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… and state corrupted both institutions. The state risked becoming subject to religious controversies that would … The principle behind religious freedom was always to ensure that individuals could follow the dictates of their own … church to a "civil master." In the Revolutionary era the lessons of history, the ideals of the Revolution, the …

… Yemen’s internationally recognized government is sitting comfortably in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 900 miles away from … the war between the deposed government of Abd Rabu Mansur Hadi and the northern Houthi tribal organization traces … record as the Famous Forty, as his administration’s future leaders in the military, politics, and industry. …

… petition drives and abolitionist stump speaking were lessons in political mobilization for women, such as Maria … however, white women had greater access to the ballot box compared to women of color. The continued disenfranchisement … Woman’s Party began picketing the White House, applying pressure on President Woodrow Wilson to publicly support an …

… drawing to a close, the ghosts of Southern history have become important players in national politics. The fallout … political parties. In the process, racism became as discredited rhetorically as treason and slavery. … upon the present without holding implications for the future. Robert E. Bonner is the author of "The Soldier's …

… has proclaimed 2004 the “Seussentennial,” a year-long commemoration of Geisel’s work. Geisel’s books have expanded … message. But even as he tried to avoid writing morality tales, much of Geisel’s work reflected his commitment to human … to sustain the kind of community needed for a republic to survive. The ever-popular “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” …

… that, 17 years after its inception, remains stubbornly incomplete. On the positive side, the Belfast Agreement … wall” in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2009. According to a survey conducted in 2004, 84% of respondents indicated that … that it offered the possibility of Irish unity in the future, since differential population growth between …

… next to the adult fare at the newsstands was something far less ambiguous: a four-color spectacle featuring a red, … and artist Jack Kirby in the eponymous Captain America Comics #1 , the patriotic hero became a breakout star for … to many readers, even as a commentary on the global surge in authoritarian nationalism . (The real Steve Rogers …

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone. I'm … if you'd like to start off?   Dr. Mytheli Sreenivas   Sure. I think that well, on the question, I'll start off … both of those countries in 1947. So that's another ongoing site of tension. A lot of that is around, the around the …

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to Cultural Diplomacy and the Global Cold War, brought … the Bulgarian state, the moment today, '81, and then in the future, the idea was that communism will inevitably arrive. … So you see how often these cultural events became actually sites of tension, in which the official representatives of …

… France. She deftly explains the factions and personal foibles that divided French nobility at the beginning of the … suggest how one could take seriously the idea that Henry survived such a wound and the subsequent medical treatments … unalloyed sense of justification: She announces that the outcome of the battle of Agincourt showed "God had chosen to …

… expanded legal jurisdiction of the United Nations. “Enemy combatants” captured in the “war on terrorism” are to be … War II. Japanese Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japan’s supreme commander in the Philippines, was tried for failing to … ransacked Manila. During the pillage, Yamashita was 150 miles away and did not hear of the atrocities for a week. The …

… "more faithful" to Israel than the United States. But these comments have drawn a negative reaction from the most blacks … and they represent a minority opinion even within the black community. Another sign of how things have changed since … mentions God, and do George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and to a lesser extent Al Gore. In fact, as far as a sizable portion …

… helped inspire. Like Nixon in late 1969, the author has become immensely disillusioned with America's leadership class … ruin. Although the technology-led stock-market boom and the credit-industrial complex masked the depth of this problem … situation. Rejecting the idea that the U.S. economy can survive with only a financial sector, Phillips concludes his …

… public interest. Neither did Whitewater in the 1990s. Commentators can’t decide whether Americans are too … crowds of women broke into their storehouses. Marching men surrounded courthouses to prevent foreclosures on farms so … the property of the bank’s directors and lawyers. Exquisite houses came down, imported furniture burned in the …

… the Qianlong emperor (r. 1735-1796), who declared, “Our celestial empire possesses all things in abundance and lacks … of Qing laws prohibiting the drug. After one Chinese trade commissioner captured and publicly destroyed British opium … China to the United States—a practice implicated in the surging opioid epidemic . The characterization of this …

… Do the police reify inequality by targeting low-income communities of color or are they the “thin blue line” … both the causes of the riots and proposing ways to avoid future uprisings. The twelve-member Commission represented … the numerous oral history interviews Gillon conducted with surviving Commission participants. Gillon manages to …

… infected, the bacteria were carried in the feces.  They survived in sewage water or on infected peoples’ hands if … tested and found to be full of typhoid bacilli.  Mallon had committed no crime. She had been unaware of her carrier … controversial. While other topics now occupy the headlines, future outbreaks of infectious disease are likely to once …

… likely have to endure the result regardless of how much we come to regret it. The nation’s constitutional history is … as the Constitution. Still, despite the widespread displeasure with its unanticipated results, repeal became possible … circumstances of the Great Depression and the momentary discrediting of the Republican Party that had sought to enforce …

… Spend a few minutes browsing news websites or blogs and you will see a barrage of infographics … Johann Georg Kohl, cartographer and geographer, to come to the United States where he worked for the Coast Survey and became a key advocate for creating a map …

… of the native tribes she lived with.    Mifflin is driven less by an argument than she is by a quest, a quest to … Olive remade herself into a proper Victorian lady, complete with a child (the couple adopted) and a beautiful … Her brother, on the other hand, despite his status as a survivor and crusader to recover his sisters, never enjoyed …

… There’s a common perception that Vice President Joe Biden lost the … have traditionally excluded them from their inner circles. Franklin Roosevelt never told Vice President Harry S. … experts through their paces and the independence to make sure that the president hears a full assessment of the risks …

… Ever since Watergate, campaign finance reformers have come to expect great legislative victories in the wake of … repeat itself after 1996. Why hasn’t it?  Because the disclosure requirement in the post-Watergate reforms eliminated … conceal their involvement; that involvement is nonetheless revealed. The expose causes public outrage and …