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President Reagan in February 1985.

Will the GOP Find a New Reagan?

… Reagan on issues ranging from taxes to negotiating with the Soviet Union.   For all of his conservative bona fides, as far back …
Lady Bird Johnson in the Texas Hill Country.

The Power of the Pedestal

… of California, Riverside. She is the author of "A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American …
A rhino standing on the beach

The Sixth Extinction and Our Unraveling World

… many which are already illegal, of course, under the international treaty under the CITES treaty, but that really is … So then turning to the bigger picture about how we act on national and on and on a global scale. Are their current US … big things that that we could do that would require international cooperation would be to put aside big tracts of …

America's Long-Suffering Mental Health System

… created a groundswell for reform. The signing of the National Mental Health Act in 1946 and the subsequent creation of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) signaled that the … officials enact gun legislation as part of a broader national student walkout on the one-month anniversary of the …
Dian Fossey with mountain gorilla.

Dian Fossey: Conservationist in the Mist

… At this site, a coalition between the local community, national wildlife representatives and international researchers (stakeholders with sometimes … of Fossey’s work popularizing his life—that led to an international outpouring of grief, the creation of the Digit Fund …
The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944, by Michael Neiberg Book Cover.

How the Sun Rose Again on the City of Light

Review of The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944, by Michael Neiberg (New York: Basic Books, 2012)
… divided city with collaborationist neighborhoods, areas of union and communist strength, and the German headquarters …
Vicente Fox Quesada

Will Fox be a Mexican Jefferson?

… class, the landowners, the urban middle class and the trade unions. It created vast monopolies while oppressing the … of history for world civilizations, human rights and international law at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, …
an artifact

Who Owns the Past?

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
Ancient History
World History to 1500
World History since 1500
Juan and Evita Perón standing in a car waving, a soldier on horseback is beside the car

The Birth of Peronism

On October 17, 1945, hundreds of thousands of Juan Perón's supporters clogged the streets of Buenos Aires marking a consequential moment in Argentina’s history and the birth of Peronism.
… the plaza and the avenue connecting the Casa Rosada and the national Congress marked a consequential moment in …
Cover of Science under Fire Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America by Andrew Jewett.

Science Beseiged

Review of Science Under Fire: Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America, by Andrew Jewett (Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press, 2020)
… public confidence. Ideological agendas would shrivel as national unity took hold. “For this crisis, the things that …
Bust of Harlan Fiske Stone, the 12th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Following Bad Precedents for Deciding Military Justice

… a great deal about whether the administration respects international law. Until now, the Bush administration has … we wish to make them. Nothing in all history or in international law, at least as far as I am aware, justifies such …
The statue of Saddam Hussein topples in Baghdad's Firdos Square on April 9, 2003.

Breaking the Trust: Relation Tensions Between Iraq and the US

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
American Government
War & Peace
… Religious diversity, the end of colonial rule, and rising nationalism have led to regional conflicts in the Middle … East … Iraq … Education … United States … Diplomacy/International Relations … Military/War/Peace … World History …
Refugees eating lunch outside the barracks.

Waiting in Limbo: Life as a Refugee in Serbia

… he left everything behind and departed for the European Union. All that stands in his way is the border fence … Save the Children, UNHCR, Praxis, Oxfam and the International Rescue Committee all operate out of their building … Immigration, & Refugees … Civil/Human Rights … International Organizations … Waiting in Limbo: Life as a Refugee …