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How Would You Protect the President of the United States? Here's What the Secret Service Does

by Mel Ayton

Agents today who have been chosen for this detail are usually men and women who have great self-control during times of stress, are meticulous planners and have proven experience and merit.

The Long Struggle to Stop Employment Discrimination Against LGBT People Is Even Longer than You Think

by Marc Stein

There is a long history to this struggle, which began in the 1950s and accelerated after the passage of the groundbreaking 1964 legislation.

Hillary Comes out of the Closet

by Rachel Hope Cleves

The closet has long been a comfortable position for those willing to tolerate, but not endorse, same-sex marriage.

Have You Got a Shot at Being Elected President? The 1 in 10 Million Odds (Or Worse)

by Cody J. Foster

How can it be that so many American presidents are related to one another?

Channeling George Washington: Are We At War?

by Thomas Fleming

"If we are fighting a war, Edward Snowden’s attempt to cripple our effort to protect our citizens indicts him as a traitor." -- George Washington

The Historical Bias Against Old Presidential Candidates

by Ashley Cruseturner

We have only elected 3 presidents 65 or older in all of American political history.

Uncle Sam Doesn’t Want You - He Already Has You

by William J. Astore

The militarized realities of Fortress America.

We Have a "Boy Problem" Alright, but It's Not New

by Julia Grant

Efforts to confront today’s “boy problem” in public education suffer from a want of historical perspective. 

The Great Book Review War: Kinsley vs. Greenwald vs. Sullivan (and of course Snowden)

by Murray Polner

A battle of accusations and counter-accusations began with a New York Times Sunday book review posted online before it ever appeared in print.

What the Texas GOP Is Proposing Is Downright Dangerous for Gay People

by Jonathan Harrison

The Texas GOP is thus gambling with the lives and careers of millions of people.

Should We Pay Attention to Experts Anymore?

by Walter G. Moss

What's missing from our public debates is humility and wisdom. 

The Evangelical Renaissance Is Over

by Steven P. Miller

"In manifold ways, evangelicalism shaped the course of recent American history. Maybe we were all evangelicals, then."

Reminding People of a Lynching Was What Bothered Them?

by Jonathan Harrison

One disgruntled reader complained, "Just can't allow racism to fade away can you News Press?"

University Presidents Are Laughing All the Way to the Bank While the People Who Work for Them Are on Food Stamps

by Lawrence S. Wittner

The lucrative nature of these positions appears to have had little to do with the intellectual distinction of the universities.

Let’s Place Edward Snowden in the Context of History

by Paul E. Ceruzzi

Historians have been remiss in placing the Snowden story in historical context in part because of the curious way that the history of computing as a discipline evolved.

James Madison’s the Founding Father We Quote on the Constitution, but Which Madison Should We Cite?

by Ray Raphael

Was Madison the (chief) architect of the Constitution?

Obamacare Was a Mess at the Start. Here's Why that's Not Shocking.

by Jonathan Coopersmith

Obamacare: Failure is normal.

What We Can Learn from the Progressives Is What Not to Do

by David Huyssen

Progressive reforms made material differences in the lives of U.S. workers, but they failed in their larger goal of slowing or reversing inequality.

This Man Figured Out How to Keep Manufacturing Jobs in America

by Beth Macy

With a fascinating but complicated hero at my story’s center, I set out to explain why more than 5 million workers lost their jobs over the past 15 years.

Why Racists Always Make This Claim

by Roy E. Finkenbine

For students of antebellum American slavery, the recent racist musings of Cliven Bundy have a familiar ring.