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… clubs and launched multiyear protests. While sharing a common goal, these efforts were not without internal … they abandoned, next time on  Prologued . Sarah Paxton ( Credits) This season of Prologued was brought to you by  … Oranjudio. Song and band information can be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode …

… Now Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., who chairs the Senate committee looking into Clinton’s fund-raising, has joined … a contrast with Clinton, Thompson praised Roosevelt for coming to the Senate in person to testify on the funding of … their contributors and expenses. After this stirring message, Roosevelt, again anticipating Clinton, took no …

… aristocrats would leave for their rural villas and summer homes; wealthy citizens left cities like Philadelphia during … city for Mount Vernon on September 10, 1793. He later visited the city before the official all clear on November 14, … other business carried out virtually over Zoom. The theater company, Gemini CollisionWorks, gathers most of its 22 …

… the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, delivering sharp comic material about his recently released long-form birth … and Samar Islands in November 2013, then-Mayor Duterte visited within days and coordinated his own aid effort, while … and, with the assistance of the central bank, offered cheap credit to companies. With demand for labor rising in Western …

… , where small teams of mobile gunmen attack multiple sites simultaneously. Nesser’s observation would seem … War created a jihadist threat to Europe, Nesser credits the Algerian Civil War as the catalyst for the first … European cells in Europe and established its own cells commanded directly by leaders in Afghanistan. Despite being …

… pride and pageantry there lies a larger and more profound message of American inclusion and tolerance. This message is evident in the parade's origin and evolution. The … this ideal, but it's important to recognize how far we've come. It's in this sense that the St. Patrick's Day parade …

… State, and Associate Editor of Picturing Black History James Morgan | Programming Consultant with the African … LSC collection, was operating in the 1850s, and is widely credited as being one of the first photo agencies ever to … stats and numbers can be. It is the people that work on site with this material that keeps Archive living and …

… weekend than any movie in history, and the New York Times has called it “a defining moment for Black America.” The … origins in nuclear-age Congo . The secret to Wakanda’s superiority is vibranium, an indestructible alien element … was elaborated in the next issue (#53, August 1966). Marvel Comics’ dynamic duo Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created the …

… getting Congress to rein in lobbyists? Can any good really come out of congressional efforts to thwart corruption? The … bribery and corruption. One of the first was the 1872 Credit Mobilier scandal. Politicians had accepted gifts of … Age outrages mounted quickly as well. On the heels of Credit Mobilier was the scandal of the Whiskey Ring, which …

… first forged during an earlier era of Sino-American competition. Yet looking at Chinese engagement in Africa … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Hello, and welcome to China and Africa: Historical Perspectives on a … kind of strong man leaders. And while that's not a prerequisite, China works just as well with democracies, as it does …

… Carter. By giving him this honor at this time, the Nobel Committee seized the opportunity to express its concern over … of improving health and living conditions, he also deserves credit for his work on economic development and cooperation … The Norwegian committee chose the prize to send America a message, perhaps aiming to add heft to the moderates within …

… significant about the controversy is not ProjectUSA’s message of immigration restriction. That’s hardly a new … between present-day immigration and the flood of newcomers who came in the past. ProjectUSA’s website is emphatic on this point. Making this distinction is …

… the Russian state: during the Soviet Union’s reign as a superpower. Apart from the years spanning 1945 to 1991, … Vladimir Putin poses for the cameras as he tours historical sites in newly-annexed Crimea. Putin asserted that … and truly non-Russian populations dwelled . Readers might come away with the impression that the Russian Empire and …

… — the United States — begins to regard itself as "the sole superpower," capable of acting "with or without allies," it … of unilateralist action is to invite lesser powers to combine to neutralize it.   Therefore, the United States … The cost of being a superpower is already being felt domestically with deficit spending and threats to such social …

… for their lost brethren at the World Trade Center disaster site, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urged the firefighters’ union … as heroes to listen to his authority and go home, the message is clear. Those with power will make the hard … from new opportunities. But the patriotic fervor that accompanied wartime mobilization meant that unions were …

… The early version was small (around 30 clerics) and comprised only of “cardinal priests” who served parishes … died somewhere far from Rome, probably never having even visited.   Nevertheless, Christians in Rome from the third … Not only did he commission Jerome to create the Vulgate, a superior Latin translation of the Hebrew Bible (from Hebrew) …

… Brenna Miller   Welcome to History Talk, the podcast that brings together a … the Director of Pharos: Doing Justice to the Classics , a site devoted to documenting and responding to appropriations … we study that don't require expressing our disciplines, superiority to other disciplines, the superiority of what we …

… Vladimir Putin has gone to extraordinary lengths to commemorate the Second World War. Even though the war ended … During the Soviet era, the Communist Party was always credited with a victory. That's no longer the case. But the … who was the founder of studies of collective memory, posited that all memory is essentially social. In contrast to …

… where tourists and porteños (inhabitants of Buenos Aires) come to exchange currency. As one walks the streets, the … In the modern period, overstretched international credit and a public distrust towards banks has stymied the … district—a block from the presidential house—became the site of intense violence. Responding angrily to the quota, …

… National Park Service's call for public input to identify sites associated with César Chávez that are worthy of … organizer. Why, I asked?  For respect, she responded.  At times, she said, farm workers were treated like animals. La … With a sense of betraying la causa, I carried out mom's command. My mother was equally adamant that I was not to …

… and studied during Korea’s Joseon period (1392-1897). At sites such as Sobaek Mountain, Buseoksa Temple, Sosu Seowon … lantern, a wood plaque reads “Muryangsujeon (無量壽殿)” and welcomes all comers (right). The founder of the Buseoksa Temple, …