Trump has credited a 19th-century US president for inspiring his aggressive approach to tariffs. William McKinley came to power during a time of economic instability and inequality. During his ...
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Maybe Harrisburg’s connections to the Revolutionary War aren’t obvious. No battles raged here. No signers of the Declaration ...
In the late 1890s, naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan made a compelling argument for the United States’ possession of Hawaii. Those interested in the annexation of Greenland might take note.
World / Behind today’s headlines is a history of imperial outrage—including a Philadelphia contract man who wreaked havoc in early-20th-century Venezuela and helped oust a president. Greg Grandin ...
Early public-opinion surveys show Americans deeply divided over the wisdom of the Venezuela episode, with 36% supporting the removal of Maduro and 39% opposing it, according to a YouGov poll. The ...
South Carolina drivers receiving a new license plate at the Department of Motor Vehicles starting this month will no longer get the blue palmetto standard plate. The “While I Breathe, I Hope” license ...
The Warren County Genealogical and Historical Association (WCGHA) kicked off their “America 250” celebration at their monthly ...
Berlin Film Festival has announced a slew of titles for its Panorama, Special Gala and Classics sections, including the ...
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Bygone Muncie: Jacob of Wysor’s Bottoms

These informal quarters of the city were named after Jacob Henry Wysor, a 19th-century Muncie landowner and businessman.
For the past 14 years Zimbabwe’s two main political parties have largely thrived on populist rhetoric, and one can generally identify Zanu PF with the agenda of peasant-driven populism while the MDC ...
By Sherry Stocking Kline, Special to Sumner Newscow — Sumner County Historical & Genealogical Society in Wellington, Kansas, ...