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President JFK giving an address on civil rights in June, 1963.

A President Who Was Still Growing

… so wanting today. William C. Kashatus's is a writer for the History News Service. His most recent book is "Money … History News Service …
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
… and expedited licensing worth the risk? The operating history of one station, Davis-Besse, outside of Toledo, … National Science Foundation (Contract 2020024) and HoNESt (History of Nuclear Energy and Society, Horizon 2020 … 76, no. 1 (1976): 39-45 Thomas Wellock, Safe Enough?: A History of Nuclear Power and Accident Risk  (Berkeley:  …
Iraq by Raymond Bucko SJ on Flickr, cc by 2.0

Redeeming Honor — the South and Iraq

… Bertram Wyatt-Brown, is Richard J. Milbauer Professor of History at the University of Florida in Gainesville and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
President George H.W. Bush shaking hands with Russian President Boris Yeltsin at the Kremlin.

Russia — Ten Years After the Fall

… something. David S. Foglesong, is an associate professor of history at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
First house built with a loan from the Federal Housing Administration after World War II.

Reforming a Welfare State

… of the “Western world.” Norman Markowitz is a member of the history faculty at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
Flag of the People's Republic of China

With Enemies Like These…

… in the foot. Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom is a professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, a writer for the History News Service and the author of "China's Brave New … History News Service …
From left to right, Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller in 2001.

Attorneys General Who Cry Wolf

… Fellow at Columbia University and a writer for the History News Service. She is writing a book on the 1920 Wall … History News Service …
Actors in the Berezil troupe, 1922.

Ukrainian Theater on the Soviet Stage

… work. Yet it remains largely unknown today because most books on Soviet culture focus only on Moscow (or Leningrad), … Connecting History …
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

… yesterday. Michael H. Creswell is in associate professor of history at Florida State University. The author of "A … Cold War Europe" (2006), he is also a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
Motorcycle and sidecar with an advertisement for the Popolo d'Italia newspaper.

A Media King Becomes Prime Minister (Again)

… civic culture. Victoria de Grazia, a professor of history at Columbia University, is the author of "The … of Leisure in Fascist Italy" (1981) and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
Launching of the USS RALPH JOHNSON in Mississippi.

A New Cold War in the Caribbean?

… of the Fourth Fleet as a shot across his bow. But as history has shown, wielding a big stick in the Caribbean can … History News Service …
tanks and soldier fighting in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

The World’s Longest War

… the Great, in the most brilliant campaign in military history, conquered the vast Persian Empire – a realm that … History News Service …
Shells of burnt-out busses after a suicide bombing

The Terrors of Suicide Bombing

… kamikaze pilots, and today’s suicide bombers? How can the history inform policy decisions to try and prevent such … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone, produced by Origins: Current …
Former President Jimmy Carter

Putting Ex-Presidents Back to Work

… the most productive presidential partnership in American history. He wrote a short note to Herbert Hoover in 1945 … History News Service …
the monument of the Soviet army in Sofia, completed in 1954

11/4/2014: Empty Fountains: Communist-Era Monuments Revisited

… red-and-white Polish symbols for Katyn; and the “hands off  Crimea ” sign after the Russian occupation of the area . … hill. The site now also hosts a welcome center, a natural history museum, a medieval fortress, a restaurant, and … Connecting History …