New perspectives on how history is made
It was not nearly as devastating a military defeat for the Communists, nor as devastating a political defeat for the US government, as is imagined.
But for one stunning defeat in Aleppo they might well have succeeded.
Meeting him changed my life.
Common interpretations of Jewish and Christian sources have oversimplified the story, creating more confusion than clarity.
Why aren’t we reacting with the same energy we did then?
One lesson is that the history of Gilded Ages is complicated and that should give us hope.
We’ve rejected racism, but it remains deeply embedded in our culture.
Russia's trajectory for two centuries before the revolution of 1917 exhibited a fairly consistent pattern of the growing predictability, impartiality, accessibility, and fairness of the legal system.
It’s an old story in American history—and it’s getting worse.
The appalling story of Garrett Brock Trapnell, who hijacked a TWA flight to New York in 1972, helping trigger the installation of metal detectors.
How we got where we seem to be just now.
They included Father Charles E. Coughlin, who was on the Nazi’s payroll.
It was the My Lai Massacre. It happened 50 years ago this week.
Most importantly, history shows that this kind of street action works.
Military spending already consumes 54 percent of the federal discretionary budget.
The answer involves the importance of lucky timing and the power of a grassroots interest group.
History suggests our tolerance for incivility has costs.
Yeah, he’s a jerk. Yeah, he’s immoral. Yeah, he’s profane. But Trump’s policies are moral.
“The most significant obstacle to the success of valid, aggressive social movements in getting policy changes is the ‘vulture capitalist.’ ”
History shows how sensitive our Asian allies have been to signs of US weakness or indifference.
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