Governments can be constitutional monarchies, dictatorships, federal republics, parliamentary democracies, constitutional republics. More than a system of rules and regulations, they help civilized people to live together peacefully. These stories explore different forms of government.
With his second wife, the white woman Helen Pitts Douglass, "The Old Man Eloquent" continues to live at Cedar Hill.
Despite the First Amendment, some still try to destroy what they do not understand or believe in.
Daniel Ellsberg and Tony Russo believe they cannot keep the Pentagon Papers secret and pass parts of them to a trusted journalist.
When Japanese-Americans are forced to leave their homes, due to Executive Order 9066, they give away their possessions.
The courts recognize the wrong in Japanese-American internment camps and overturn convictions. Decades later, the federal government makes an effort a...
The Quiet American predicts that America will make the same mistakes as France, with similar results.
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Margaret's popularity goes downhill after tax law problems; she argues with her own party members.
The Pilgrims spend a year in Amsterdam before religious conflicts lead them to Leiden.
Even though the Puritans flee England for religious freedom, they do not allow others the same freedom of choice.
Describes how Wilma Mankiller grew up on the Oklahoma reservation.
In 1957, nine black students, referred to as "The Little Rock Nine," are the first to attend an all-white school.
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