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The donkey party logo remains a well-known symbol for the Democratic Party despite not being the official logo of the party.
Democrats — the Party of Disorder, and Achievement
November 2004. Cleveland voting station for 2004 Presidential election.
The Unpredictability of an Unhappy Electorate
Joseph Ambrose, an 86-year-old World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982. Wearing a doughboy uniform like the ones used during the war, he is holding an American flag. It covered the casket of his son Clement, who was killed in the Korean War.
Tributes of Silence, the Honor of Words
A Marine Corps M1 Abrams tank patrols a Baghdad street after its fall in 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Who Will Pay for Iraq and When?
1943 poster for the Allies of World War II--two years before the founding of the United Nations.
The UN Follows the League’s Long Trail to Impotence
Sailors in formation at the Center for Information Warfare Training, Naval Air Station Pensacola Corry Station, 2019.
Will Women Join the Ranks of Esteemed Veterans?
A tank destroyed during Operation Iraqi Freedom
Why We Should Leave Iraq Now
Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Restoring Russian Support for the War on Terror
This photo shows Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR), which was transported from bases in the U.S. and air dropped to regions of Afghanistan where the displaced people are at risk of starvation.
Democracy’s Vital Ingredient — Food
The Dream of Worldwide Democratic and Social Republics – The Pact Between Nations, a print prepared by Frédéric Sorrieu, 1848.
Nationalism in Decline
Bust of Senator Robert La Follette in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
When Principle May Be the Best Policy
Cartoon in Punch, 1906.
For Iraq, a Lesson from Africa
Spanish and French troops in Afghanistan in 2005.
Calling Al-Qaeda Fascist Doesn’t Make It So
tanks and soldier fighting in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
The World’s Longest War
A plume of smoke rising from a neighborhood in Beirut following an Israeli strike in 2006.
Why Israel’s Campaign Will Likely Fail
Thomas Jefferson
The Road to a New American Aristocracy
Photo of a nuclear explosion.
The Dawn of the Second Cold War
President Lyndon B. Johnson visiting American troops in Vietnam in 1966.
The Ambiguities of “Cut and Run”
The West Virginia State Penitentiary electric chair, also known as "Old Sparky."
The Truth About Capital Punishment: It’s Inherently Cruel
People celebrating anniversary of the revolution in Mashhad in 2014.
Iran: Still Struggling toward Self-Determination
The "We Can Do It!" war-propaganda poster from 1943 was re-appropriated as a symbol of the feminist movement in the 1980s.
Which Side Are We On in the Struggle for Women’s Freedom?
Labor Secretary Elaine Chao in 2005.
Written With the Blood of Miners
Marines from 1st Battalion 7th Marines enter a palace during the Battle of Baghdad.
Iraq War a Major Departure in American Foreign Affairs
Immigrants on ocean steamer passing the Statue of Liberty, New York City, 1887.
Strangers in the Land: An Old Theme Replayed