What two candidates did in parallel situations in 1968 is an instructive lesson for today, argues presidential scholar Ken Hughes

Throughout the promotion of Beacon Press' ReVisioning American History series--in which each book tells the nation's story through the lens of a marginalized group--the authors kept getting the same question, usually from a teacher: Is...

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In the fly space above the stage at the Metropolitan Opera and around and behind it, scenery waits to be called into action. An intricate system of pulleys and lifts allows quick changes. Today's afternoon...