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… 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 … gave masters ownership and control over the labor and bodies of the men, women, and children who by law were their …

… relationship with the larger world. The result is a compelling, albeit incomplete, portrait of politics in a region of long-standing … to the intrinsic centrifugal forces of the region, becoming the "Sick Man of Europe" by the 19th century. … Medieval …

… John Marshall’s seat, he was able at long last to overcome the strong objection of the Whigs during his third, and … full Senate ultimately confirmed him, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s initial rejection and strong opposition to his … for the historically conservative SCOTUS bench. Brandeis’s commitment to monitoring the socioeconomic impact of legal …

… 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 … reforms. Robert S. McElvaine, a writer for History News Service, is a professor of history at Millsaps College and …

… drawing to a close, the ghosts of Southern history have become important players in national politics. The fallout … the United States. A Richmond journalist, Edward Pollard, coined the term “The Lost Cause” in 1866, and he soon used … be raised from the dead by invoking the memory of fallen soldiers. But the civil-rights movement of the mid-20th century …

… Taskforce on February 1, 2016. That achievement has since become a benchmark in American culture. The expression “if we … a question about why America has not achieved a goal less complicated than traveling to another celestial body. Calls … endured repeated summers of violence . Although it has become a shining moment in the collective national memory, at …

… could operate off the books. Photo of FDN & ARDE Frente Sur Commandas in the Nueva Guinea zone of Southeast Nicaragua, … and sought to sustain its war effort. Here, one of the shadier characters in this sordid drama emerged: Manucher … that could have implicated Reagan, there followed the Tower Commission, a congressional inquiry, and the Office of the …

… of rape. For Buck’s foster family and the doctors who recommended sterilization, a pregnancy out of wedlock was one … mental defect.” Over Buck’s objections, the Court recommended that she be sterilized because, according to the … to disabled people’s right to make decisions about their bodies. It also contains the haunting revelation that Black …

… will be no grounds for the United States to reject its outcome. Both U.S. presidential candidates have made … Cuba’s Fidel Castro “raised serious questions about his commitment to leading a truly democratic country.” Of … of history and director of Latin American and Ethnic Studies at Lewis & Clark College. …

… the diplomatic efforts and foreign aid needed to solve complex international problems. During the Cold War, … and grossly inflated military spending. Nikki R. Keddie is a professor emerita of Middle Eastern and Iranian … and Revolution" and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… luxury and self-indulgence with the stern defender of the common man we know from history textbooks. As chief … parlor. He took down the second story and added a dome to complete the perfectly proportioned facade that looks out at … sacrificing what he called “the pursuit of happiness,” embodied in nothing so much as our national pursuit of real …

… to bear arms, but the record puts them behind “moderate, common-sense measures” for gun control — the very kind … six-shooter loaded with deadly cartridges is a dangerous companion for any man, especially if he should unfortunately … Dakota State University, and a writer for the History News Service. …

… There’s a common perception that Vice President Joe Biden lost the … for any particular department.   But Mondale’s recommendation also reflected a deeper concern regarding … a full assessment of the risks of courses others may recommend.   Mondale thought the vice president was …

… to contested elections. When elections were questioned, common sense, rather than adherence to technicality, … and wrong initials of first names and last names were commonplace. Rather than throw out the ballots, as electoral … to electoral law. Thousands of other ballots with incomplete punches have not been counted because the …

… forcing politicians to make hard choices and progressive commitments. Democratic candidates have recently been … more intransigent than legal desegregation: unemployment, income inequality, poverty, voter disaffection, and racial … for the poor” would see no end. Marches, civil disobedience, voter organization at the bottom of American society …

… Pinsker, set the pattern in 1881. Anti-Semitism “can never die,” he maintained. Wherever Jews live among foreigners, … as a permanent fact of life. The Zionists aimed to overcome that psychological infirmity by making the Jews a … of Colorado at Boulder and a writer for History News Service. …

… households. The idea is to generate demand for goods and services. In addition, the government is expected to invest … to think about the balance between individual wants and common goals.   What was the effect of Carter’s speech? Some … a collective goal.   In Iraq and Afghanistan, American soldiers a minority among their generation — are fighting two …

… households.   The idea is to generate demand for goods and services. In addition, the government is expected to invest … to think about the balance between individual wants and common goals.   What was the effect of Carter's speech? Some … a collective goal.   In Iraq and Afghanistan, American soldiers a minority among thheir generation — are fighting two …

… as fakes should make readers ask why these cliches are so compelling in the first place. Autobiographies, with their … outsiders were offering up their life stories to an audience eager to learn about life on the margins. As early as … Commonwealth University, is a writer for the History News Service and the author of "Slippery Characters: Ethnic …

… cyclists might wear the yellow jersey during the three-week competition, only one will ultimately win it. Cover of the … this hue. Ultimately, the Tour was born out of blistering competition and vigorous debate over who could be considered … beyond France’s borders and its neighbors to reach audiences thousands of miles away. No longer exclusively …

… helped orchestrate the deaths of thousands of American soldiers. After the Civil War, James Longstreet atoned for his … as a report from the Southern Poverty Law Center outlines, coincided with segregation in the Jim Crow era. Thus, … moves from the Jim Crow era. The opportunity to change our common legacy rests fully in our hands. Renaming these bases …

… U.S.-based corporations, most infamously the United Fruit Company, used bribery and other methods to gain the support … Nicaragua Canal and all the revenue and investment such a commercial hub would have generated. Then, in 1909, … Report . Washington, D.C.: The Institute for Policy Studies, 1981. Finzer, Erin S. “Modern Women Intellectuals and …