U.S. History - after 1945

Madeleine Albright is most known for her tenure as Secretary of State during the Clinton administration. She served in this capacity from Ja...

The vocabulary used by candidates, elected leaders, and the media changes over the decades, and is a good barometer of what people are think...

Some of the issues in the presidential election of 1968 are still relevant sixty years later: economics and equal opportunity. Other issues ...

There are things in this world for which one can be thankful. To be sure, there is also misery and suffering in this world. The presence of ...

In November 2008, Barack Obama won the election to become president. His campaign transmitted the idea that Obama was an outsider, not part ...

During much of 2020 and early 2021, researchers devoted much attention to the transmission of the virus which had disrupted daily life aroun...

“Redlining” is the practice of limiting homeownership in a town or in a neighborhood on the basis of race, or what is perceived as race. It ...