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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?

A woman voting in the early 20th century.

Could We Postpone the Election — Even If We Wanted To?

People wearing masks

The Respirator and Cloth Mask

Germ theory helped to usher in the widespread use of cloth masks.
John Kerry addressing reporters in 2015.

What’s a Convention For, Any More?

Rural school children looking at a globe in 1943.

The Debate That Won’t Die

President George W. Bush with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley in 2006.

Is Iraq Vietnam?

Jackie Robinson

Living Up to Jackie Robinson

President George W. Bush addressing Congress in 2001 with Vice President Dick Cheney and House Speaker Dennis Hastert standing behind him.

Wartime Powers: Lincoln’s Restraint, Bush’s Excess

Two baseballs.

Why Dick Allen Never Reached the Hall

President George W. Bush sitting at his desk in 2001.

Social Security: False Crisis, Destructive Solutions

President George W. Bush and his wife Laura listening to a Missouri elementary student read aloud to them.

Can Bush Avoid the Curse of Re-election?

Integrated classroom in 1955.

The Long-Term Legacies of Brown v. Board

A sculpture of Jesus's crucifixion from the eighteenth century.

History Through a Faith-Based Lens

Hospital workers

Corona in context: Lessons from the SARS Pandemic of 2003

Soon after SARS was discovered, labs around the world shared information in search of a cure.
President JFK giving an address on civil rights in June, 1963.

A President Who Was Still Growing

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