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… Rights struggle. Read more on the renovations at NPR's code switch blog  and stay tuned for a future podcast …

… idea of Government Regulations as anti-American. Students will use the Article to discuss types of regulations and whether they are a good thing or a bad thing. A rock paper scissors activity engages students in competition, while showing them the differences between a …

… to be sacrificed on the altar of profit - we are flames, committed to conquering darkness, and we will continue the struggle” - Farhat Jahan, Bati Bai … causing the disaster at midnight—had risen by 8 psig in 30 minutes.  In addition, there were only eight “shut down” …

… of people is more pressing than ever. The chapters here offer invaluable context and knowledge about the human … Matter? How 65 Came to Be Old and Old Came to Be Ill From Commonplace to Controversial: The Different Histories of … and washing machines, to, later, remote controls and online shopping, technology was subtly reducing the amount of …

… dealt with federalism on a different level. The article compared the history of alcohol prohibition back in the … marijuana today. After introducing the Origins article, we will provide the students with a general overview of Ohio’s … do the opposite, and make the government more complicated. Again students will discuss as a small group and class and …

… and state corrupted both institutions. The state risked becoming subject to religious controversies that would … many Protestants viewed church-state alliances as a way to offer a particular sect—such as Congregationalists in New … religious creeds. Moreover, established churches risked becoming tools of the state rather than of salvation, favoring …

… far away from their places of origin, while also relaying complications and controversies in the ethics of their … begins with a clip from the popular film Black Panther in order to illustrate the relevance of the topic and generate … of cultural heritage were taken away from them. After, they complete a stations activity wherein they read and consider …

… As the international community struggles to respond effectively to the missile … the Soviet Union each primarily responsible for peace and order within one of the areas.   Roosevelt called his … act when no one else could. China’s response to North Korea will serve as a critical test of its readiness to assume …

… I am become death, the shatterer of worlds. J. Robert Oppenheimer … was leading the way. The potential of science and reason to offer a solution to violence, a core idea of the … and history of science and the atomic age in America will find this an intriguing read. It is just as much about …

… entered into a second war, more vicious than that fought against the Axis powers. Written by Amikam Nachmani. …

… rights. Beginning with the dramatic and extended stand-off in Birmingham, Ala., it continued in brutal … Time’s coverage of King as its “Man of the Year” played off the perspective of forty years earlier. When King was …

… York City has been destroyed or depopulated time and time again.  Max Page, in his book The City's End: Two Centuries … of the text.  In examining roughly two hundred years of comic, filmic, propagandic, and literary portrayals of the … of weapons of mass destruction and man's inability to communicate result in the end of the city?  Invasion, U.S.A. …

… studying the Black Sea region, and for any government official tasked with working on the issues in that troubled … the reader.   The reviewer’s photos during the peaceful component of the pro-democracy EuroMaidan protests.  … and 3) the fluid and uncertain relationships Ukraine will have with the rest of the world. In the final question …

… solicits articles from historians, writers, and artists committed to good storytelling, with an eye for the strange and a …

… England was in civil war as disaffected barons took up arms against King John, who reigned 1199-1216. Written by Rebecca …

… veto. What’s more, both houses are reluctant to cut off spending to support troops in the field. But the … debt ceiling. These routine but necessary measures became complicated when the Eagleton Amendment was added to them. … splitting Democratic liberals between those, led by J. William Fulbright, who favored the compromise, and those, …

… It is possible that in choosing to volunteer in the Black community, Francis was aware of its marginalization. Being … La Salle in Thetford Mines, Quebec. Whether or not Francis offered his help to Black flu victims, his stay in Canada … laundresses for women, for example) put their racialized communities at risk. When people are viewed as expendable …

… – seek to bring history into public conversation. “First off: This isn’t History 101 and there is no test.” May’s … own. Each podcast episode is about an hour long with accompanying text, images, and conversational style to …

… the first such failure in U.S., history, in the 1830s, and the most recent, in the 1980s.  Now it’s up to the … Within fifteen years, Enron executives transformed their company from a middling firm into the seventh-largest … safeguards that should have been there all along. Congress will probably try to do the same after Enron. But if that’s …

… of conflict, and thus poses acute policy dilemmas for U.S. officials who seek to achieve stability and peace in the … In this webinar, Professor  Peter L. Hahn  analyzes the complicated situation in Gaza in its historical and …

… little inspiration from the past, especially from the shopworn Vietnam analogy. That war haunts both supporters … the Dominican capital, to stop what it believed was a communist insurgency there. The action was heavily … for the aftermath than many said were needed. U.S. soldiers soon spread themselves too thin. It took them more than a …

… The term Afrofuturism was coined by Mark Dery in 1993, but encompasses a long history of African American and African … diaspora through technoculture and science fiction, encompassing a range of media and artists with a shared …

… “just say no”, Red Ribbon Week, even the declaration of war against drugs was the end of the story, not the beginning. … Isaac Campos Rather, its development is was a very complex process that occurred on a global scale really, and … begin? Why has it persisted? And perhaps most importantly, will we ever be able to quit? I'm Brionna Mendoza. Join me …

… voice of America's civil religion, led the Union into war against the seceded states to preserve the America he … 24,000 casualties, yet religious leaders only became more committed to their crusades and more strident in their … In Stout's hands the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 becomes the tool of a "total war," a war brought home to …