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Long-simmering tensions with the U.S. over expansion in Asia came to a head on December 7, 1941.

Stacker compiled a list of important events in American Jewish communities since the 14th century based on historical accounts, news, and government records.

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If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read 'Vietnam.' - Martin Luther King Jr., 1967 In contrast to modern conflicts, the Vietnam War attracted the wrath of the political left, which campaigned vehemently against...

What was life like a century ago? These photos offer a glimpse.

The origins of Texas’s proud independent streak Tucker C. Toole © Photograph by Interim Archives, Getty Illustration showing Mexican Army troops attacking and scaling the walls of the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, March 6, 1836. Published in Shinns History of the American People, 1899. When Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced an end to the state’s mask mandate and other coronavirus restrictions on March 2, he drew criticism from across the nation and from leaders in several...

Illuminating the Whole American Idea Jeffrey Goldberg This article was published online on February 9, 2021. In 1862, an abolitionist from Philadelphia named Charlotte Forten decided to go south to the Sea Islands of South Carolina. She was taking up an important mission: teaching Black children, newly liberated by the Union Army, how to read. Two years later, she would describe for readers of The Atlantic the exhilaration she felt as she traveled to her post. © Provided by T...