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… of solving a problem facing the entire world, the summit’s composition best resembles a hodgepodge of national-or what … summits can’t bring results if those present don’t share a common language or a common tradition, no matter how pressing the issue. They end …

… colonial era has been relegated to the periphery of most studies of this period. In African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa , however, Michael A. Gomez places West … how interconnected each empire was and how intricate and complex politics were in West Africa during this period. He …

… of the bombing and was able to witness how the Japanese commemorate these tragic events. Hiroshima Peace Memorial … so severely that they had little skin left on their bodies. Several cried out for water, though when she fetched one man a cup of water, he died soon after drinking it. With buildings destroyed and …

… that followed the earthquake wiping out its business and commercial districts. Still the scope of the two disasters is comparable. The number of residents displaced by nature's … happen is great, such safeguards cost pennies on the dollar compared with the expense of a total rebuild after a …

… was the result of a decades-long global program involving complex geopolitical cooperation, human ingenuity, and … States and the Soviet Union worked together towards a common purpose: combating smallpox in 43 countries with a … she was diagnosed with  variola major on August 20; she died on September 11 and became smallpox’s final victim.  In …

… 1494, after Christopher Columbus returned from the West Indies, the Spanish and Portuguese governments signed a deal … and develop trade with Africa, Asia, and the East Indies, while Spain controlled the Americas. By 1515, then, … in, some of them to work off debts. Magellan’s second-in-command was the Spanish overseer and accountant, Juan de …

… the idea of a color-blind America. Media pundits and social commentators nationwide claimed that Obama's election … success. History, however, might prove otherwise.  As we come to the end of the first decade of the twenty-first … through the Presidency, and Weaver never wavered from that commitment even when his strategy failed to make any …

… disc jockey Alan Freed crowing “That’s Bill Haley and the Comets rockin’ and rollin’ you with ‘Shake, Rattle and … even of sexuality. Tharpe’s career was cut short when she died of complications from diabetes in 1973, at the age of … packed Griffith Stadium were mostly middle-aged church ladies, not the screaming teeny-boppers who would fill Shea …

… believed that anyone who opposed the military regime was a communist, including religious figures. This slogan, … according to leading liberation theologists like Gustavo Gutierrez, had a moral responsibility to recognize, … nuns based on their dress code. On December 4, their bodies were found in shallow graves. They had been raped and …

… elsewhere indicate that the slavery lawsuit could become an invaluable tool for bridging the racial divide in … system, and perhaps even reaches the stage of exploring remedies, public discussion is likely to provide momentum for a … Yet an agreement that would allocate funds for housing subsidies, health care and education opportunities might be …

… relations in the region. By 2001, Christmas had become a casualty of Israeli-Palestinian violence. Israel … President Yasser Arafat, a Muslim, from traveling from his compound in Ramallah across Israel in order to be present at … 21 hotels in the area were empty. The Bethlehem Hotel, accommodating mainly journalists and Palestinian Authority …

… discussion of issues over party politics but make political compromise even more difficult than it is today. In 1787, … ratified as the law of the land, he argued that competition among many interest groups was the genius of the … National Philadelphia” and director of American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University. …

… were an obvious denominational marker. “Part Two: Dynamics” comprises the bulk of the book. In chapters five through … of some pilgrims were not strictly spiritual, and he compares the practice with modern tourism. In chapter … churches, towns, and individuals over the course of the medieval period. Two chapters on the imagery and literature …

… of Charlie Hebdo in 2015. Looking at specific case studies of terrorist cells and associated acts of terrorism , … France by connecting these jihadist veterans with foot-soldiers drafted from ethnic-Algerian street gangs in France. … European cells in Europe and established its own cells commanded directly by leaders in Afghanistan. Despite being …

… would eliminate filibusters to prevent legislation from coming to the floor for debate, while retaining filibusters … the Senate as Jefferson's vice president from 1801-1805 recommended dropping in an effort to simplify Senate rules. …  But it made using a filibuster infinitely more easy by permitting senators merely to indicate an intention …

… Bush claimed that “state law reigns supreme when it comes to Indians, whether it be gambling or any other … Indigenous Communities …

… asked Big Foot, leader of the Minneconjou Teton Sioux, to come to Pine Ridge Reservation with his followers in hopes … east of Wounded Knee Creek. On the following morning the soldiers attempted to disarm the Indian camp. A shot rang out as one man refused to give up his gun and the edgy soldiers opened fire. At least 150 Sioux men, women, and …

… Spreading democracy has become the nation’s principal foreign policy goal. Yet there … one member said, should have nothing to do “with the wrongs committed by other Governments against those whom they …

… too crude for refined readers. Twenty years later, critics complained that the characters were poor role models. By the … evil. Harry’s true magic is that he is empowered by his compassion and tolerance of others.   Potter’s antagonists … Harry Potter may rival Huck Finn and Holden Caulfield to become one of America’s most banned boys. Elizabeth D. Schafer …

… tested and found to be full of typhoid bacilli.  Mallon had committed no crime. She had been unaware of her carrier … public support for Mallon’s plight.  When a new health commissioner took office in 1910, he decided to release her … Island, where she lived in a cottage with only a dog for a companion until her death in 1938. In the interim, …

… To make the case that an election is momentous, you need to compare it with previous critical ones. The most important … elected.   In 1920, the incumbent party’s president had become very unpopular as a result of a war that had not … Herbert Hoover.   Next week’s election is shaping up as a combination of 1932 and 1920. The Panic of 2008 is having an …

… damaging sanctions against the Russian state, its companies, and its citizens. The sanctions were intended to … one of the most visible effects of sanctions to date, major companies left Russia. Multinational giants such as … armored vehicles. In another instance, the engines of Bombardier light off-road vehicles were found in the Iranian …

… legacy with which Americans will sooner or later have to come to terms: today we live in a society of greater … critically weakened the one entity best equipped to combat growing income inequality in the United States: organized labor. …

… enslaved Africans generated tremendous wealth for an elite community of slave owners, slave traders, and political … enslaved individuals and their descendants petitioned for compensation, recognition, and material support, known today … for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History chronicles the history of the …