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Whether homegrown are inspired by foreign sources, these people are a clear and present danger. FBI Director...
“Even the FBI has identified white supremacy as one of the greatest domestic threats that we face...
They are unnameable beings without classification. They are neither man nor beast but rather both. Men or...
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The course of study lasted for five years and consisted in the revision and analysis of classical...
Looking at legal institutions as complex systems of rules, players and symbols interacting with society. Introduction Legal...
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It’s not just empty rhetoric or political theater: Domestic terrorism increases, in the U.S. and in other...
Civil wars in which Lucius Cornelius Sulla, a Roman statesman and general, attempted to take control of...
The Romans and Parthians used internal dissent and succession problems within the Seleucid royal house to bring...
Examining how representations of American life changed in art over the course of 70 years. Between the...
Even from the nation’s infancy, it pays to remember, the high-minded standards of the Constitution haven’t always...
Black people remain underrepresented in agriculture. Black Americans own just 1% of rural land nationwide. At the...
The corporations behind Big Ag are deeply invested in keeping our farm system as it is. A...
Examining the guilds and professional associations driving ancient commerce in Hellenistic Roman Macedon. Establishment of a New...
Bread was central to ancient Egyptian life, feeding households, sustaining laborers, supporting ritual, and linking baking to...
LBJ presided over a society in unrest while battling to have an impact on civil rights and...
Throughout his presidency, Kennedy continued to give the public a clear understanding of his priorities. The New...
Early Neanderthals likely benefited from an ingression of H. sapiens Y chromosomes some-time between 370,000 and 100,000...
Scientists discovered a living microbial mat that uses arsenic instead of oxygen for photosynthesis and respiration. Introduction...
It’s easy to see why the hemorrhage away from the churches has increased so markedly in recent...
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