Stephen Girard’s silk stockings were repaired by multiple women in his household who made his enormous wealth possible.
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Denaturalization risks becoming a tool of political control, creating a permanent vulnerability for more than 20 million…
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What is the Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ and why is it important?
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The Ludlow strike was one of the most bitter and violent in U.S. labor history.
The Trump administration’s immigration detention policies appear to be, in part, inspired by the heavy-handed tactics…
A cannabis legalization movement that for a decade rode a wave of success has stalled amid failed ballot initiatives, rising…
Congress has refused to exercise oversight of the Iran war, with Republicans nixing Democrats’ attempts to exercise legislators’…
The interwar years in Latin America saw a remarkable flourishing of left-wing political thought aiming to challenge US dominance.…
Politicians have long coveted control over monetary policy. Good economic governance requires that they don’t get it.
Knowing what comes next in Operation Epic Fury is better understood by grasping the evolution of Iran’s military structure…
When government officials hold prayer services, quote scripture and engage in religious proselytizing at the workplace,…
Presidential records are the public’s property. The Justice Department wants to change that and revert to a time when…
China and Russia view the latest Washington intervention in the Middle East as a further decline of the United States’…