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President Nixon looking at a CIA map in 1970.

Why an Intelligence Inquiry Is Needed

… caught defying the Church committee recommendations. If the history of the Cold War provides any lessons, intelligence … intelligence community. 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. …
Black Panther

Searching for Wakanda: The African Roots of the Black Panther Story

… sold more tickets to its opening weekend than any movie in history, and the New York Times has called it “a defining … the comics provide better clues. T’challa explains his own history and that of his country in Fantastic Four (#53). Mr. … Connecting History
The Trojan Nuclear Plant in 1973.

The Atomic Age

… (MAD).  The Atomic Age as we once knew it is now history.  Nuclear power plants will slowly dwindle in … end. Michael Richards teaches modern European and world history at Sweet Briar College in Virginia and is a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
Botanic Blooming sagebrush on the great plains

Why the Great Plains Are Dying

… creating the first large-scale farm crisis in the nation’s history. “In God we trusted, in Kansas we busted,” so the … our heads out of the sand. Steven Conn is Professor of History and Director of Public History at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. … History News Service …
Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Final Vote.

True Bipartisanship Is Not Love and Kisses

… well within constitutional limits.   Throughout U.S. history, the government has functioned best when its leaders … have wanted. Jeremy C. Young is a doctoral student in U.S. History at Indiana University and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
A portrait of Slobodan Milosevic

Glory and the New World Order

… really seeks is a permanent, glorious place in his nation's history. So how should a constitutional democracy like the … means at their disposal. Daniel Szechi is a professor of history at Auburn University and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …

Viewpoint Iran: The Past and Present of the U.S.-Iran Standoff

… not simply rhetoric but reflects what Iran sees as the long history of U.S. enmity. While Americans understand relations … see the relationship as part of a long and troubling history of foreign intervention and exploitation that … between Iran and the United States are to improve, this history will have to be addressed and rectified. The past is …
Fidel Castro during a visit to Washington.

Why Economic Sanctions Often Fail

… his administration and European leaders. What's more, the history of economic sanctions as a tool of foreign policy … useless. Matt Jacobs is a Ph.D. student studying diplomatic history at Ohio University. … History News Service …
Wartime poster. Canada. The Bureau of Public Information was created in September 1939 to disseminate information about Canada’s war policies.

Can the New Administration Keep Canada as an Ally in Afghanistan?

… Changing Ottawa’s mind will be difficult. Canadians have a history of reacting unpredictably when placed under pressure …   King, the most successful Canadian prime minister in history, recalled how a similar ethnic divide during the … History News Service …
Theatrical poster for the American release of the 1952 film High Noon

War with Iraq: The Movie

… “A Fistful of Dollars.” Robert Brent Toplin, professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, has published books on popular culture and politics, and is a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
1935 cartoon by Vaughn Shoemaker in which he parodied the New Deal as a card game with alphabetical agencies.

The Auto Bailout: a Bad Deal

… depression. John Paul Rossi is an associate professor of history at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. He writes on business and economic history and is a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
Map showing position of North Korea relative to China

What Are They Thinking in Beijing?

… a two-card game. Domestically, the party plays the Remember-History Card, stressing how much it has done since taking … independent. Internationally, the party plays the Forget-History Card, calling attention to ways the current era … often talked about North Korea when playing the Remember-History Card. Beijing’s ability to aid a neighbor threatened …
FDR and Churchill at the Atlantic Conference in 1941.

A New Atlantic Charter?

… This month marks the 60th anniversary of a watershed in U.S. history: the August 1941 Atlantic Charter. The alliance … hour 60 years ago. Itai Sneh is an assistant professor of history for world civilizations, human rights and … History News Service …
A map showing Israel and Palestine

Palestine and Israel: A Case of Incomplete Decolonization

… these outcomes inspire some Palestinians to believe that history favors them and that they will ultimately inherit … Robert L. Tignor is professor of modern African history at Princeton University, the author of "Capitalism … at the End of Empire" (1998) and a writer for the History News Service.  …
Fort Bragg sign - home of the Airborne and Special Operations Forces

Renaming Southern Army Bases Is Nothing New

… Camp Bragg in 1918, according to the post’s official history page . The Army justified naming the fort for Bragg … white supremacy in America and part of its darkest history. Today we are confronted by the legacy of these … the story proves that the endeavor is possible. Recent history has provided new and powerful examples of change in …
With running mate Paul Ryan in Norfolk, Virginia, during the vice presidential selection announcement on August 11, 2012

Vice Presidential Nominees Must Be Plausible As President

… Some of those factors may come into play, yet the recent history of vice-presidential selection suggests that the key …   Sen. John McCain ignored this lesson of recent history in part because he thought he needed to gamble to … History News Service …
Employees operating a testing center at the Walmart Supercenter in Elizabethville, PA, August, 2020.

Licenses to Ill: Health Passes and Surveillance

… novel practices, this one has a long and complicated history. Health passes will aid in constructing a “new … new layers of reconnaissance. We should probably keep this history in mind when considering coronavirus passports … type of pandemic privilege that has occurred many times in history.   This content is made possible, in part, by Ohio …
Two Nord Stream pipes are welded together on the Castoro Sei pipelaying vessel in preparation for laying them beneath the Baltic Sea, 2011.

The Environmental Threat of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

… Gazprom, the powerful oil and natural gas company, has a history of undertaking developmental projects that are … Nazi mercury, and other chemical munitions . Environmental history teaches us that the processes associated with … Connecting History