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… Do the police reify inequality by targeting low-income communities of color or are they the “thin blue line” … both the causes of the riots and proposing ways to avoid future uprisings. The twelve-member Commission represented … Review of Separate and Unequal: The Kerner Commission and the Unraveling of American Liberalism , by …

… ancient Mesopotamian history. The bearded warrior kings and completely shaven priestly classes established a clear … Ages evolved into the Renaissance , the history of beards becomes far more tangled.  Influential figures like Henry VIII … opens the door for a great deal of further development by future publications. While his foundational assertion that …

… buildings and a section of the Pentagon, on Sept. 11. Commentators have noted that the terrorists picked their … And when that style involves our shooting at others it becomes particularly problematic. U.S. warships lobbed shells … any other country in the world. Consequently, we ourselves come close to being a belligerent nation. It is time that we …

… 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 …

… mortifying and disgusting imperfections.”   Intersex bodies have always aroused suspicion. But many people’s … in authority have assumed that those born with atypical bodies were dishonest and fraudulent (say, in illegally voting … go either way. All it took was the parents’ unwavering commitment toward raising either a boy or a girl, and this …

… successful, effort to draw the reader in to the late medieval mindset prevalent among the nobility at the time, … this ability to immerse herself in the late medieval point of view is both a strength and the primary … unalloyed sense of justification: She announces that the outcome of the battle of Agincourt showed "God had chosen to …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… employed them in operations to deliver weapons to various combatants in Africa. By his own admission, he had flown … a long line of efforts on the part of the international community to control and restrict the arms trade. In one … surplus of the Soviet bloc that unpaid or underpaid soldiers and commanders were only too eager to sell for ready …

… strife between Sunnis and Shiites within your great community of Islam weakened the entire civic and social … and Methodists and nonbelievers in their midst, from becoming part of the federal Constitution. They firmly … the Americans was their capacity to unite in dealing with a common problem. The expectation that patriarchal authority …

… from new opportunities. But the patriotic fervor that accompanied wartime mobilization meant that unions were … who were a key part of the economy servicing this center of commerce. But, like the firefighters turned away from Ground …

… Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. If Vietnam fell to the Communists, they argued, so too would the rest of Asia. … and Russia. Afghanistan therefore demands a heavy American commitment, although the degree to which that commitment should be military is open to debate.   President …

… number of letters that prove he was no dummy. A historian’s complaint, however, is larger than chagrin at the number of … nation to alter its perceptions, values and policies. The comfortable old ways will no longer do. Reagan had an … 1972 National Commission on Population and the American Future, and the 1980 report, Global 2000) had arrived at …

… on brains. Undead and not quite living, where do zombies come from and why are they here? The story of our … macoutes “behaved with the complete immorality and obedience of the undead, and were sometimes assumed to be … of control and unstoppable. 10. Are there Zombies in our Future? A contemporary crowd dressed up as zombies. In …

… resonated strongly in the 1980s, because they reminded audiences of the behavior of Ivan Boesky and other … investments broadly through risky buyouts of disparate companies. Often they stuffed their pockets with cash while … they attempt to design new legislation that will dissuade future Gordon Gekkos from acting in ways that can hurt …

… licenses to gay couples represents an example of the often complex relationship between government officials and … For example, Charles’s third chapter contains three case studies about prominent gay, or allegedly gay, individuals to … emerged during World War II. One of these case studies centers on Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, a …

… ties were also immensely important, for one often needed community support at the assembly to win a legal case. Thus, … was not the first one to do so, his work found a captive audience: the Victorians loved Vikings.  In previous … transformed into that of a noble ancestor that embodied freedom and self-reliance. It’s easy to see why the  …

… public interest. Neither did Whitewater in the 1990s. Commentators can’t decide whether Americans are too complacent, too desensitized or too patriotic right now to … treatment for transgressing the boundaries of legitimate commerce. But by the end of Adams’s life in 1826, …

… helped inspire. Like Nixon in late 1969, the author has become immensely disillusioned with America's leadership class … state of politics in the American Republic. Having become a strong critique of the Bush dynasty in recent years, … According to Phillips, as fundamentalism gained a wider audience it played a more vocal role in shaping the parameters …

… “If our bombs are so ‘smart,’ how come they’re always hitting refugees, hospitals and … but if we listen carefully, their voices convey a sense of compassion, coupled with disappointment. Often stereotyped … point may have contained some logical consistency, I was uncomfortable with the implications of an argument that could …