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… A growing plurality of Americans accepts gay unions, and approval is strongest among the young. So, changes in … on scripture should have a deeper cause for concern. Time and again, history has shown that people who cite the Bible … of the strongest resistance to gay marriage has come from African American ministers who quote scripture as literally …

… world of experience ruled by universal laws of science and nature. But the historical record suggests otherwise. If … racist “coloniality.” Thus, along with the descendants of African slaves all over the Americas, indigenous peoples … like the precolonial civilizations of the Americas, Africa, and Asia, even though the latter sustained many …

… The decommissioning of weapons in Northern Ireland ought to be a simple enough affair. The parties which … of the political spectrum are now locked in dialogue and committed to principles of nonviolence. All but one of … of Independence, which led to the creation of Northern and Southern Ireland, the British Army handed weapons over for …

… an imaginary dagger into his breast. The man had presence, and that's not debatable. The rest of his legacy, however, … surviving source was published four decades after the fact and based on witnesses' recollections. Yet a larger problem … Henry came of age as evangelical Protestantism awakened the southern colonies. He heard the sermons of influential …

… of structural racism or because of the breakdown of “law and order?” Is white, affluent society to blame for such … color or are they the “thin blue line” separating society and chaos? Fifty years ago, those urban riots resulted in … chapters, “conservative newspapers, Republicans, southern [white] Democrats, and disaffected whites” did not. …

… of evangelical Christians on American politics. Notwithstanding the evangelicals’ strong support for his candidacy, Mike Huckabee failed to get the GOP presidential … will presumably provide the nation with either its first African-American president or its first female vice …

… crisis. The country held two rounds of elections in April and September 2019 that failed to produce a government. And … came from Muslim countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Ashkenazi Jews thus came to dominate the Jewish … Inside The Forgotten War ; Women in the Mideast and North Africa ; and the Syrian Civil War and Arab Spring . … Ori …

… evokes images of 'wide-brimmed hats', 'buckled shoes', and a shared harvest meal. Nathaniel Philbrick's story of … Philbrick's work is the relationship between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people, his narrative details how this … 60 and 80 percent" of the Native American population of Southern New England (332). Philbrick's story of the …

… ominously described "the skyrocketing price of food" and its effect on Americans' budgets. According to the … that he can no longer afford fresh vegetables, seafood, and other nutritious items. "We used to have fresh spinach; … and the USDA in the 1930s continued after World War II. Southern Democrats were crucial to the enactment of the …

… times implicated the CIA, the FBI, U.S. Army intelligence, and even President Lyndon B. Johnson in an elaborate … J. Edgar Hoover mounted an intense campaign of surveillance and harassment in a pitched effort to destroy his career. … hate groups,” including King’s organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The FBI …

… will describe her research on abortion in the United States and abroad. And she'll be talking to Origins associate editor Patrick … places, including Europe. I think that she also looks at South America as well. And then if you want to really go in …

… secretaries of state have been those who think creatively and move assertively. Likewise our most effective foreign policies have come under strong and secure secretaries of state. Of course, the verdict is … in the Turkey-Armenia talks and her most recent trip to South Asia and the Middle East suggest she’s finally ready …

… only, at first, for white males), continental nationalism and an emphasis upon free trade. But the election of 1800 … like the one just past, that failed to produce a certain and clear finality. But the contest 200 years ago was unlike … respective acts, that was at stake again in 1860 when the South seceded, and the Civil War painfully validated that …

… By war’s end, the Russian, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, and German empires that had dominated Europe for centuries … War in 1918 ( left ). Anti-Bolshevik Volunteer Army in South Russia in January 1918 ( right ). State policies from … War, the spread of Communism in Asia and across the Global South, and inspiration for social movements as diverse as …

… proportions. Our reliance on unsustainable dietary choices and agricultural systems is causing problems both for human … exports for the British market. The dust bowl hit Canada, South Africa, Australia. It was a global problem. We have a quote …

… Scott Fitzgerald writing This Side of Paradise , The Damned and the Beautiful, or Tender is the Night without a highball … topped-off with some stiff alcohol to loosen his creativity and imagination. As we have come to know Fitzgerald the … teetotalers, flappers, bootleggers, and the impoverished African Americans who suffered from "Jake Leg" into literary …

… diseases permeated society at the time. Playwrights, poets and artists obsessed over venereal disease, she argues. … metaphors such as “the itch” (herpes), “clap” (gonorrhea), and “pox” (syphilis), artists explored social phenomena … racial politics, frequently attacking Jews and persons of African descent as bringers of venereal infection. Itch, …

… now live in an era of supranationalism. The United States stands poised between wanting to write its own ticket and wishing to speed efforts to solve the world’s problems. … Europe of its colonies, adding dozens of new nations in Africa and Asia. The Communist revolution in China turned …

… presidents have escaped with golf, beaches, travel and rest. During the 1870s, Ulysses Grant and his entourage repeatedly invaded the Jersey shore. In … of Washington neighborhoods that included everyone from Southern sympathizers to successful free black residents. In …

… drawing the parallel between the recent terrorist attacks and the Japanese air raid against the Pacific fleet nearly … its place next to December 7, 1941. Not only have thousands of lives been lost in a surprise attack, but Americans’ … of persecuted Muslims from Bosnia, the Middle East and South Asia. Gen. Boyd summed up the reality we face on …

… bloc. Now, as we wade through the 2020 election cycle and celebrate the centennial of the 19th Amendment granting … vote, it is the perfect time to re-evaluate the political and electoral history of women in the United States … Two on those veterans who are coming home, not only in the African American community but among Chicanos and Latinos as …

… a state-sponsored police outfit that fought tooth-and-nail for almost 20 years to block the enforcement of … sealed documents relating to the commission's long and sordid campaign against civil rights activists. Judge … Brown v. Board, the councils brought together many of the South's leading citizens, who proposed to fight tooth and …

… character?  Christopher Oldstone-Moore’s new book Of Beards and Men: The Revealing History of Facial Hair argues that … for examining the ways in which cultures have defined and controlled images of masculinity. This lens has led … Beards and mustaches present throughout East Asian and African history remain largely unaddressed, as do ethnic …