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The Kids Aren’t Alright: The Policymaking of Student Loan Policy

… to the cost saving measures of the FDLP, especially when compared to the money funneled to private banks through … inflation) has increased about 1.5 to 2% a year for the past 70 years. The cost of attending college since World War … Iterations of the GI Bill encouraged around 2 million servicemen from World War II and the Korean War to go to …
Nazis at Marienplatz in Munich during the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch.

Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and Weimar’s Resolve

… the savings of millions. The eight-hour workday, a cherished promise to Germany’s working class that stood out … nation, Bavaria appointed Gustav Ritter von Kahr as State Commissioner General ( Generalstaatskommissar ), granting … symbolically condemned the Weimar government’s perceived passive acceptance of the Ruhr occupation.  Kahr was a …
Custis Lee (1832–1913) on horseback in front of the Jefferson Davis Memorial in Richmond, Virginia on June 3, 1907, reviewing Confederate Reunion Parade.

Trent Lott and the Collapse of Southern Mythology

… drawing to a close, the ghosts of Southern history have become important players in national politics. The fallout … a half, white southerners have shaped their region’s mythic past with specific political objectives uppermost in mind. … of the Civil War" (2006) and a writer for the History News Service. …
The Pride Flag being hoisted onto the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.

Hatred Aimed at Gays Hurts All

… If the Senate passes the Matthew Shepard Act — known also as the Local Law … that the culture of terror that has long affected gays and lesbians also threatens heterosexuals. Though the … hands in public, embracing at an airport, or from being comfortable in workplaces where heterosexual family photos …
Closeup of a ram.

It’s Gay Rights, Not Gay Genes, That Matter

… According to Frank Kameny, a pioneer of the gay and lesbian rights movement, the correct answer is, and always … were torn as to how to gain acceptance from the straight community. Today’s emphases on gay pride and being openly … from Harvard in 1956. He was hired by the U.S. Army Map Service, only to lose his job when it was learned that he …
Portrait of James Madison.

The Hidden Consequences of Campaign Finance Reform

… The campaign finance reform bill passed by Congress will affect not only the influence of … discussion of issues over party politics but make political compromise even more difficult than it is today. In 1787, … The current campaign finance bill, by tipping the scales toward interest groups, will encourage political action …
Cartoonist Clifford Berryman depicts Uncle Sam after a hard-won U.S. victory in Santiago Bay, Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

What Happened When We Stayed the Course in Cuba

… president remains so determined. They should look to the lessons Bush draws from history. Bush is a student of … remain determined, said Bush; if we waiver, Iraq will become another Vietnam. No one should be surprised that Bush … in Boone, N.C., and a writer for the History News Service. …
Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother depicts destitute pea pickers in California, centering on Florence Owens Thompson, age 32, a mother of seven children, in Nipomo, California, March 1936.

Another Great Depression?

… Here's why.   The Great Depression was the result of the combination of the 1929 financial crisis and serious … It was pumped up by over-lending by banks and financial companies and over-borrowing by Wall Street. Rising interest … and economic history and is a writer for the History News Service. …
A sculpture of Jesus's crucifixion from the eighteenth century.

History Through a Faith-Based Lens

… religious! What else is wrong with your thinking?” While my passion to defend my Quaker faith was admirable, my bank … in order to secure my doctorate. Only those who are truly committed to their religious faith can understand the pain … the History News Service. His most recent book is "Money Pitcher: The Tragedy of Indian Assimilation." …
A portrait of U.S. Brig. Gen. William “Billy” Mitchell, who advocated for air power in the 1920s.

Rumsfeld Must Modernize U.S. Armed Forces

… of Europe, the administration believed, the U.S. military services had to become flexible and mobile enough to meet smaller and more … little over the centuries. It is believed in Army circles that only a soldier on the ground can take and hold … History News Service
The Champs Elysees crowded with French patriots after the liberation of Paris in 1944.

We Didn’t Go It Alone in 1944

… policies now causing so much trouble in Iraq. When it comes to remembering World War II, Americans should be more … the United States. Admittedly, French leaders in the past have also been guilty of narrow thinking. On the D-Day … deserve a grand monument. But would it really be a disservice to their memory if the memorial also reminded us …

A Pact with the Devil? The United States and the Fate of Modern Haiti

… dying lay beneath the rubble and remains of their homes and communities, American televangelist Pat Robertson stated … Revolution Arguably the most important issue in Haiti's past and present is the epic tale of how it came to be an … the next 100 years became, in many respects, the exact opposite. Rather than being ignored and excluded, Haiti became …
Mount Holyoke College

Historical Truth and Personal Truths

… most American historians, I've been repeatedly asked these past few days the same question: "What do you think of … as much troubled by dishonesty and other human shortcomings as other occupations. When scholars make mistakes, … society re-measures itself. More than this, Ellis is a teacher. He instructs and, purposefully or not, stands as an …
A Nuclear Power Plant in the Untied Kingdom against a blue sky.

How Green Is the Atom?

The Past–and Future–of Nuclear Energy in the United States
… accidents at Three Mile Island (United States, 1979),  Chernobyl (Ukraine, 1986), and  Fukushima (Japan, 2011), its … agreement, in late June 2024 the U.S. Congress passed the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, … radioisotopes that fill the environment.  By 2017, 46 NPP sites had leaks or spills that involved radioactive tritium …
The Brazilian flag and a soccer ball

Brazil’s Soccer Mania: An Example for the World

… ahead of any other national team. In view of the tremendous competition associated with the world’s favorite sport, … infatuated with the game. Interestingly, the Brazilians’ passion for soccer often appears to be much stronger than … culture and politics, and is a writer for the History News Service. …
North College Hill, Ohio, USA, Memorial Day parade, 2004, by Rick Dikeman.

A Vanishing American Remembrance?

… Strained budgets have been the most cited reason for past cancelations of Memorial Day events. But the truth is … Cemetery were not even permitted to visit the grave sites of their relatives after the Civil War.   President … the national holiday from its pedestal. Memorial Day commemorates the men and women killed on the battlefield or …
The Palins and McCains in Fairfax, Virginia, September 2008.

Why the Sarah Palin Gamble Didn’t Pay Off

… John McCain probably lost whatever chance he had to become president on August 28, the day he invited Sarah Palin … times had either distinguished themselves by their prior service, by their success in presidential nominating … or by their performance in party leadership positions.   Past presidential nominees did not choose able running mates …
Various sedimentary rock strata are visible in many areas of Badlands National Park.

Ten Moments of Insight in America’s National Parks

… of natural areas as well as historic and other cultural sites, are often touted, justifiably, as world-class travel … linger on the broad front porch and look across a fetching pasture to the Blue Ridge in the distance beyond. The house … is strong out of the east the day you planned to round treacherous Blake’s Point—the only practical way to get …
The words "Equal Justice Under Law" which are inscribed on the front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.

The Ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment

… representation more closely with the voting population. Unless that was changed, southerners would gain representation … too much about it." (Library of Congress) But that did not come to pass. The “no state shall” language was ideally suited to … Michael Les Benedict …
the word History in script

Why Study History?

… even better, "That's ancient history," suggests that the past is irrelevant. Sure, history happened. But so what? And … to learn it? One stock answer is that history teaches "lessons." Trotting out George Santayana's hoary aphorism — …

The Real Marriage Revolution

… have simply asked to join it. The kind of marriage that we cherish today—the kind that opponents of same-sex marriage … that getting married was better than being consumed with passion and giving in to sin, but he argued that staying … people whose love was based on the fact that they were opposites. Men and women were increasingly described as having …
Anti-draft protest outside the Department of Justice in 1967.

The Draft — for Democracy

… afford to do so continued their education, while their compatriots with lesser means often found themselves … belief was fed by the inequities of the draft. Military service is a responsibility that should fall on everyone’s … which is a vital consideration for any democracy. For the past generation we have had, for all intents and purposes, a …