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 Executive actions on immigration have long history
President Obama’s executive action to protect millions of unauthorized immigrants from deportation is an act that both follows and departs from precedents set by his predecessors.
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 Texas Approves Disputed History Texts for Schools
Friday’s 10-to-5 vote, with all Republicans on the board supporting the books and Democrats opposing them, was the first of its kind since 2002. The books will be used for at least a decade.
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 World War I records reveal myths and realities of soldiers with ‘shell shock’
During World War I, severe post-traumatic reactions reached an epidemic scale that surpassed anything known from previous armed conflicts.
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 Were Neanderthals a sub-species of modern humans? New research says no
Researchers have identified new evidence supporting the growing belief that Neanderthals were a distinct species separate from modern humans (Homo sapiens), and not a subspecies of modern humans.
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 Irish archaeological sites explain huge European population fall
One tiger economy helps understand collapse of another.
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 Reactions to JFK Assassination Included Fear of Possible Soviet Strike against U.S.; Desire to "Bond" with LBJ
Documents, both those from the original posting as well as more recent ones, provide insider perspective and accounts of a variety of topics.
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 What Happened the Last Time Republicans Had a Majority This Huge?
In 1928, Republicans won 270 seats in the House. They were on top of the world.
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 Project to show Native American link to Route 66
The lesser known story is that of the more than two dozen American Indian tribes scattered along the 2,400-mile byway, which stretched from Chicago to California.
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 Congressmen push to award Harlem Hellfighter posthumous Medal of Honor
Despite having more than 20 gunshot wounds, Johnson almost single-handedly fought off his attackers armed only with a rifle and a bolo knife, using the rifle as a club once it had run out of bullets. All told, Johnson left four Germans dead and injured at least 20 others, who retreated.
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 The n-word is more prevalent now than ever
The word "nigga" is used 500,000 times a day on Twitter.
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 Massive movie poster collection going to auction
It's a collection totaling 196,000 posters and lobby cards representing 44,000 titles for some of Hollywood's greatest films.
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 Middle East Studies Association Fights a Rising Tide of Critics
Nathan J. Brown, a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University who will be completing a two-year term as Mesa’s president, argued this week in an email that the planned panel discussion was "about the Salaita case, not about Israel."
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 Juan Cole says the postwar Middle East governments were modeled on the Soviet Union, though not communist (interview)
"There were enormous state sectors, public sectors."
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 Ted Widmer picks the 5 best presidential books worth reading
On the list are books by Carter, Hoover, Jefferson, Ike, and Grant
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 AHA backs California's LGBT History law
"Giving students access to primary sources that reflect the range of human experience within an inquiry-based instructional model encourages students to engage fully with the world they live in."
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 Cultural historian traces history of baby food
Where did baby food come from and where has it been?
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 Jules Witcover identifies the best and worst veeps in US history in an interview about his new book
Hint: Agnew’s on the list. Guess which category?
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 USC history professor studies Civil War experience through the senses
"My aim here...is to add texture to the experience of war. What did it mean? How did it feel?"
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 UVA history professor explores origins of Nazi animus toward Jews
Societies tell their stories to give meaning to their world, as a way of shaping their present. The Nazis devised a narrative to justify evil.
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 Native American Studies Professor Steven Salaita says he lost his job for criticizing Israel
"I’ve never made any secret as to what my politics are."
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 History Professor Publishes Book on World War II War Criminal, Ante Pavelić
“Ante Pavelić was one of the most significant war criminals from World War II to never answer for his crimes.”
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 “The rudest man in Britain”? TV historian David Starkey to appear at Stortford literature festival
His style is uncompromising, based on an unshakeable belief in his command of facts and his clear relish for a fight.
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