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Barack Obama was inaugurated at the United States Capitol on January 20, 2009.

The Strong Wind at His Back

… winds of that revolution. Robert Brent Toplin, professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, has published books on popular culture and politics, and is a writer for the History News Service. … Robert Brent Toplin … History News …
Jackie Robinson

Living Up to Jackie Robinson

… racial slurs, and in one of the lowest moments in baseball history the Philadelphia Phillies humiliated Robinson by … of skin color. William C. Kashatus's is a writer for the History News Service. His most recent book is "Money … Tragedy of Indian Assimilation." … William C. Kashatus … History News Service … United States … Black Lives in …
The Statue of Liberty during the June 10, 2021 solar eclipse.

Solar Eclipses in American History

… thought which filled the mind.” Cultures through history have heralded eclipses as portentous, ominous … The Burned-over District: The Social and Intellectual History of Enthusiastic Religion in Western New York, 1800 – … … Native America … Solar Eclipses in American History
Pakistan to US Student Exchange Program, July 2011.

Captive Scholarship Serves Nobody Well

… Cold War scholarship produced shelves of now unread books and a great deal of animosity toward the United … Outlaws" and "Arming America," and is a writer for the History News Service. … Michael Bellesiles … History News Service … United States … U.S. Laws and …
Portrait of Thomas Paine from 1792.

Paine’s Counsel for a New Time that Tries Men’s Souls

… a cause of greater worth.” Harvey J. Kaye, a writer for the History News Service, is a professor of social change and … and the Promise of America" (2005). … Harvey J. Kaye … History News Service … United States … U.S. Revolutionary War/Era … Revolution … Intellectual History … Paine’s Counsel for a New Time that Tries Men’s …
Antichristus, a woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder: the pope depicted as the Antichrist, using his temporal power to grant authority to a generously contributing ruler.

The Bible as a Political Tool

… the preserve of one group. Nathan Abrams teaches U.S. History at the University of Southampton (Great Britain) and is a writer or the History News Service. … Nathan Abrams … History News Service … United States … U.S. Politics … …
Bust of Harlan Fiske Stone, the 12th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Following Bad Precedents for Deciding Military Justice

… judgment are whatever we wish to make them. Nothing in all history or in international law, at least as far as I am … and War: An American Story" (2002) and a writer for the History News Service. … Peter Maguire … History News Service … United States … Terrorism … …
Mount Holyoke College

Historical Truth and Personal Truths

… and justified popularity of his historical works. His books on the framers of the nation have deservedly attracted … whether they turn out to be comforting myths or real history. Ellis's specialty is the founding years of the … seem to be asking themselves whether they can entrust the history of the nation's formative years and of its greatest …
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis.

Apologizing for Slavery

… can resolve. William C. Kashatus's is a writer for the History News Service. His most recent book is "Money … Tragedy of Indian Assimilation." … William C. Kashatus … History News Service … Slavery … Racism & Racial Ideas … Black Lives in American History … United States … Apologizing for Slavery …
 A depiction of the burning of Louisa Mabree, a French midwife and convicted witch, in a cage filled with black cats

The Rise of Freethinkers

Review of The Decline of Magic: Britain in the Enlightenment , by Michael Hunter (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2020)
… Osborne … Reviews … Europe … United Kingdom … Intellectual History … Christianity … Early Modern … The Rise of …
British Fleet Spanish Armada of 1588

1588: the Spanish Armada Still Loses

… world-renowned historian Geoffrey Parker for a definitive history of the Spanish Armada. In July 1588 the Spanish … Professor and Andreas Dorpalen Professor of European History at the Ohio State University. Nicholas Breyfogle, … dissertations to completion, as well as publishing 40 books and over 100 articles in three particular areas. The …

Aerial Torpedoes, Buzz Bombs, and Predators: The Long Cultural History of Drones

… the army enough to become the first mass-produced drone in history. Drone strikes were not a part of the Great War’s … magazines, newspapers, newsreels, radio reports, comic books, and other media. Jokes abounded about the buzz bomb’s … live television surveillance of the battlefield and made history when Iraqis surrendered to one of the unarmed …
The National Crest of Transnistria.

Transnistria: The History Behind the Russian-backed Region

… and multiculturalism. Exploring the self-proclaimed state’s history illustrates the region’s post-Soviet shift from … united all of Transnistria for the first time in its history. These labor collectives were based in the numerous … role in preserving the Moldovan language by funding textbooks, literature, and Moldovan language newspapers and …
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a press conference in Holland in 1964.

Asking Martin Luther King…

… of The Papers of Martin Luther King and a writer for the History News Service. … Ralph E. Luker … History News Service … United States … Christianity … Black Lives in American History … Civil/Human Rights … Asking Martin Luther King… …
Illustration of Adam and Eve.

Changing the Constitution to Protect Adam and Eve?

… of The Papers of Martin Luther King and a writer for the History News Service. … Ralph E. Luker … History News Service … United States … U.S. Politics … Legal history … Sexuality & Reproductive Rights … Marriage & …
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders in 1963.

Giving Up on the Dream?

… it holds so dear. William C. Kashatus's is a writer for the History News Service. His most recent book is "Money … Tragedy of Indian Assimilation." … William C. Kashatus … History News Service … United States … U.S. Politics … Black Lives in American History … Racism & Racial Ideas … Civil/Human Rights … …
The Obama family attending a 2014 Easter service at 19th Street Baptist Church.

Democrats Revive Our Civic-Religious Traditions

… need at an hour like this. John Fea teaches American history at Messiah College in Grantham, Penna., and is a writer for the History News Service. … John Fea … History News Service … United States … Religion … U.S. …
Glacial ice on Lake Baikal

Climate Change and Human Life

… interference with the climate system." On this episode of History Talk , three environmental historians, Sam White , … humanity's prospects today. … Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk , produced by Origins: Current Events in … it is very probable that within the next few years, the textbooks will change and instead of ending with the Holocene as …
Spanish and French troops in Afghanistan in 2005.

Calling Al-Qaeda Fascist Doesn’t Make It So

… of this new threat. Jeffrey Mankoff is a writer for the History News Service and a doctoral student in history and security studies at Yale. E-mail:  jmankoff@yahoo.com . … History News Service … Terrorism … Global/Transnational … …
The West Virginia State Penitentiary electric chair, also known as "Old Sparky."

The Truth About Capital Punishment: It’s Inherently Cruel

… a future without the death penalty. Daniel Gordon teaches history at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and is a writer for the History News Service. … Daniel Gordon … History News Service … Legal history … Crime … …
An integrated classroom in Anacostia High School, Washington, D.C., in 1957.

The Unfinished Business of School Desegregation

… North will determine, in no small measure, their place in history. Their failure to engage the issue condemns yet … System, 1946-1974 (forthcoming), and a writer for the History News Service. … Adina Back … History News Service … Education … Black Lives in American …
Medical examination photo of Gordon showing his scourged back, widely distributed by Abolitionists to expose the brutality of slavery. From at least the 1860s onwards, photography was a powerful tool in the abolitionist movement.

Can Reparations Heal the Wounds of Slavery?

… acknowledgement of guilt. Elazar Barkan is a professor of history and chair of the cultural studies department at … Historical Injustices" (2000) and a writer for the History News Service. … Elazar Barkan … History News Service … Slavery … Racism & Racial Ideas … …
An art exhibition, probably in Moscow in 1964. Taken by Thomas T. Hammond during his travels in the Soviet Union.

When the Soviets Domesticated the West

Review of To See Paris and Die: The Soviet Lives of Western Culture, by Eleonory Gilburd (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018)
… key arguments is that this Soviet audience made sense of books, films, and paintings through the lens of their own … viewers and readers and more than 6,000 entries in comment books from exhibitions—Gilburd gives voice to Soviet … … Diplomacy/International Relations … Intellectual History … When the Soviets Domesticated the West …