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… Massacre, which began on June 4, 1989. Below, we highlight some of the best coverage of this important historical … Commemorating the Tiananmen Square Massacre …

… It is undeniable that some individuals do change the course of history through …

… from the King Estate for $20,000,000, it is time to recall some of the obscure people, particularly hardworking … women, who saved the church that nurtured him and composed the movement whose spokesman he became. King was … up against the wall." Such women were the backbone of the community that nurtured young King. "The church has always …

… divisions, laying the foundation for civil war. This is not some dystopian vision of the future course of the war in … history of foreign occupation, Iraqi civilians would welcome U.S. troops as liberators. Most Iraqis, like most … and security studies at Yale. E-mail:  jmankoff@yahoo.com . …

… Have you ever met someone who has skinned their own SpaghettiO? On May 12 th , … every piece was in place for this circular pasta to become a staple of the American diet. By 2010, over 150 … pasta and sauce. In this sense, it is a food source that completely disconnects “food” and “source.” During the 19 th …

… pages. Yet next to the adult fare at the newsstands was something far less ambiguous: a four-color spectacle … and artist Jack Kirby in the eponymous Captain America Comics #1, the patriotic hero became a breakout star for Timely Comics. …

… questions first began to be debated, and concludes with some of the New Urbanist experiments of the turn of the …

… and Russia. It uses the Origins article “The collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the USSR brought … the Ohio American History standard, “The collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the USSR brought … group there will be an author, a least two researchers, and someone to search for visual representations. The students …

… recent American religious life, a Catholic pope has found some of his most vocal supporters among conservative … Protestants. Evangelical-Catholic relations have come a long way over the last generation, but for all their … affirming what these two branches of Christendom hold in common. And in the best-selling Christian novel, “Left …

… candidate of the Green Party, is again in the limelight. Some pundits predict Nader will draw enough votes away from … in a sea of political corruption, a caring man genuinely committed to protecting consumers, promoting peace and … this vote will be a real blow against corruption and complacency and a powerful statement for the environment and …

…  article deals with the nature of Federalism when it comes to controlling police in the United States and some of the more controversial roles that they played and … discuss different approaches to this issue and attempt to come to consensus about how state and federal governments …

… United States, and how international relations played into some of those changes. Students will be able to explore key …

… of mental illness in the early 19th and 20th century, and comparing these practices to those used today. After the … introduction of the article, the students will think about some of the assumptions that may have been made about people …

… to “being sensitive.” To support his point, he summoned some of the heavy guns of America’s wartime leadership: … one of the most sensitive and successful coalition commanders of all time. Cheney forgets that Ike diverted … in on Berlin from the east. He also forgets that to accommodate their British allies’ strategic interests (as well …

… foreign observers predicted that the days of the Chinese Communist Party were numbered. And yet, as we mark the 18th … and Yugoslavia's free-fall into chaos benefited the Chinese Communists. These phenomena allowed the party to say to the … "You may be sick of Communism, but there seems to be something worse out there — post-Communism." Closer to home, …

… far away from their places of origin, while also relaying complications and controversies in the ethics of their … day of the lesson, students discuss how they would feel if some of those examples of cultural heritage were taken away from them. After, they complete a stations activity wherein they read and consider …

… would serve merely as an explicit reminder of the U.N.'s incompetence.   An examination of the situation with an eye to … the way its founders intended.  They anticipated that some parts of the U.N. would be dysfunctional, but, … too quickly and therefore resulted in too many shortsighted compromises.   The order to follow the Second World War …

… case effectively created the legal context for sugar to become ubiquitous. Look at any U.S. food label today and you … will find that one of the top five ingredients listed, in some form or another, is sugar. From peanut butter to bread … The facts of the case involved the American Sugar Refining Company’s (ASR, commonly referred to as the “Sugar Trust”) …

… striven to contain, manage, or resolve the conflict, with some notable successes and numerous pronounced failures. … In this webinar, Professor  Peter L. Hahn  analyzes the complicated situation in Gaza in its historical and …

… appropriate. President Bush appears to think that he can somehow escape the lessons that the past can teach us and … the Arab officials of Iraq’s British-backed King Feisal “incompetent.” He noted the gross over-expenditure of monies in …

… major role in the mobilization of the population. Indeed,  some commentators noted  that it had more in common with “democratic movements in Latin America [in the …

… they often darkened the day-time sky.       Martha has become a cautionary tale of the human ability to extinguish … we learn from the disappearance of the passenger pigeon?   Some scientists are even weighing whether or not to clone and resurrect the bird.    Here at Origins, we've compiled a few links to help you learn all you need to know …

… , or Emperor Gaozu of Han Yet it is undeniable that some individuals do change the course of history through … of China’s greatest imperial dynasty was, like Mao, a commoner. As with many dynastic founders, it is difficult to … born a peasant. Thus few details about his life before becoming emperor exist. Whereas his great rival for the …