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Capture of the Pirate Blackbeard, 1718 depicting the battle between Blackbeard and Robert Maynard in Ocracoke Bay; romanticized depiction by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris from 1920.
Why Piracy Remains a Threat
Crowds outside the Bank of United States in New York after its failure in 1931.
Blame It All on Unintended Consequences
The flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
A European Future for NATO?
The Industrial Workers of the World poster "Pyramid of Capitalist System" (1911).
Is Greed Good? It Depends on the Times
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, United States President George W. Bush, and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after reading statement to the press during the closing moments of the Red Sea Summit in Aqaba, Jordan, June 4, 2003.
A Flawed Basis for Middle East Peace
1935 cartoon by Vaughn Shoemaker in which he parodied the New Deal as a card game with alphabetical agencies.
The Auto Bailout: a Bad Deal
Rush hour traffic in Interstate 95 in Miami.
Finally, Too Many Cars
The federal government commissioned a series of public murals from the artists it employed: William Gropper's Construction of a Dam (1939) is characteristic of much of the art of the 1930s, with workers seen in heroic poses, laboring in unison to complete a great public project.
Guess What? The New Deal Worked!
Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park, Washington DC.
Bicentennial for Two Great Emancipators
Wartime poster. Canada. The Bureau of Public Information was created in September 1939 to disseminate information about Canada’s war policies.
Can the New Administration Keep Canada as an Ally in Afghanistan?
Laura Bush May 18, 2008.
The Legacy of a Lady
typewriter
The Legacy of a Lady
Image of President Carter displayed in the National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC. Portrait by Robert Templeton.
Obama Can Learn from Jimmy Carter, Too
Image of Jimmy Carter during his ‘Malaise’ Speech.
Should Obama Deliver Another ‘Malaise’ Speech?
Drawing/wood engraving of the state capitol of Illinois at Springfield.
Can Illinois Again Lead by (Bad) Example?
President Barack Obama signed the ARRA into law on February 17, 2009. Vice President Joe Biden stood directly behind him.
A New New Deal Must Be For All
President Barack Obama (painting) by Kehinde Wiley.
Who Can Write Obama’s History?
General George Washington Resigning his Commission.
Diplomatic Advisers: Washington, Kennan, FDR
Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother depicts destitute pea pickers in California, centering on Florence Owens Thompson, age 32, a mother of seven children, in Nipomo, California, March 1936.
Another Great Depression?
photo of FDR.
Picking Up Where FDR Left Off
Republican Party Logo.
Republicans Should Look Back to the Future
Mikhail Bakunin speaking to members of the International Workingmen's Association at the Basel Congress in 1869.
Back When a Socialist Was a Socialist
2011 protest in New Jersey by Garden State Equality in support of same-sex marriage and against deportation of LGBT spouses.
Voting Away Others’ Rights
The Palins and McCains in Fairfax, Virginia, September 2008.
Why the Sarah Palin Gamble Didn’t Pay Off