The Civil War Lives Through Mark Twain’s Fiction—and Donald Trump’s Reality
The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...
Groundbreaking Engines That Changed The Face Of Warfare
Technological advancements made the development of these engines possible -- and forever changed the way outside observers ...
Earthquake compounds humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, where death toll has passed 1,700
Aid groups and the U.N. are warning that a massive earthquake that rocked Myanmar could exacerbate hunger and disease ...
Earthquake compounds Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis as the death toll passes 1,700
BANGKOK — The massive earthquake in Myanmar killed several hundred Muslims praying at mosques during the holy month of ...
Black Civil War soldiers to be honored with 7-foot bronze monument
Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount ...
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When Machines Go to War
The character of warfare has changed over millennia, but it has always remained a fundamentally human endeavor. What will ...
Civil rights groups say push to dismantle Education Department will undo hard-won gains
The rights of Americans to self-determine how to educate their children — a hotly contested matter that stretches back to at ...
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Smoke and memory: A Civil War painting endures in Minnesota’s Capitol
At the Minnesota State Capitol, Howard Pyle’s Civil War painting “The Battle of Nashville” stands as a vivid tribute to ...
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In the Democrats’ looming civil war, one side is already doomed
In the last few days we’ve heard what sound like the opening salvos of a Democratic Party civil war. After losing two of the last three presidential elections to Donald Trump, self-reflection is ...
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Exploring the Civil War Through Pop Culture
Dr. Katherine Lennard, Frockt Family Chair and Associate Professor of History, hopes to build on this understanding to enrich ...
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Palestinians take part in largest anti-Hamas protests in Gaza since start of war
The territory, home to 2.1 million Palestinians, fell under the militant group’s control in 2007 after a 2006 election and brief civil war ... to “rebuild its war machine,” something the ...