Theodosius is best known for making Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire. Introduction Theodosius I (11...
History
The tasks of 1933 involved not just greater numbers but radically new concepts and organizational structures. By...
Throughout the wartime years, the need for workers in agriculture, as well as in manufacturing and the...
The New Deal maintained racial hierarchies even as it aided African Americans through relief projects. By Dr....
Usually cast as a President defined by his failure to contain the Great Depression, Hoover’s story is...
The sculpture and architecture of the period shows much influence from the Greek and the Greco-Roman world....
The Kushites were expelled from Egypt by the Assyrians, but their kingdom flourished in Sudan for another...
The evidence we have suggests that the first settlers on Malta were a community of farmers. By...
Neolithic people did not write. However, because they lived in settled communities, they left many traces. By...
How evolving information and communication technologies (ICTs) can influence the mass media and contribute to social and...
Defining media, society, culture, and communication broadly. By Dr. Mark PoepselAssociate Professor of JournalismSouthern Illinois University The Role...
Advertising has always been about tapping into consumers’ existing needs or about creating a need and inserting...
These new technologies made it possible to influence the public opinion of whole populations at once. By...
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War. This “act...
The struggle for equal voting rights dates to the earliest days of U.S. history. Introduction Challenges to...
Labor continued to work to organize into unions to work for better wages and conditions. Introduction The Great...
The rebellion was later characterized as a precursor to the American War of Independence (1775-1783 CE). Introduction...
Levitation, magicians, gambling, “smart pigs”, acrobatic tricks – the people of the 19th century had a great...
The flight of runaway slaves to Mexico is a chapter of history that is often overlooked or...
There are three main periods that describe the trajectory of African enslavement in New Spain from 1519...
A fearsome predator? A fragile icon of impending extinction? What these arctic giants have stood for in...
How 2,000-year-old date palm seeds were brought back to life, with recipes to make at home. By...
John Addington Symonds, whose 1873 essay “A Problem in Greek Ethics” helped lay the foundation for the...
A Yorkshire farmer argued in 1810 that homosexuality is innate and should not be punished. The diary...
All ancient communities had law codes or rules that dictated both public and private behavior. Introduction Christianity...
The expectations and even the very way they defined terms such as ‘gender’ and ‘sexuality’ differed greatly...
Despite his reservations about the dangers of propaganda, President Roosevelt created the Office of War Information (OWI)...
“Fake news” and disinformation have been part of the conversation as far back as the birth of...
The justices of the Court are often categorized as having conservative, moderate, or liberal philosophies of law...
Exploring Madison’s greatest fear about the future of the Republic he did so much to shape: the...