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… occupied the northern Ethiopian city of Adigrat Menelik summoned his forces and defeated the Italians at the battle of … and, due to a series of blunders by his subordinate commanders, his force was overwhelmed. Aside from numerous … also captured 1,900 Italians and 1,500 Askari (African soldiers serving in the Italian armed forces). The scope and …

… When was the last time you used a landline phone to make a long-distance call? If you’re like me, it’s … only “ about half of American households had a landline” phone in 2015, down from roughly 90 percent just eleven years … an app (maybe Skype, maybe FaceTime) to unlock portals of communication. Apple’s original iPhone, released in 2007. …

… women, who saved the church that nurtured him and composed the movement whose spokesman he became. King was … attack upon the children of Israel. Ebenezer meant "Stone of Help," for,  said Samuel, "hitherto the Lord has … to offer it. Two years after King's birth, his grandfather died and his father became the pastor of Ebenezer. During …

… help when confronted with life’s more trying circumstances. One was the local priest, who was unlikely to offer more … “North Berwick Witches” tried with her is exceptionally complex, involving politics, religion, magic, and conspiracy … James I, where he established the Stuart monarchy, commissioned the King James Bible, wrote an important treatise of …

… in time, their shamans painted and chiseled images on stone, petitioning their spirits for fertility and abundance. … Hills, in Asia Minor, believed that their god Attis, who committed suicide when frustrated in love, returned to life … that it began with Mary, who offered eggs to the Roman soldiers at the cross as she pleaded with them to restrain …

… would serve merely as an explicit reminder of the U.N.'s incompetence.   An examination of the situation with an eye to … real change in the global security environment.    If one is to trust the words of the U.N.'s architects, the … to make a difference on the world stage.    Disarmament is one of those issues that too many lesser states like North …

… executive. History suggests that even a president primarily committed to enacting a domestic agenda can achieve … international political order based on the rule of law, he nonetheless pursued an interventionist foreign policy, … capital in launching the New Deal, Roosevelt, before he died in 1945, wrenched America from its isolationist …

… and seemingly inexplicable actions surrounding it. Only one thing is certain. Kennedy’s death remains an emotionally … day in Dallas in 1963. In an inaugural address that has become a poignant reminder of the idealism of the 1960s, JFK … the assassination of South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem in early November 1963 made JFK realize that the United …

… staff, I am alarmed by this news. As their administrations come to a close, presidents establish foundations to raise money for libraries to house their records. The National … didn’t open those tapes until 1996, two years after Nixon died. Taylor sneered, “The archivists have done their …

… enact this substantial change to Title I. This 35-year-old compensatory education legislation has failed to reach its … federal aid to public education. Traditionally, at least one of the two major political parties has adhered to an … and the editor of the Federal Education Policy History website. He is the author of "Failing Grades: The Federal …

… recede. In their place emerged a fierce brand of political combat that regarded private life as a legitimate field of … of illegitimacy, drunkenness or sexual misbehavior. One northern newspaper, for instance, depicted Andrew … The new protection afforded private life thus became only one aspect of a larger endeavor by professionals to protect …

… the economic crisis ripples through the world, some liberal commentators say that the only solution to it is a … of the domestic New Deal: the promise of protecting everyone from the threat of abject poverty. U.S. foreign policy … There was a political side to the global New Deal, too, embodied in the United Nations. Many of the UN's founders wanted …

… would eliminate filibusters to prevent legislation from coming to the floor for debate, while retaining filibusters … father of the Constitution, called the desire for a supermajority to form a quorum a reversal of "the … freebooter or pirate.  To outsiders it looked as though someone had pirated the floor of the Senate.   By the early …

… his party's $12.6 million, thanks to the Federal Election Commission, which ruled in a recent 5-1 decision that … their time has passed. In criticizing the International Monetary Fund, for example, Buchanan claims that support for … in response to economic crises. George Wallace found an audience in a country worried by inflation and economic …

… in American sport involved white athletes refusing to compete against or alongside African-Americans. On at least … exhibitions against minor league teams featuring at least one black player. In 1887, eight members of the St. Louis … especially on issues such as retirement pensions, per diems, and other workplace considerations. Owners and …

… fascinating book The Conflict in Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know  should be required reading for any … the reader.   The reviewer’s photos during the peaceful component of the pro-democracy EuroMaidan protests.  December 2013. As current news broadcasts and websites talk of the plight of today’s Crimean Tartars, many …

… across the United States owned their reservation lands as a community: families could settle, plant their crops, and own … they resided. Indeed, the land allotment scheme was in one sense a project of social engineering , grounded in the … Native peoples would never, in the view of Dawes and his audience, reach the threshold of civilization. This view …

… RSF as terrorists. Yasir al-Atta, the Sudanese army deputy commander, said in an interview on August 3, 2024, that the … the Fulbe, who had been migrating to the eastern Sudanic zone east of the Shari River from the 16th century on, and … Sudanese writer al-Sadiq al Raziqui wrote on Al-Jazeera’s website that mercenaries returning from  Yemen in 2019 were …

… Ehrlich predicted that hundreds of millions of people would die in a global famine in the 1970s unless the rise in human … visions of Malthus, Ehrlich, and other doomsayers have not come to pass.  Drawing on a rich variety of government … Migration was the most effective coping mechanism and functioned as a safety valve, reducing pressure on resources in …

… successfully cut back many consumer prices. Bush frequently compares the war in Iraq to World War II. Last month, at a … have shown that Americans consider gasoline prices to be one of the most pressing issues that Bush must address. … the end of World War II consumer prices rose 67.4 percent. One of the most significant accomplishments by the Roosevelt …