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A dry ice bomb mid-explosion.

It’s Not How to Make a Bomb That’s the Problem, But Why

… on London’s public transport. In 1883, Irish-American nationalists made two attempts to set off clockwork dynamite … for the United Irishmen and the Clan-na-Gael, two Irish nationalist groups operating in the United States in the … Service. … Ann Larabee … History News Service … Global/Transnational … Terrorism … Internet … United Kingdom … It’s Not …
Chris Anderson asks: "Will you run again?" Gore replies, "Ohh, you aren't going to get me on this one!"

But Gore Did Help Invent the Internet

… over a billion dollars to connecting computers into national networks linking universities, schools, and other … mid-1990s. In sponsoring his 1991 bill, Gore envisioned a national network that would "provide for teleconferencing, … and vice president was more important:  promoting a national policy to transfer defense-funded computer research …
Depiction of General Scott capturing Mexico City during the Mexican-American War.

Getting Away from the “Quagmire” Cliché

… It pitted Americans and South Vietnamese against the Soviet-supported North Vietnamese and their Vietcong … … John C. Pinhiero … History News Service … Global/Transnational … South & Central America … Mexico … …
2011 protest in New Jersey by Garden State Equality in support of same-sex marriage and against deportation of LGBT spouses.

Voting Away Others’ Rights

… heterosexual and homosexual couples the option of civil unions. In Arkansas, voters decided that gay and lesbian …
Portrait of Jimmy Carter from 1979.

The Nobel Committee Speaks to America

… with the corrupt bank of Credit and Commerce International in the late 1980s has been long left behind. There … of history for world civilizations, human rights and international law at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, … New York. … Itai Sneh … History News Service … Global/Transnational … International Organizations … Military/War/Peace …
J.P. Morgan

Time (Yet Again) for Preventative Regulation

… trend has left ever more complex financial markets and multinationals to operate in barely regulated risky gray areas. … of active governance: Socialist Eugene Debs argued for the nationalization of industry in the interest of labor. …
A view of Cinicinnati in 1841. The waterways that brought cholera to the city feature prominently in this depiction.

Pandemic Redux: Revisiting Cincinnati’s 1849 Cholera in the Age of COVID-19

… In August 1849, President Zachary Taylor declared a national day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer, but … with much truth, as the dirtiest city of its kind in the Union. Some of the gutters in the principal streets are so … in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, …
Mourning banners hung at the south gate of Beijing university in the aftermath of the 1989 June 4th incident in Beijing

Survivor: the Chinese Communist Party

… But the party has also gotten lucky breaks in the international arena and been helped by unexpected post-1989 … Asia & Southeast Asia … Civil/Human Rights … Global/Transnational … Diplomacy/International Relations … Survivor: the Chinese Communist Party …
Margaret Gorman, winner of the first Miss America Pageant in 1922.

Beauty Pageants and American Politics

… despite many attempts, no beauty pageant caught on as a national, annual event. Then, in August of 1920 American … from across the county to compete in what was now a truly national event. The modern beauty pageant industry was born. …
Undated photo of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany.

Democracy-Building Will Be Tougher This Time

… possibly have challenged us. Quite to the contrary, fear of Soviet expansionism encouraged them to cooperate. Iraq, by … Henry Butterfield Ryan … History News Service … Global/Transnational … World War II / WWII … Japan … Germany … …