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… on Washington to protest the policies of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Environmentalists will … to resign. Progressive reformers have not been the only ones to march on Washington. In August 1925, 40,000 to … reputation by ordering his men to attack their former comrades in arms with tear gas and riot weapons and burn …

… techniques used by Nero’s men have also been questioned as it remains unclear if they hoped to halt the blaze … of contemporary accounts of the fire have long been questioned and debated, the academic community generally blames poor circumstances for Rome’s … Milestones …

… Black people could not gather without violence, a cornerstone of “law and order” rhetoric that bolstered “ War on … Mongo Santamaría and Style in Harlem.   1969 was a complex moment. Even as the festival affirmed the victories … thrilled the Black crowds in Harlem to the mostly white audience gathered upstate at Woodstock.  Given these …

… to stir the nation after four decades. Yet the black community still struggles to decide whether to follow King’s … creed. He concluded with the hope that all Americans would one day be able to join hands and sing out, “Free at last, … He had already been jailed for his non-violent civil disobedience in pursuit of those goals. Today’s black leaders have …

… 1963, and in short order became that group’s first number-one single in the U.S.  It all seems so quaint now: Lennon … crowd relentlessly screamed at the sight of them.  Still to come were the increasingly more abstract and innovative … of exposure to psychedelic substances, and their pioneering approach to the studio album as an integral work of …

… the terrorist attack seems too much to bear. Professional commentators, and current and former government officials … control. In 1914, a terrorist murdered the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then fled to nearby … war.” His unit had killed and wounded several American soldiers and taken others prisoner. President James K. Polk, …

… whether the United States should send troops to Europe and commit itself to acting in concert with NATO allies.  … the world. But they wanted America to be free to act alone. They feared that alliances would  become entangling and … cannot be heard. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer …

… revolution, such a proposition was not far-fetched. It was common sense that government should rest on the consent of … of government. This historical precedent is making a comeback in some circles today. Currently, noncitizens vote … the laws that govern citizens, serve in the military and die defending the United States. Their numbers are …

… on “the near absence among the men I worked with… of any comprehension of what Nazism meant.” Commentator Dwight … endangered. The New York Times reported that the typical soldier thought simply that “the war must be finished quickly … about creature comforts, secure routines, even affluence.” One marine, answering Hersey’s inquiry as to why he was …

… weapon. Any potential United States-Iran dialogue would complement European efforts to persuade the Iranians to … were not without frustration and disappointment. A memo by one U.S. official attending these negotiations was prefaced … in such talks. But the United States must leave no stone unturned in the search for peace. Failure to extend the …

… Americans and white working-class Americans are likely to come out in large numbers in support of an independent … of opportunities, the unlikely duo may just have created one of the most promising opportunities for a new populism … a poll by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies shows that African Americans who identify themselves …

… South Asia’s geopolitical landscape, it also bears a more complex and lesser-known set of legacies for how we think … . At that time, the South Asian subcontinent was partitioned into two countries: India (including lands with a Hindu … killed during the Liberation War. Estimates of the death toll vary, stretching from hundreds of thousands to some 3 …

… about immigrants for the past thirty years. Of course they come from a long line of immigrant restrictionists. FAIR … were immigrants, too. In the middle of the 19th century, one reaction was nativism. To oversimplify, nativism is a … letter to the editor, but the restrictionists focus more commonly on the costs to the environment, social services …

… trade, encouraging the development of the European common market and paying the lion’s share for NATO, the … supporting right-wing dictatorships in the name of halting communism, but also saw the United States as a defender of … formed an alliance that halted German expansion. While no one would compare President Bush literally to Kaiser …

… ill-fated revolution that ended with the re-imposition of Communist rule and the flight of some 200,000 Hungarians to … the withdrawal of the Soviet military, which had been stationed in Hungary since 1944. Since his Hungarian Communist … troops supported by Hungarian security forces. Red Army soldiers and other emblems of Soviet repression were among the …

… the charges against him were instigated by his political opponents. And there is the fact that a substantial number of … at the Democratic national headquarters at the Watergate complex in 1972. An abbreviated list of what came to be … in the 1963 assassination of South Vietnamese President Diem; exchanging government favors for campaign …

… begins to fade, there’s a race among critics to find a compelling Rasputin or a group of gray eminences pulling the … in search of scapegoats in the past often looked to first ladies as the causes of their husband’s difficulties. However … and ideas.   Is she possibly the real power behind the throne?   First ladies have had tremendous influence over the …

… UN weapons inspectors be given months or even a year to complete further investigations in that country, President … overall approval rating had dropped 10 points in just one month, and 44% disapproved of his overall management of … Street investors overcame their jitters and sent the Dow Jones surging 159 points for the day.  These developments are …

… from British colonialism on April 18, 1980. The nation commemorates this political milestone annually, with the president attending the main event in … project. The Pioneer Column, a unit of British soldiers and settlers, administered the occupation of … Milestones …