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… History can be instructive and often inspiring. Take, for example, the case of the nation’s sixth president, John … immortalized on screen in “Amistad,” Steven Spielberg’s latest effort at cinematic history-telling. The film ought … all, to effect mental, moral, and national improvement. Commitment to improvement of self and nation motivated …

… material. 2. Increase student empathy and awareness of the complexities of a pandemic (past or present). 3. Introduce … the human impacts of a pandemic (again, past or present). Visit the  Pandemic Pedagogies  website at  https://pandemicpedagogiesproject.wordpress.com/ …

… flee the crowds. In the past, Roman aristocrats would leave for their rural villas and summer homes; wealthy citizens … city for Mount Vernon on September 10, 1793. He later visited the city before the official all clear on November … other business carried out virtually over Zoom. The theater company, Gemini CollisionWorks, gathers most of its 22 …

… reaches much farther back.   Ninety years ago an appeal for help came from famine-ravaged Russia. Russia had been … by a massive drought. Millions were forced to flee their communities in search of food, but there was little to find. … responded.   Hoover quickly gained support from Congress to buy surplus corn from American farmers to send to Russia. He …

… so doing he has tilted against the Constitution.  During a visit to Syracuse, N.Y., late in October, Bush claimed that “state law reigns supreme when it comes to Indians, whether it be gambling or any other … unambiguously violates the Constitution. As a candidate for the highest office in the land, Gov. Bush ought to know …

… in state and local races across the land.  Many pundits are comparing this election to the election of 1994, when anger … Republicans could do in 1996 was to run the aging Bob Dole for president.  Clinton barely broke a sweat during that … by banks that gouged them on the loans they needed to buy land and equipment, and by politicians who seemed to be …

… have derailed President Obama’s popular campaign finance reform bill, it’s time we admitted a sad truth: bipartisanship … it fails in practice. The doomed reform package is just the latest example of that failure, as intransigent Republicans … Fathers designed it to have, while working against true compromise. That’s bad not just for Democrats, but for …

… demands to inspect the cargo they carried, and Israeli navy commandos boarded the vessels before the boats pulled into Gaza waters. Nine passengers … international tensions. The Gaza imbroglio has been the latest flashpoint in what seems an ongoing and never ending …

… begins to fade, there’s a race among critics to find a compelling Rasputin or a group of gray eminences pulling the … public image has become — with fashion magazine covers, visits to schools and tours of vegetable gardens — few people doubt her intelligence and passion for favorite causes and ideas.   Is she possibly the real …

… President Obama, South Carolinians doubtless recognized it for what it was: the latest in a long, distinguished history of … standard-bearer for South Carolina. Among his many accomplishments, Thurmond holds the record for conducting the … History News Service …

… In his latest book, Peter Brown surveys the ways in which … known as “Late Antiquity,” he argues that a total transformation in Christian views occurred in Western Europe over … of the living, and that the property of the church had come to be thought of as being held as a trust with which to …

… (played by Logan Lerman). Fury   Director David Ayer's latest  World War II film The film begins in April 1945, only weeks before Hitler’s suicide. As part of the 2nd Armored Division, … their way through a devastated Germany. The first major combat sequence takes place in an open field, as Collier and …

… it does a Second Cold War will begin. The failed launch buys the United States some much needed time to revise its strategy for coping with a new set of nuclear-armed enemies. The … But in the Second Cold War, the United States will face incomprehensible foes that cannot be counted on to respond as …

… that Pentagon officials are actively discussing plans for using nuclear weapons to prevent Iran from building its … the free world and freedom on earth,” Kennedy told a visiting French diplomat in January 1963. Kennedy’s words … Bush administration has wisely allowed the international community to take the lead in responding to the threat from …

… The SpaghettiO is now a strangely timeless icon. Looking for a way to make canned pasta more exciting, Goerke … every piece was in place for this circular pasta to become a staple of the American diet. By 2010, over 150 … believed that only the most ignorant consumers would buy their food without knowing where it came from. Americans …

… Republic of China and Chinese leader Jiang Zemin's recent visit to New York triggered a new rendition of a familiar … abysmal human rights record. Jiang and other Chinese Communist Party officials countered that Americans are too … of this should not stop concerned Americans from pushing for human rights and democracy there. It should just …

… to consider Ukraine’s architecture during war first and foremost because it is important to the Ukrainian people. Ukrainians are not only fighting for the right to live on their territory, they are fighting … For more information about the Co-Haty Project, please visit https://www.metalab.space/co-haty-ukr Video production …

… For a while it was thought that William Shakespeare … the rights of his novel to a printer. He was buried in a common grave. Most profoundly, our modern sensibility is … of the Bible, the  Iliad  and  Odyssey , the  Divine Comedy  and the  Canterbury Tales —didn’t explore our inner …

… of a "clean" victory. But we have found that the latest technology does not always shorten wars. As early as … "the very smoake will bee sufficient to affright them." Unfortunately, Smith was wrong. Virginia's Indians developed … Smith returned to England, proclaiming his mission accomplished; but the Virginia Indian wars lasted for decades. …

… 58-year-long war between Israel and its Arab neighbors that commenced in 1948 when the state of Israel was proclaimed. … of “fault lines,” like the famous San Andreas fault in California. Along these lines earthquakes are likely to occur, … solutions. The 58-year Arab-Israeli conflict is but the latest manifestation of what may be called the world’s …

… with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. It was Sharon’s visit to the al-Aqsa mosque as opposition leader in … the Palestinian declaration of Intifada that has raged for more than four years. That Sharon is now at the center … for this apparent transformation. Sharon is working toward complete Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip, …

… Emmanuel Macron provoked controversy in France during a visit to Algeria. There, he pronounced French colonialism to have been a “crime against humanity.” For historians of colonialism, this may not seem like a … That paper, simply entitled “Declarations Drawn up in Common Agreement,” was signed in a town on the French side …