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Jackie Robinson

Living Up to Jackie Robinson

… success for nine more years, leading the Dodgers to several National League pennants and a World Series championship in …
Antichristus, a woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder: the pope depicted as the Antichrist, using his temporal power to grant authority to a generously contributing ruler.

The Bible as a Political Tool

… Abolitionist crusade against slavery, which inspired the Union’s forces during the Civil War, drew upon the Hebrew …
1960s hippies dancing at a festival.

The Soundtrack of the Summer of Love

… at Haight ( right ). However, psychedelia emerged internationally, too, and London was another major center of this … million people around the globe. That song served as an anthem for the Summer of Love and love itself became the …
Rio's Ipanema Beach

A Postcard from Brazil: The Old Struggle for a Better Future

… until 2014, a much-enlarged social safety net, and two international milestones: the 2014 Soccer World Cup and the 2016 … corruption back when she had been the president of Brazil’s national petroleum company. Selfie of the author at the …
Highclere Castle, the main setting for Downton Abbey.

At the Movies: Downton Abbey

… shut down the country for nine days after an alliance of unions that included railway and transport workers, miners, …
General Edmund Allenby entering Jerusalem on December 11, 1917. Allenby dismounted as a sign of respect for the holy city.

The Collapse of Ottoman Power

Review of The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, by Eugene Rogan (New York: Basic Books, 2015)
… Sharif of Mecca, Hussein bin Ali. Tapping into Arab nationalist dissatisfaction with Turkish rule, the British … Diplomacy/International Relations …