they did so, according to their official … which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union, because "the destruction of the existing relations …
President Bush makes remarks in 2006 during a press conference in the Rose Garden about Iran's nuclear ambitions and discusses North Korea's nuclear test.

Fighting a War in Name Only

… war on terror? The question answers itself.  Dedicating the National World War II Memorial last month, President Bush … of our democracy.  Andrew J. Bacevich is professor of international relations at Boston University and writes for the …
An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, March 1, 1780. Pennsylvania State Archives.

The Forgotten First Step Toward Freedom

… principle might trump skin color as the basis of American nationality. A freed slave, James Mars, exuded confidence in … attractive in the North. Reintegrating the South into the union came at the cost of any serious study of its peculiar …
Glacial melt from Myrdalsjökull glacier in the south (jökull means glacier in Icelandic). Note the alluvial cones formed by volcanic ash and sediment.

A Postcard from Reykjavik: Iceland’s Volcanic History

… fissure, a system of craters near present-day Vatnajökull National Park. That eruption lasted ten months, led to the … appear even in Benjamin Franklin’s diary. Þingvellir national park, just east of Reykjavik. And, in our age of …
Cover of Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer by Wendell E. Pritchett.

Invisible Man

Review of Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City: The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer , by Wendell E. Pritchett (University of Chicago Press, 2008)
emancipation illustration from Harper's Weekly

President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, 150 years ago

… the war; now the soldiers he commanded fought not only for union, but for freedom—in some cases, their own. Lincoln’s … as well as slaves in regions of the Confederacy occupied by Union troops. The Proclamation was also somewhat redundant; … in 1920. Even with legal equality established on the national level in the twentieth century, African Americans …
El 5 de julio por S. Davies, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

What’s Really At Stake in the Venezuelan Election

… of American States, the Carter Center, the European Union, and thousands of international electoral observers, there should be no question of … a capitalism in their countries that benefited labor unions and workers. Chavez’s charismatic hold on the vast …
Mr. Ernesto Zedillo, Chair GDN Board of Directors, kicks off the 10th annual GDN conference.

Broken Promises in Mexico

… the major business associations, professional groups, labor unions, and peasant organizations. Public resources are … … Francis Adams … History News Service … Diplomacy/International Relations … Democracy/Elections/Voting Rights … …
Etching of Theodore Roosevelt.

Our Federal Government: Still for Sale

… too. Big business leaders called on presidents to use the national guard and even regular army units to put down … M. Schocket is author of “Founding Corporate Power in Early National Philadelphia” and director of American Culture …
Greek troops with a machine gun during the war

The Greco-Turkish War

… committed by both sides did not go unnoticed by the international community and spawned numerous humanitarian relief … government, withdrew its support. Into this vacuum, the Soviets began providing munitions to the revolutionary … for the Greeks and was a strategic victory for the Turkish National Movement. For the Greek forces, this defeat …
Martha last passenger pigeon

100 years have gone by... still no Passenger Pigeons

… The Last Passenger Pigeon," Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History "The Flight of the … Pigeon, Now 100 Years Extinct," by Krishnadev Calamur (National Public Radio, September 1, 2014) "Century After … And Scientists Hope to Bring Them Back," by Carl Zimmer ( National Geographic , August 31, 2014) "Why the Passenger …
In order, India’s Indira Gandhi, Pakistan’s Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and Bangladesh’s Mujibur Rahman

After Midnight

Review of Midnight’s Descendants: A History of South Asia Since Partition, by John Keay (New York: Basic Books, 2014)
… under leaders committed to promoting Islamic identity. The Soviet war in Afghanistan and the influx of ideas and money … of their country. In India, the rise of a new wave of Hindu nationalist movements threatened the subcontinent’s secular …
Charles E. Wilson being sworn in

Beyond Civil Rights

… “elimination of segregation based on race, color, creed, or national origin, from American life” as well as measures to … century abolition triumphed in 1860s when the war for the Union turned into a crusade for emancipation. Then …
Photo of FDN & ARDE Frente Sur Commandas in the Nueva Guinea zone of Southeast Nicaragua, 1987

The Imperial Presidency Pushes Back

Review of Iran Contra: Reagan’s Scandal and the Unchecked Abuse of Presidential Power, by Malcolm Byrne (Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2014)
… (xxi). Byrne, who is the Deputy Director for the National Research Archive, challenges the oft-accepted idea … United States to ask for assistance in delivering weapons. National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane approached Reagan … were joined together when Oliver North suggested to the National Security Council that future arms deals happen …
The Battle of Waterloo, 1815

Winning and Losing at the Battle of Waterloo

… €2.5 coin. France's objections generated widespread international ridicule, particularly in the United Kingdom. … striking given that Britain, which left the European Union after a contentious 2016 referendum, never actually … On the eve of Waterloo's bicentennial, the tension between national pride and international cooperation remains no less …
October 23, 1983, a massive explosion ripped through the barracks of the battalion landing team (BLT) of the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit at the Beirut International Airport.

Middle East Remains Unstable 30 Years after Attacks on Peacekeepers in Lebanon

… (BLT) of the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit at the Beirut International Airport. Originating from a truck that had rammed … and French forces were serving in Beirut as part of a multinational peace-keeping force . Sectarian political and … to accept the essentially Arab nature of Lebanon, and the “National Pact” was established. The sides agreed that a …