The Medal of Honor is the only American military decoration worn around the neck rather than pinned to the uniform. Each of ...
Presidential, or executive, power is not fixed, and it is limited by both constitutional and political constraints. The Constitution prescribes a system of checks and balances whereby the powers of ...
It is largely about bodies, minds, and relationships. In history, you can find many kinds of bodies and ways of being. Being markedly different shapes both individual and community experience in ...
The framers of the Constitution wanted to preserve civil authority over the military, and designated the president "Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy." During national crises and war, the power ...
Yale University appointed William H. Taft the Kent Professor of Law after he retired from office. Later, he lectured and wrote articles for national magazines. In 1920 Taft actively supported Warren G ...
Now that the Revolutionary War was over, and independence from Britain had been won, what would the United States do with their freedom? The Declaration of Independence acted as a guide to the values ...
People who are left-handed encounter some of the same experiences as people with disabilities. The world is not designed for them so they must accommodate environments, tools, and clothing that may be ...
The efforts by people with disabilities to participate fully in society began centuries ago and gained momentum in the 20th century. Full citizenship entails full inclusion. Citizens successfully ...
During the Second World War, the Nazis created one of the most significant counterfeiting operations in history. Operation Bernhard planned to undermine the British economy by flooding it with forged ...
Foods and flavors from Mexico have influenced American cuisine for centuries. But in the last half of the 1900s, Mexican-inspired foods found their way to every corner of the the United States, ...
All money is a matter of belief. — George J. W. Goodman, American editorialist Money, simply defined, is something that can be used to make a payment. Any object can serve this purpose as long as it ...
Carolina Siliceo Perez is a writer and, at the time of the interview, a clerk in the communications department for the Buncombe County sheriff’s office in North Carolina. In this oral history, Perez ...