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Anti-draft protest outside the Department of Justice in 1967.

The Draft — for Democracy

Northern Alliance Troops in Afghanistan in 2001.

Why Afghanistan Will Not Be a Quagmire

Hiroshima after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city.

Terrorism: A New Kind of War?

Emperor Nero

The Ancient Roman Origins of Government Disaster Response

After a devasting fire in Rome in 64 CE, Emperor Nero successfully rebuilt the city.
Senator J. William Fulbright in 1966.

Advice from the Past about Yugoslavia

The Epsom Clock Tower in the UK.

How Clocks Helped Conquer the World

People arriving at Ellis Island in the early 20th century.

Noncitizens have the obligations of citizens-so why not the right to vote?

Headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Austria.

Contradictions in Atomic Agency’s Mandate

Transmission tower in Tennessee in the 1940s.

Back to the Future With Thomas A. Edison

Hiroshima atomic bomb crew before the flight of Enola Gay.

Not Everyone Wanted to Bomb Hiroshima

Atomic bomb damage on Hiroshima gas building.

Time to Confront the Ethics of Hiroshima

Admiral William D. Leahy in 1944.

Hiroshima: Military Voices of Dissent

Woman reading inside a newsstand in the 1950s.

Journalists and the Bomb

General Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1945.

Second-Guessing Hiroshima?

Plague doctor mask

The Black Death and Its Aftermath

When it was over, the populations of Europe, China, and India were cut by a third to a half.
President Lyndon B. Johnson visiting American troops in Vietnam in 1966.

The Ambiguities of “Cut and Run”

Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon walking on White House grounds.

Don’t Believe “Peace Is at Hand”

Jackie Robinson

Top Ten Origins: The World Series

President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act as MLK and other civil rights leaders look on.

Can today’s candidates revive Martin Luther King’s “shattered dreams”?

Fidel Castro during a visit to Washington.

Why Economic Sanctions Often Fail

1911 portrait of King George V, ruler of the British Empire.

The Risks of Unilateralism

Senator Barack Obama

Memorandum to Sen. Obama: How to Run

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a press conference in 1964.

Martin Luther King’s True Legacy: Revolutionary Ideals

John D. Rockefeller in 1914.

Bill Gates — Another Rockefeller or Another Ford?

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