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Most U.S. casualties, like these in a C-17 military transport aircraft, return to Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware. (unknown date)

For Mom, Blueberry Pie — and Iraq?

… day less than a year away, President Bush must justify something most Americans detest: a seemingly endless string … on “the near absence among the men I worked with… of any comprehension of what Nazism meant.” Commentator Dwight Macdonald called the war simply “the …
Women suffragists marching on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C., March 3, 1913.

The First Time Women Marched on Washington

… on Washington approaches, the 1913 Suffrage Parade offers some important lessons. For starters, the planners of the 1913 march had their organizational act together. Communicating via a federated national organization called … about women voting. The organizers of the 1913 parade accomplished all this in the face of obstacles that those of …
President Barack Obama (painting) by Kehinde Wiley.

Who Can Write Obama’s History?

… iconographer, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., that he hopes someone is busy getting it all down. The hint was vintage … himself. Which won’t be so bad. Obama’s already an accomplished memoirist. He evidently prefers to be his own …
photo of FDR.

Picking Up Where FDR Left Off

… As the economic crisis ripples through the world, some liberal commentators say that the only solution to it is a … relatively open, non-discriminatory exchange, which we have come to call "free trade."   Even before the United States …
Cover of Trotsky A Biography by Robert Service.

Trotsky: A Biography

Review of Trotsky: A Biography, by Robert Service (Cambridge, MA, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009)
Photo of a nuclear explosion.

The Dawn of the Second Cold War

… War will begin. The failed launch buys the United States some much needed time to revise its strategy for coping with … But in the Second Cold War, the United States will face incomprehensible foes that cannot be counted on to respond as … 2007 launch would have particular historical resonance, coming 50 years after the Soviet Union sent up the world's …
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks' declaration from Flag Day 1919 that forbade membership in the organization to anarchists, Industrial Workers of the World, Bolsheviks, and other organizations perceived as unpatriotic.

Sanitizing American Tradition

Review of Inventing American Tradition: From the Mayflower to Cinco de Mayo, by Jack David Eller (London: Reaktion Books, 2018)
McCain formally announces his candidacy for president in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 2007.

Why McCain and His Running Mate Demand Special Scrutiny

… mates of even young and vigorous presidents should be completely qualified to take over all presidential duties in … melanomas, McCain has persevered. Certainly he has worked extraordinarily hard as a U.S. senator, hailed by his … life show the effects of the accelerated aging process that come with a presidency fraught with trials — like the one …
Spraying Pesticides - NARA 1940

Fifty Years After “Silent Spring,” Let’s Not Roll Back Environmental Protections

… of Kansas, are seeking to ease pesticide regulations; some are even questioning the Environmental Protection … by killer chemicals unwittingly unleashed by the scientific community. “Future historians may well be amazed by our … New Yorker serialized “Silent Spring,” a California reader complained to the magazine’s editor that “Miss Rachel …
180-degree view of Tiananmen Square in 2004 (Photo by Saad Akhtar)

Commemorating the Tiananmen Square Massacre

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

Liu Bang, from Peasant Rebel to Emperor

Liu Bang rose from obscurity to be crowned emperor of China 2215 years ago on the 28th of February, 202 BCE.
… It is undeniable that some individuals do change the course of history through …
Mural of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia.

‘Til All the World’s an Ebenezer

… 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 …
Portrait of President James K. Polk from 1846.

The Lessons of Mr. Polk’s War

… 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 . …
a can of Spaghetti-Os

Spaghetti in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

… 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 …
Captain America punching Hitler

Captain America: Changing Conscience of a Nation

Created by writer Joe Simon and artist Jack Kirby in the eponymous Captain America Comics #1, the patriotic hero became a breakout star for Timely Comics.
… 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. …
Putin and Trump meeting

Twitter Cold War

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
Science & Technology
War & Peace
… 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 …
Pope Francis smiling from inside a car as he leaves the White House in 2015.

Embracing the Pope–Selectively

… 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 …
Photo of "Fighting Bob" La Follette

Lessons for the Nader Camp: ‘Fighting Bob’ La Follette in 1924

… 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 …
Police attack protesters on Bloody Sunday in Alabama

The Federal Government and Policing the Police

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
American Government
…  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 …