The share of Americans saying colleges and universities have a negative effect has increased by 12 percentage...
Month: November 2019
The apogee of one’s training was to comprehend the laws and to be a vital member of...
For the ancient Greeks, music was viewed as quite literally a gift from the gods. By Mark...
Will we allow the most hateful and uncaring among us to write our history, or will we...
The impact of restricitionist policies was tempered by the fact that migrants continued to enter the U.S....
Following the Red Scare of 1919, widespread fear of radicalism fueled anti-foreign sentiment and exclusionist demands. Introduction...
In Latin America several countries are under turmoil, as people cannot even meet their most basics needs....
Traditional tile art tells the stories of Portugal’s proud seafaring history. By Kim MartinsHistorian Introduction Glazed blue...
Lisbon was the capital of the Portuguese Empire, a nation of explorers, seafarers and conquerors. By Wanda...
‘California is America fast-forward.’ The Golden State is on fire, which means that an idea of American...
The cataclysmic eruption of Thera split the island of Santorini into three smaller ones. By Jenna Frawley...
The three Storegga Slides of 6225-6170 BCE are considered to be amongst the largest known landslides. Introduction...
The first internet communication was underwhelming, thanks to a computer crash. But a lot has happened since...
The internet may have been “born” in October 1969, but it then percolated for years as complex,...
What binds Trump’s extremely rich and economically struggling supporters together are their cynical beliefs about the motives...
Andrew Jackson and his supporters felt that the 1824 Presidential election had been stolen from him, which...
John Quincy Adams was the last of the “notables” that began with George Washington. Introduction Only twice...
The bones show interbreeding Neanderthal and Denosivan humans. This article reprinted from RFE/RL. A piece of bone...
Primitive women were more likely than their male counterparts to pack up and leave the cave. Primitive...
Both North and South looked to God for meaning, and each side believed—with equal fervor and certitude—that...
What happened in the first few years seems almost innocent compared to what happened in the last...
As vast as the Spanish empire was during Cervantes time, the empire found itself engaged in numerous...
Natural law theory attempts to define a “higher law” on the foundation of a universal understanding of...
The excavation revealed over 100 coins trapped beneath paving stones. An ancient walkway most likely used by...
The Galatian Celts retained their culture at first, continuing to observe their ancient religious festivals and rituals....