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Thousands of antiwar activists, hippies, students and draft resisters streamed into the capital on one of those balmy Indian summer days that can make autumn in Washington, D.C. seem magical.

It’s a song every American has heard countless times, but how much do you really know about our national anthem?

To truly understand the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and help combat genocide ideology, we compiled a selection of books that document the events, testimonies, and aftermath of one of the darkest ...

Belowdecks, the ship's charts had been tossed about, and the crewmen's belongings were ... "There was never a question that he would do something irrational," she says. Did Briggs, then, have ...

Between these fascinating characters and its extremely unique and well-realized setting, Fevre Dream is an excellent read for any vampire fan, and seems like it will be a perfect follow-up to Sinners ...

“Like anywhere you go for the summer, there ... it’s none of your business. I’m just saying it wasn’t a holiday, and partly I started saying that because people think we were on a ...

In the summer of 1859, a year before his election to the U.S. presidency, Abraham Lincoln received a curious letter in the ...

But Professor Da also noted that there were real reasons for Chinese students to worry about going to the United States. Government officials under both Democratic and Republican administrations ...