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The Constitution is more than a legal code. It is also a framework for union and solidarity.
Fifty years ago, the Equal Credit Act was an important step in affording women control of their own finances.
In the hundred years since his death, features of Woodrow Wilson’s philosophy have become central to international politics and American foreign policy.
Classic Essays from Our Archives
Alice Paul: “I Was Arrested, Of Course…” | February 1974, Vol 25, No 2
By Robert S. GallagherAn interview with the famed suffragette, Alice Paul
America: Experiment or Destiny? | June 1977, Vol 28, No 4
By Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
On History | February 1964, Vol 15, No 2
By John F. Kennedy"Americans are united by their history and by a faith in progress, justice, and freedom," writes President Kennedy
"The Sparck of Rebellion" | Winter 2010, Vol 59, No 4
By Douglas BrinkleyBadly disguised as Indians, a rowdy group of patriotic vandals kicked a revolution into motion.
The Meaning of 1918 | Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue, Vol 63, No 3
By John LukacsA century after the guns fell silent along the Western Front, the work they did there remains of incalculable importance to the age we inhabit and the people we are.
The Man of the Century | May/June 1994, Vol 45, No 3
By Arthur Schlesinger Jr.Of all the Allied leaders, argues FDR's biographer, only Roosevelt saw clearly the shape of the new world they were fighting to create.
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Edison successfully tests incandescent light bulb
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Battle of Aachen
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