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… across the nation this year. New York, Pennsylvania and California city officials cut back on observances of the …   November 11 was originally known as Armistice Day to commemorate the 11th day at the 11th hour of the 11th month … communities want to de-emphasize Veterans Day. This is no way to treat the 23 million men and women among us who have …

… academics who might be labeled “public intellectuals” to get their thoughts on the issue. This episode of History … the public intellectual in today’s world. (And don’t forgot to pop over to our Connecting History blog to read … straddle both worlds just what is a public intellectual anyway. We'll also explore the ways academics engage with the …

… In November 2018, a report commissioned by French President Emannuel Macron called for artifacts taken to France during the heyday of European … antiquities held by such major art institutions as the Getty Villa in Los Angeles and New York’s Metropolitan … the expropriation of colonized material culture has always been controversial. Cicero spoke out against his fellow …

… editor Nicholas Breyfogle about the international race for the arctic . He tells us about the complex and perhaps explosive historical dimensions of … Breyfogle   Sure. I'd be happy to the article in many ways. stems from the fact that over really over the last 10 …

… Because of its indeterminacy?  No. Its singular distinction comes from the fact that never before have both the popular … the U.S. Constitution. Previous criticism of our peculiar way of electing a president through 50 separate contests has … in the Electoral College: the two-elector bonus every state gets for its senators.  The Constitution assigns electoral …

… and poverty, Elian would almost certainly be on his way to U.S. citizenship today.   Before 1994, Cuban … fair to most Americans. After all, Fidel Castro was a Communist dictator. The United States had to open its doors … Cubans and Haitians, for the most part, equally. Neither gets automatic asylum. If Cubans still received automatic …

… Join world-renowned historian Geoffrey Parker for a definitive history of the Spanish Armada. In July 1588 … The genius of Sir Francis Drake is exalted, while Spain’s efforts are belittled. But what really happened during that … finally clashed. Looking beyond the events of 1588 to the complex politics which made war between England and Spain …

… of nuclear weapons. The purpose of the IAEA is, has always been and should remain, to negotiate the close links … of an international fuel bank, as a way for countries to get reactor fuel without building enrichment facilities that … to end the arms race and proceed toward “general and complete disarmament.” Nuclear weapons states pledged not to …

… stalled; his inner circle had begun to show indiscipline by way of embarrassing leaks; and foreign leaders from Nicolas … cautious, thoughtful Obama was just plain weak, or worse: incompetent. Well, health care legislation has passed, the … itself to be a shrewd method for drawing the ranks together while giving opponents greater opportunity to …

… Jews instead saw the country as a site of displacement or a way-station to more desirable lands. Covering events in the … instead saw the country as a site of displacement, or a waystation to more desirable lands. Covering events in the … reconstruction of the Jewish world. Let's take a moment to get to know our speaker Ori Yehudai is the Saul and Sonia …

… and employees that promised secure futures in return for loyal service. Recent cuts have stung thousands of … his father, also an Edison employee, counseled him that the company would provide a secure life. Myers’ forced … generated significant anger. The furor peaked in 1996 when Newsweek’s “Corporate Killers” issue featured menacing …

… called Man-Hattan, overflowing with water. He makes his way, a child searching for home, past the almost-submerged … and burned to the very bedrock is Miller’s apocalypse complete. In the paintings of Chesley Bonestell from the … we have watched these movies and played these games, all to get a charge from watching the skyscrapers of Manhattan …

… capitals and Washington, D.C., to protest the federal income tax. As their name implies and their banners state, … resisting “taxation without representation.” In some ways, they resemble the original tea partiers, perhaps more … help the East India Company stay afloat, the empire would get its taxes, and, because middlemen would no longer be …

… a recognized international norm, yet it only extended to former colonies. Groups within postcolonial states that made … 2024) which illuminates the unfinished and improvised ways that the state-centric international system replaced … awaiting recognition. The book is available Open Access for free download on the Cambridge website .  The Moderator …

… with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. It was Sharon’s visit to the al-Aqsa mosque as opposition leader in … for this apparent transformation. Sharon is working toward complete Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip, … result in a Palestinian state. There’s still a long way to go, but few would have predicted Sharon to make it …

… to organize corporate buyouts that produced millions for himself while leaving others in ruins. His words … investments broadly through risky buyouts of disparate companies. Often they stuffed their pockets with cash while … the 1930s, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration found a way to deal with these troublesome Gordon Gekkos of …

… other words, more like a toll road than a public right-of-way. The on-ramp to that toll road is a “covered job,” the … as the old age pension program), became untouchable. Their commitments were sacred. Their recipients were unequivocally … through general revenue were always vulnerable. Their budgets were uncertain. Their goals were questioned. And their …

… 58-year-long war between Israel and its Arab neighbors that commenced in 1948 when the state of Israel was proclaimed. … Afghanistan. Persons familiar with the career of Alexander get a feeling of d vu when they read today’s newspapers. … and strengthened the forces of Western Asia in a remarkable way, permanently Islamizing the Middle East and tipping the …

… whether the United States should send troops to Europe and commit itself to acting in concert with NATO allies.  … Europe and the entire "free world" by commitments to act together with its allies. Many Republicans shared Truman's … the Taftites' fears of excessive military spending. But his way of keeping costs down was to create more military …

… States has been one of the most dramatic cultural transformations in recent memory. But with these changes have come many questions and tensions. Is the focus on the … commercials changed the public’s perceptions, and has it always been for the better? How has the study and teaching of …

… should reorganize their leadership as well. It is time for their leader, Trent Lott of Mississippi, to step, or be … of Conservative Citizens, a Southern organization cobbled together by survivors of the White Citizens Councils, the John … Internet and Sunday morning television pundits buzzed with commentary about it. The Washington Post's David Broder said …

… frontier with Lebanon has also been remarkably tranquil for months, even though Hezbollah militiamen, heavily armed … ups and downs, in 2003 more than 300,000 Israeli tourists visited the Turkish resort of Antalya. In 2009 it remains a … country, fly over Israeli air space. Negotiations are under way to export Israeli Dead Sea minerals via the Jordanian …

… Goldwater criticized Social Security but later backed away from his comments after his Republican opponents and the press jumped … hurt his standing in the polls, and provided an opening for his Republican challengers. Like Goldwater, Perry … History News Service …