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… “Socialism!” That’s the alarm many conservative commentators and legislators are sounding about the latest … slope towards socialism or at least a day when government officials run American businesses, the American economy and, … to socialism. Unless the government’s investment in banks comes with effective government oversight, the real problem …

… governmental upheavals after 1911.  Mao Zedong and the Communist Party’s Rise to Victory During the 1920s and … themselves as “Taiwanese” only. However, Taiwan’s official status remains complex and unclear. While the PRC … In 1979, seven years after President Richard Nixon visited China, China officially established diplomatic …

… of the bombing and was able to witness how the Japanese commemorate these tragic events. Hiroshima Peace Memorial … Memorial Cenotaph, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. The official ceremonies took place near the Hiroshima Peace … to survive the blast, is now a UNESCO world heritage site. Following the official ceremony, smaller gatherings …

… City of Brotherly Love in the 1680s he did so without an official, “state” religion (in contrast with the … to the world that people of any religious faith would be welcome. To Penn we owe our freedom of religion. Penn was a … was upheld. Since then, Mormons have managed an uneasy compromise with the rest of the nation. In return for …

… Guard Home!” A judge issued a gag order preventing Drake officials from speaking about the subpoena. When word of … to keep close tabs on them. Spying on dissidents has become official policy since police departments were advised … civil liberties, chaired the House Un-American Activities Committee and pursued domestic “enemies.” With the onset of …

… white supremacist ? While other names were suggested, Army officials preferred shorter names of five letters or less. … moves from the Jim Crow era. The opportunity to change our common legacy rests fully in our hands. Renaming these bases … American Civil War. In 1942, at the behest of Robert Sink, commander of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, the U.S. …

… Jessica Vinas-Nelson  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … that we have to make a distinction between what government officials and national governments...the rhetoric they use … fortunes, but also historical serendipity or the opposite of that, if you will, because if you look at the time …

… about ten days before he decided to spend the city’s first official summer secluded in his hometown, Quincy, Mass. In … view of wartime Washington. On most mornings, Lincoln commuted into the city, but during hot summer months his … Soldiers’ Home and talked with disgruntled soldiers. He visited the wounded. Yet those sometimes painful interactions …

… The State Department is probably very pleased with the outcome of last week’s hostage crisis in Algeria, although …   The sketchy coverage is an important reason why American officials may be happy. History shows that when hostage crises drag on and the public comes to make a personal connections with the captives, …

… Sea.” About a year later, President Barack Obama visited Manila to mark the signing of a new Enhanced Defense … While not explicitly backing Manila, Obama stressed his commitment to preserving stability in  the South China Sea . … Organization (SEATO), the Pacific analog to NATO. While official relations were thus strong between the two allies, …

… to the United States in 1803. Although there’s been no official cancellation of the event, nobody I know here in … French Louisianians like myself no longer have much in common with our cousins in Paris. But in 1803, following the … the governor learned to loosen his collar a little, to compromise, to speak French, and to practice crafty …

… a very different matter. Unfortunately, bad analogies have come to dominate discussions of China in the American press. A disturbing number of commentators have been implying or stating outright that … between the imperial and revolutionary eras, and official histories point with pride to the role that Chinese …

… Lauren Henry  Welcome to History Talk, the podcast that brings together … day of his presidency, they unveiled a new logo for the website of the govierno de Mexico the website, which is kind of … back to four transformational moments, as written in the official history of Mexico. These are very subjective, not …

… Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan has provoked comparisons with Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal. Like … Dealers treated jobs for women as an afterthought. As one official told Eleanor Roosevelt in 1935, "For unskilled men, … women earned only 51 percent of what men did for work of comparable worth.   During the Depression, officials …

… inspired by the World War II-era “Pinks-and-Greens.” As the official guidelines proudly proclaim : “The Army wore the … in meeting recruiting goals. Old and New Uniforms in Comparison: Modern-day reenactors (left and center) wearing … a plain olive drab uniform, officers had a choice of color combination. Since most opted for “pink” (officially Olive …

… In the nine Western states that this court covers, official recitals of the God-infused pledge are now … evangelical Rev. Billy Graham rose to celebrity denouncing communism as a "satanic religion," while Secretary of State … the same phrase replaced "E Pluribus Unum" as the nation's official motto. The new religiosity spawned the push to add …

… to remain an unsettled and unsettling question. In years to come, hundreds of articles and books will flow from the pens … of that state's election such as instructions and e-mail communications between the Florida secretary of state's … for consolidated permanent retention. Because state officials plan to take no action to consolidate the ballots …

… Although he died more than 50 years ago, his life and work command more attention now than ever before. Many of his … dozen books, hundreds of articles, several plays, and exquisite poetry. In all of his work, he called for a commitment … in 1909 ( left ). Du Bois in his office at The Crisis , the official magazine of the NAACP ( right ) (The New York …

… most valuable colonial possessions in an era of uncertain communications and increased European competition. It also details the diplomatic problems faced … Bracamonte acted with unusual haste for a Spanish colonial official but was unable to recruit or equip more than …

… U.S. Border Patrol ( pictured above  in 1924 when it was officially created) carried out Operation Wetback to respond … less interest in actual immigrants who might settle and become part of the citizenry. The program thus conditioned … both are still trying to work out ). Large agricultural companies wanted cheap labor while the Border Patrol and …

… South Asia’s geopolitical landscape, it also bears a more complex and lesser-known set of legacies for how we think … murder and deportation of the populace—the army of Pakistan committed war crimes that reached the level of genocide. … of astounding magnitude. Monument to the teachers and officials of Dhaka University who were killed during the …

… politicians, arms dealers, and bureaucrats, among others, committed heretofore underappreciated crimes in the waning … the creation of Armscor, as the author chases down former officials for interviews. The resulting picture depicts how … proposal dressed up as public diplomacy” in 1985 and who visited the country the following year. When approached in …