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… "has nothing to do with slavery."  He proposes that it is a commemoration of South Carolinians who "stood up for their … Americans in Charleston also built a cemetery for Union soldiers who had died as prisoners of war, and they came by the … slavery "a positive good," the monument honors Calhoun's commitment to truth, justice, and the Constitution.  It says …

… right. However, even this discussion of pregnancy did not come close to the corporeal character of Kennedy’s language … the limits of what reasoned discourse can represent. An audience has to be brutally stimulated — shocked by savage … at Amherst and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… They argue that the Monica Lewinsky matter would never have come up save for the lawsuit filed by Paula Jones. … that the government was 60 percent under the control of the Communists. Kennedy’s speeches condemning the rise of a … University South Bend and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… the Sui and established the Tang dynasty. He rose to become Minister of Works, giving Wu Zetian an early taste of … request, Yuan Tiangang—the foremost diviner of his day—studied her. Struck by her features, Yuan declared that the … two full sisters, and a tangle of cousins—all competing for attention and status. After her father’s …

… hardly in question. The mystery was how high the plot went. Commissioner Charles Chenevier and Superintendent Georges … papers related to the history of the Cagoule—an anti-communist terror organization founded by Eugène Deloncle to … Popular Front that governed France from 1936. German soldiers parade on the Champs Élysées on June 14, 1940. Less …

… President Bush’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives — created to give religious groups tax … along with them. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer for History News Service. … History News Service …

… The decommissioning of weapons in Northern Ireland ought to be a … of the political spectrum are now locked in dialogue and committed to principles of nonviolence. All but one of the … from an IRA arms dump by dissidents. Twenty-nine people died and more than three hundred were injured in this …

… less funny than Rogers — to describe the dilemma of the incoming Democratic majorities in both Congressional houses. … of its own internal contradictions. This conclusion has become an orthodoxy in the press. But this consensus seems … groups, as the party has been caricatured by so many commentators, the Democrats in Congress were usually led by …

… of independence. And, for many, knowing where your food comes from, intimately, down to the moisture of the soil, … strontium and plutonium—up the food chain and into bodies. From this mass monitoring effort, Soviet doctors … mounted, Soviet agencies were less and less able to service exposed people in contaminated regions. The supply …

… Before 1600 (the period most of the English precedents come from), of course, one has to be careful when using … is a distinct possibility that William II was assassinated) died violent deaths at the hands of their subjects. Some, … at Auburn University and a writer for the History News Service. …

… enact this substantial change to Title I. This 35-year-old compensatory education legislation has failed to reach its … that would improve public schools. Rep. Caleb R. Layton’s comments during a debate in 1922 on a proposal to combat … and the editor of the Federal Education Policy History website. He is the author of "Failing Grades: The Federal …

… Jane Goodall and Birute Galdikas – three women who would become affectionately known as the “trimates.” Fossey’s … suggests an inherent conflict between native human communities living near primates and conservationists who often come from wealthy, developed countries. Fossey lived this …

… Neville Chamberlain and French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier met in Munich with German and Italian dictators Adolf … really premeditated collusion with the dictators to fight communism elsewhere. Had they carefully examined the … “the two pillars of European peace and buttresses against communism.” At his first meeting with Hitler, he revealed …

… the Democratic Party may self-destruct during the coming elections because it’s becoming softer on the war. We’ll have to wait until November … favor with their constituents, but simply because they felt compelled to follow their own heartfelt convictions. In his …

… Prime Minister’s plan to visit a shrine honoring soldiers who died for his country during World War II has … of more than $30 million (then an astronomical amount) as compensation to foreign powers for the damage caused by the … of California, Irvine, a writer for the History News Service and the author of "China's Brave New World -- And …

… presidential losers of the American past. Yes, the time has come for all true lovers of trivia to stand up and be … If Clay felt betrayed, he would have a great deal of company as a perennial also-ran. Other men ran for the … Foster who ran three times for the Workers' Party and the Communist Party?  Or how about that three-time candidate of …

… Now the question again surfaces: will the international community be able to avoid the slide toward war? It remains … Nikolas K. Gvosdev is a senior fellow for strategic studies at The Nixon Center in Washington and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …

… the names and brief obituary information of people who had died. The New Deal of Franklin D. Roosevelt, elected in … everyone thought Roosevelt was up to the task. Political commentator Walter Lippmann called him “a kind of amiable … 'Construction of a Dam' (1939). The federal government commissioned this mural, along with many others, to fund …

… religious aura of rivers enhanced the status of riverine communities” (31). Rivers were ascribed human qualities and … the “cleansing force of running water” and this was “combined with [the] recognition of aquatic healing power … lamented for their destruction. The study of Roman rivers comes with difficulties, however. There are only so many …

… programs. These recent developments no doubt bring comfort to some. But we can't rest easy. The dangers of … With the Treaty of Tlatelolco in 1967, that goal was accomplished. Latin America is now a nuclear weapon free zone. … same capability. Iran has been scolded by the international community for failure to accurately report its use of …

… time again. The annual rite allows Christians to pay lip service to Jewish sensitivities with an ecumenical greeting … been a minor Jewish festival. Yet this holiday — which commemorates the successful Israelite revolt in the second … assimilate into the prevailing Hellenistic culture — has become “the Jewish Christmas.” How did this happen? And is it …