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… on the other hand, are a very different matter. Unfortunately, bad analogies have come to dominate discussions of China in the American press. … the bureaucracy he led. By contrast, heads of dynasties always saw themselves and were treated as figures who were …

… President Clinton’s commission on race relations is dead on arrival. Most … members’ resolve and wisdom would move attention away from white and black bigots on the lunatic fringes. … simply don’t want to work. About the only thing most whites get outraged about are egregious public purveyors of racial …

… and persuaded her to lie about it had not been public for an hour before many observers were uttering sentences … at the Democratic national headquarters at the Watergate complex in 1972. An abbreviated list of what came to be … “a third-rate burglary.” So far, we have no proof that the latest addition to Starr’s amorphous investigation was even …

… as much troubled by dishonesty and other human shortcomings as other occupations. When scholars make mistakes, … are also custodians of public knowledge. They have always helped shape a nation's and a culture's view of itself. … they place upon the ethical weight of teaching and getting the past right. That's the one encouraging thing to …

… the world agrees: Saddam Hussein should be held accountable for his crimes. But who should Saddam answer to — a domestic … former leaders have been brought to account for misdeeds committed while in office. But there are obstacles to trying … be brought to light. A mixed court offers us the best way to achieve this. Nikolas K. Gvosdev is a senior fellow …

… reacted by pulling their money from banks and trust companies. The stock market lost nearly half its value. J.P. … billion. Funding the rescue sharply increased the U.S. budget deficit. A painful recession followed in the early … on those mortgages. Almost everybody is threatened in some way by the risky practices. An estimated 1.7 million …

… women, who saved the church that nurtured him and composed the movement whose spokesman he became. King was … the community that nurtured young King. "The church has always been a second home for me," he wrote. They were … and African Americans across the land a sense that together they could change the course of history. "My feets is …

… who were then fighting the founders of today’s communist government, a deployment almost unknown to … poured across the border to push them and their allies away. The Chinese attack caused many influential Americans, … and we should continue to do what little we can to get China out of Tibet. And certainly we should remain …

… of years the kings of Europe sought glory through a combination of military victories like Lepanto, the great … united in the Grand Alliance and for eleven years pounded away at the French. By the end, Louis XIV's kingdom was no … be killed and maimed. Vietnam gave us a deep aversion to getting into such conflicts. It is an open question whether …

… that glosses over their unique perspectives and motives for participating in the protests. How are these heroes not … This was not the first time Yanukovych had been the target of mass mobilization. The last time, in 2004, Yanukovych … House. They used these diverse spaces to eat, sleep, get medical care, host film screenings, do media …

… of 1913, Ludlow miners (pictured above in 1914) had struck for union recognition; the company's obedience to Colorado's 8-hour day law; the right … They were electing governors and presidents rather than getting shot at by militiamen. Labor, in short, had found a …

… The 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education has come and gone. But in celebrating its achievements we have … real needs for good schools is an issue that will not go away. The prominent African-American psychologist Kenneth … children to inferior and unequal education. Adina Back, visiting fellow at the New York University Institute for …

… of Chihuahua in northern Mexico migrated to southern California with four young daughters. The family caravanned up … With a sense of betraying la causa, I carried out mom's command. My mother was equally adamant that I was not to … the community to evaluate how best to promote the public's visitation of these landmarks and to educate the young and …

… is a revolution. An “alarming” decision would leave time for the pro-choice side to react, but Carhart has already … right. However, even this discussion of pregnancy did not come close to the corporeal character of Kennedy’s language … methods are often gruesome, Ginsburg yields to Kennedy’s way of portraying abortion. From now on, there will be no …

… and which the young Lenin read five times (14).  Lenin's commitment to activism strengthened in college, first at … managed to stay one step ahead of the Okhrana.  Along the way, Lenin's political ideas began to crystallize.  … of the idealism, intrigue, and external support which together spurred Lenin to launch the Russian Revolution.  …

… we eat, this case effectively created the legal context for sugar to become ubiquitous. Look at any U.S. food label today and you … treatment from other governmental branches along the way. The  E.C. Knight  case not only unleashed the sugar …

… million mark, helping to spark a mass movement that transformed women’s legal status. Friedan’s book encouraged women … went on to Smith College, where she studied psychology and completed a year of graduate work at the University of … to understand their domestic predicament and find their own ways to break out of the feminine mystique. Given Friedan’s …

… disavowed the goal of “nation-building” by U.S. military forces. Since then, he’s reversed himself. But instead of … years after World War II, not a single U.S. soldier died in combat either in Germany or in Japan — in sharp contrast to … why we’ve got to be humble and yet project strength in a way that promotes freedom.” Since America’s national …

… debt. A desire to demonstrate to the world the prowess of formerly colonized people thwarted by disease and civil … State , the preceding volume to this work, Young adopts a comparative approach. As he outlines in his introduction, a … armed insurgency, the author does not address more subtle ways citizens circumvent state authority on a day-to-day …

… The two nations continue to build ties that bind them together.  The question remains, however: Is such a union … Romanian principalities: Wallachia and Moldavia (although always referred to in Romanian as Moldova , I opt to use this … was both the first foreign leader to congratulate Sandu and visit her in Chișinău.  The two presidents have held at …

… in style, tone, and story, the two films are instructively complementary in reminding us of an uncomfortable truth about our nation’s past: that underpinning … by amendment to the U.S. Constitution.   In their own ways, the two films cinematically affirm recent scholarship …

… multi-cultural society. Ironically, re-segregation has become prevalent in some school districts while at the … intended to produce greater educational opportunity for minorities, have lowered admissions standards. Both … for counseling afterwards. Brown v. Board paved the way for significant opportunities in our society for both …