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“Northerners and Southerners agreed on little” in the years after the Civil War, historians Boyd Cothran and Ari Kelman write, “except that the Army should pacify Western tribes.” Reconstruction -- Washington’s effort to set the terms for the South’s readmission to the Union and establish postwar political equality -- was being bitterly opposed by defeated white separatists. “Many Americans found rare common ground on the subject of Manifest Destiny.”

The Postal Service violated the law when management entered into the deal with Staples without first bargaining with the union, the complaint alleges.

Blowtorch for a blowhard; Nerd cavalry; Google vs ISIS; Instant news; Palestine TV; Brisk editorial exchange

This documentary lets nobody off the hook. Discomfort is crucial to the film's complexity and is why it works as somewhat of an ethical and intellectual provocation. Mr. Kapadia isn’t simply revisiting Ms. Winehouse’s life and death, but also — by pulling you in close to her, first pleasantly and then unpleasantly — telling the story of contemporary celebrity and, crucially, fandom’s cost.

Though none of his work has been allowed to be publicly shown in China, Hu Jie, known for his trilogy of documentaries about Maoist China, is one of his country’s most noteworthy filmmakers.

Yanis Varoufakis Resigns - Greek Referendum Will Stay in History As A Unique Moment When a Small Nation Rose Up Against Debt-Bondage.

The social savagery called austerity could never produce the result it was ostensibly intended to deliver because the negotiations were never about economics, but about regime change. So stated the International Union of Food and Allied Workers in a statement issued prior to the successful "no ' vote on Sunday. IUF called for increased union solidarity for Syriza and the Greek people.

Barbecue is the ideal American dish: made by enslaved Africans with contributions from Native Americans struggling to maintain their independence.

This review of Alan Leinovitz's, The Gluten Lie, discusses how the author sees parallels between religious stories, fairy tales and nutrition myths.

Expecting artists to work for free hands the reins of cultural production to ruling elites.