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This article critically examines South Africa's varied political responses to US military interventions and the implications ...

On Jan. 6, 2021, I had been a congressional staffer for just three days. I did not yet know where the bathrooms were. Yet I suddenly found myself in the middle of a riot designed to prevent the ...

The three most important days in American history since the Civil War have been: Dec 7, 1941. Sept. 11. And Jan. 6. We don’t use years for the last two. They aren’t dates on a calendar; they are scar ...

Every left-leaning activist and politician in New York, especially the women, should study the wild, larger-than-life career and personality of Bella Abzug, nicknamed “Battling Bella,” who served ...

The physician slid the film across the metal table toward me, the image glowing under the fluorescent lights of a small rural hospital. Several children had shown up in the ER that week with severe ...

In the light of debates over the quelling of the Benin Republic coup attempt, it occurred to me that Nigerians who are 40 years and below did not really experience military rule. So, while we can ...

Carl Sagan famously said that "We're all made of star stuff." But he didn't elaborate on how that actually happened. Yes, many of the molecules in our bodies could only have been created in massive ...

Blockbuster could have had Netflix for south of $100 million. Twice. It’s worth thinking about in consideration of Netflix’s present-day market cap of $437 billion. Of much greater importance, it’s ...

People came from all over the world. Thank you, Ken Burns, for reminding us that the colonies became a living experiment in government. I am so proud of being an American. However, I do not like what ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - On this day 84 years ago, more than 2,300 United States troops were killed in the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Sunday, veterans in Hattiesburg maintained tradition, gathering ...