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… his empire. When Süleyman was made sultan, his kingdom encompassed the peoples and territories of the Balkans, Anatolia, the Levant, … so many other empires and kingdoms collapsed, the Ottomans survived into twentieth century. Remembering the reign of … Milestones …

… upon when he won approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Social Security, unemployment insurance, a minimum wage, a 40-hour workweek, and the Works … Large sectors of the population are saddled with expanding credit-card debt, many having to pay interest that was …

… “Christianize” the Holocaust in order to play down Catholic complicity in Nazi atrocities. This controversy comes at a … a priority of his papacy. He is the first pope to have visited one of the chief synagogues of Rome. Under his … relations. The Catholic Church as a whole is certainly far less anti-Semitic than it was even a generation ago, but it …

… On August 28th, America will commemorate the anniversary of the March on Washington for … promoting racial equality. The March on Washington has been credited with helping to spur the passing of the Civil … the White House. Yet by any qualitative or quantifiable measure, African Americans have discovered the quest for racial …

… officers as presidential contenders. Generals who have become president (there were ten, six of them notable as … about military heroes in politics. Americans, to be sure, expect their leaders to be tough. During both the Cold … Henry Harrison, a hero of the Indian wars, professed selfless public service as the rationale for his candidacy, as …

… Bakken oil-shale region in western North Dakota to a tank complex in Illinois. Its route crosses the Missouri River … weapon on Native American leaders and families. In 1809 future president William Henry Harrison threatened to … The thousands of protesters encamped near the DAPL site use sweat lodges and burning sage to purify themselves …

… leaders from Métis artist Christi Belcourt to Anishinaabe comedian Ryan McMahon have pointed out that the past 150 … built on the theft of indigenous lands. Canadian rule has visited the violence of the residential schools, a sustained … the provinces. The federal government divides funding to ensure roughly equal levels of social services across the …

… to the stories of the proverbial lions, there are tales of martyrs being burned alive, beheaded, dismembered, … of the early martyrs are wildly exaggerated, if not completely fictional. But later, better documented deaths … the United States live under a legal system designed to ensure freedom of religion. Christians in other countries and …

… Jefferson, Adams and Madison had given place to unknown and less notable people–native Americans, women, workers, the … the charge went, this crime against the past was being committed by leftist academics out of touch with their … agency, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, decided late in 1996, by a one-vote margin, to …

… Sandino was still at large, but the national guard had come under the control of Anastasio Somoza. Somoza then used … ruling dynasty. It appears highly unlikely that the insurgencies of Iraq or the resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan … the oppressiveness of the Somoza clan laid the basis for future turmoil. The United States and NATO have few good …

… a brutal 75-day siege, the Mexica capital of Tenochtitlan surrendered on August 13, 1521. The war cost tens of … violence. By the end, a few thousand Spaniards under the command of Hernando Cortés fighting alongside many times … by canals and causeways and adorned with palaces, temples, marketplaces, and chinampas , Tenochtitlan was home to …

… a strong hold on the imagination of the American public. To commemorate “Honest Abe,” Origins offers ten of the most … of grief, vividly described in the diary of Gideon Welles, Lincoln’s Secretary of the Navy, among other sources. … of Abraham Lincoln, professional historians have published surprisingly little on the assassination. The subject …

… are limited.  Given decreasing voter turnout (on average, less than half of the American electorate votes in any … Americans and white working-class Americans are likely to come out in large numbers in support of an independent … the bill. While Fulani and Buchanan have been accused of compromising their respective positions on social issues, …

… Keepers meeting. Instead, it is 1834, and Reverend Charles Grandison Finney, the most popular evangelist of … as men, on the meaning of a revival of religion. On the surface, it seems, nothing is more American than a religious … Tocqueville noted in the 1830s, Americans are renowned for combining “separation of church and state” with intense, …

… and Moscow are increasingly frayed, and Russia has become a determined foe of the American Middle East agenda. … Nations over the Iranian nuclear program should come as no surprise. The further the American quest to remake the … the Russians made a sharp distinction between stateless radicals and the “rogue states” Bush has sought to …

… the party. In July, when the 186 members of the platform committee meet, they’ll have to write a plank on the war in … Democrats hope to win in 2008, they have to remember the lesson of 1972: For millions of voters, war is not a policy … the nation’s enemies, at home as well as abroad, and “never surrender.” On the other hand, Barack Obama symbolizes the …

… work Lincoln started. Lincoln shares his birthday with Charles Darwin, the other Great Emancipator of the 19th century. … Both were born on February 12, 1809 — Darwin into a comfortable family in Shropshire, England, Lincoln into … equal. In this sense, both Lincoln and Darwin deserve credit for emancipating us from the political and …

… giant leap forward for their cause. Both activists and news commentators have compared this ruling to Brown v. Board of … Their decision overturned the 1896 Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson that said the Constitution allowed for … legalize gay marriage puts a certain amount of moral pressure on the United States to do the same. Even Wal-Mart, …

… he would most likely recuse himself. It must have been an uncomfortable moment for both Durbin and Roberts, Catholic to … weight to this concern is the fact that Roberts will become the fourth Catholic on this Court — the largest number … are making too much of the power of the Vatican. To be sure, Roberts and the other Catholic justices are …

… easily between historical periods, and languages. Her command of her own discipline, political theory, and other … as knowledgeable and cosmopolitan, and Islam as the opposite of cosmopolitan – a discourse whose only travels take … theorizing involves making explicit the conditions that surround what Euben calls "everyday actions," theorizing is …

… strongly back the Bush proposal. They might be surprised to know that their wisest predecessors fought … has made faith-based funding contingent upon ecclesiastic approval of its other policies, but the … from religious life, because government money always comes with strings attached. Understanding that, in the late …

… the Democratic Party may self-destruct during the coming elections because it’s becoming softer on the war. … from Iraq would validate Al-Qaida strategy and invite future attacks. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s latest … and encouraging the enemy while casting dishonor and discredit on his own nation. Kellogg and Roosevelt joined …

… "was somehow the cause of the war." Today, as the nation commemorates the war's sesquicentennial, the war's … rights for what? Over Fifth Amendment property rights? Sure, but property rights regarding what?  Over regional … in the coming of the Civil War, may they be guided in the future by what Lincoln called the better angels of our …

… Mountains, who helped Castro overthrow Batista. Soon the exiles and the U.S. government joined in a powerful common cause to dump Castro, who, in the peak Cold War … Washington began badly. Outstanding among the CIA's many futile efforts to get rid of Castro was a disastrous …