American Revolution

"You Don't Own Frederick Douglass"

Alan Singer | Posted 01.10.2012 | New York

Read More: American History, New York Historical Society, New York Historical Society Exhibits, N-Y Historical Society, American Revolution, Frederick Douglass, New York News

I believe that it is okay for historians to disagree without getting nasty with each other, and that our disagreements are an essential part of making meaning out of the past.

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Lincoln and Douglass Would Be Angry

Alan Singer | Posted 01.05.2012 | New York

Read More: History, American Revolution, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, George Washington, Great Britain, Haiti, Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, Racism, Black History, New York Historical Society, Frederick Douglass, African Americans, French Revolution, New York News

Life sized bronze statues of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass stand at the entrances to the New-York Historical Society (N-YHS) greeting visitor...

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Revolutions Take Time: Reading Reactions to Re-ignited Egyptian Protests

Maytha Alhassen | Posted 12.01.2011 | World

Read More: Egypt Protests, American Revolution, Egypt Revolution, Arab Revolutions, Egypt, Revolution, Donald Trump, World News

On November 21, Donald Trump's tweet "Egypt is turning into a hot bed of radical Islam. The current protest is another coup attempt. We should never h...

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Job Description: Servant of the People

Stephen Gyllenhaal | Posted 12.31.2011 | Politics

Read More: Royalty, American Revolution, Republic, Democracy, Congress, Obama, 2012 Election, Washington, Politics News

Our leaders were supposed to be our servants. They were elected "to serve". I'm not claiming the thing ever worked perfectly, but who among us now even imagines that our representatives serve any of us?

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Afghanistan: Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham II

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 12.13.2011 | Politics

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Two years ago, I contributed a piece, "Afghanistan: Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham," to the Huffington Post. This week, I saw a news clip o...

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The Revolution Will Be Televised, Googled, Tweeted... Etc.

Lowell Thompson | Posted 12.07.2011 | Black Voices

Read More: American Revolution, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street Movement, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Millenials, Occupy Wall Street Protesters, Millenial Generation, Occupy Wall Street New York, Black Voices News

When I first heard of the Occupy Wall Street initiative, I thought it was just a group of overfed and overeducated and underemployed "white" boys trying to get their own generational street cred. But that was just the cynic in me talking.

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Bashing the European Union in the United States

Franz-Stefan Gady | Posted 11.26.2011 | World

Read More: State-Building, American Revolution, Margaret Thatcher, European Union, Democracy, United States, Thomas Jefferson, Iraq, World News

Since the recession, bashing the European Union has become a sport for U.S. commentators. Just skim the most recent headlines, and one is led to believe that the old continent is on the brink of economic, political and social collapse.

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Ten Years Later: Keeping The Spirit Of The American Revolution

DeeDee Garcia Blase | Posted 11.11.2011 | Politics

Read More: September 11, Fair, American Revolution, Cis, Numbersusa, 10 Year Anniversary 9/11, John Tanton, Politics News

Have we allowed domestic and foreign terrorists to control our policies, and thus allowed them to create a deep-seated fear within us? And have these policies continued to chip away at our freedoms?

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Patriotism vs. Nationalism in a Post 9/11 World

Grant Lyon | Posted 11.08.2011 | Comedy

Read More: Winston Churchill, Nationalism, American Revolution, Fundamentalism, Islam, Ground Zero Mosque, Islamaphobia, Bill of Rights, Troops, George Orwell, 9/11 Anniversary, Yankee Doodle Dandy, 9/11, Fbi, Freedom of Religion, Sikhism, 9/11 Memorial, Patriotism, Westboro Baptist Church, American Flag, Socialism, Muslim, National Anthem, Gettysburg Address, September 11 Anniversary, Comedy News

If you believe in freedom of religion but don't understand the irony behind your anger at a mosque being built near ground zero, then you are the number one culprit of dumb nationalism in 2011.

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Mitt Romney Compares Obama Administration To British Monarchy During Revolutionary War

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 10.08.2011 | Politics

Read More: Mitt Romney Obama, American Revolution, Video, Mitt Romney 2012, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama King George, Barack Obama, King George, Politics News

CONCORD, N.H. - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday compared the federal government under President Obama to the British governmen...

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The Plight of Marco Sauceda

John W. Whitehead | Posted 09.26.2011 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Texas, American Revolution, Marco Sauceda, Revolutionary War, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SWAT Team, Fourth Amendment, Constitution, Politics News

Too often, we elevate the events of the American Revolution to near-mythic status and forget that the real revolutionaries were people just like you and me.

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The New War of Independence -- Against Corporate Politics

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 09.02.2011 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, 4th of July, Kicks, American Revolution, Bill Clinton, Tea Party, Austerity Economics, Bank Reform, Paul Revere, Corporate Politics, Keith Olbermann, Barack Obama, Corporate Corruption, Election Reform, Goldman Sachs, American Politics, Ortega Y Gasset, John Lennon, Wall Street, Independence Day, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Political Corruption, Medicare, John Stossel, Jon Weiner, Chris Hedges, Politics News

This July 4, politics is too important to be left to the politicians. The stakes are too high and the system is too broken. Citizen action is everyone's job now.

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'God Of Liberty': The Role Of Religion In American Independence

Anil Mundra | Posted 09.01.2011 | Religion

Read More: God of Liberty, Thomas Paine, Independence Day, 4th of July, Revolutionary War, American Religious History, Founding Fathers, July 4, Founding Fathers Religion, American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson, Religion News

America has always been religious -- and also religiously diverse. The historical narrative suggests that it's this special combination to which the United States owes its existence.

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Thomas Jefferson, The American Mind and the Cosmic System

John W. Whitehead | Posted 08.27.2011 | Politics

Read More: John Adams, Declaration of Independence, American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson, Preamble, Benjamin Franklin, Politics News

On May 26, 1776, John Adams, who represented Massachusetts at the Second Continental Congress, wrote exultantly to his friend James Warren that "every...

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Could Egypt Become the World's Most Advanced Democracy?

Keith Harrington | Posted 08.12.2011 | World

Read More: American Revolution, Neo-Feudalism, Egypt Revolution, Richard Wolff, David Korten, Democracy, Economic-Democracy, Local-Living-Economy, Shareholder Value, Capitalism, Corporatocracy, World News

True democracy will fail to emerge in Egypt unless its people turn their attention to one critical factor that is going largely ignored amidst all the transitional hubbub -- the economy.

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Today In History: June 9

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 08.09.2011 | Home

Read More: American Revolution, Today in History, June 6, June 6 History, Cole Porter, June 6 Today in History, This Day in History, Heidi Fleiss, Home News

There's no denying it: the digital age is unforgivingly fast-paced. But how can we move forward if we never take a moment to reflect on where we've...

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Sarah Palin the Entertainer vs. Sarah Palin the Politician

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 08.07.2011 | Politics

Occupying the grey area between politics and entertainment has helped Sarah Palin turn what should have been her greatest vulnerability, a lack of familiarity with the basics of American history or policy, into something of a strength.

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Obama Views Queen's American Art

The Guardian | Jonathan Jones | Posted 07.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Photography, American Revolution, Buffalo Bill, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Museums, The Guardian, England, Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, American Art, Painting, Barack Obama, Queen Elizabeth II, Arts News

It is a custom of state visits for the Queen to show the visiting dignitary a specially chosen selection of highlights that may be of interest to them...

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The Clean Economist: A Quiet Revolution

Alison Wise | Posted 06.12.2011 | Denver

Read More: Renewable Energy, Regional Planning, American Revolution, Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy, Civil War, Clean Economy Network, Denver News

I am writing this on April 12th, 150 years to the day the second American Revolution started with years of tragedy, loss of life, and a broken nationa...

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Ethiopia: Broken Contract, Broken Faith, Broken Country

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: American Revolution, Ethiopia Land Grabbing, Ethiopia Proclamation No. 272/2002, Ethiopia Land Speculation, Ethiopia Independent Judiciary, DLA Piper Ethiopia, Ethiopia Leaseholds, Moamar Gadhafi, Gambella Land Grab, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson, Meles Zenawi Contract, Ethiopia Five Year Contract, Addis Ababa Land Grab, EPDRF Contract, French Revolution, C?Est Moi, Saudi Star Agriculture Development Company, Ethiopia Social Contract, Ethiopia Mephistopheles., Ethiopia Indian Investors, Ethiopia Urban Land, Ethiopia Dick Armey, Contract With America, Thomas Hobbes, Ethiopia Contract, American Declaration of Independence, L?ÉTat, World News

It isn't clear what Zenawi means in his repeated use of the word "contract" to describe the relationship between the people of Ethiopia and his party.

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How to Spread Revolution Without the Internet

Louise Mirrer | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Two centuries ago, news of revolution -- and revolution itself -- reverberated back and forth across the Atlantic at astonishing speed. The social media of the day? Word-of-mouth information, rumor, and opinion.

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The Revolution Isn't Over for the Women of Tahrir Square

Ehsan Zaffar | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Women in Politics, Egypt Protests, American Revolution, Women, Women's Suffrage, Egypt, Tahrir Square, Liberation, Hosni Mubarak, Ashoka, World News

Though women played a critical role during last month's protests, their future as stakeholders in Egypt's political process is being marginalized.

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'Under The Healing Wings Of Suffering': Christianity, Slavery And Redemption in America

Albert Raboteau | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Go Tell It on the Mountain, American Revolution, American Christianity, Black History Month, Slave Christians, Slavery in America, Christian Spirituals, Teachings of Jesus, Religion News

Slaves revealed that Americans had a deeply flawed understanding of what it meant to be chosen by God. To be chosen does not bring preeminence, elevation and glory in this world.

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When FDR Recruited Thomas Paine to the Struggle for the Four Freedoms

Harvey J. Kaye | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Thomas Paine, Fdr, American Revolution, Greatest Generation, Conservatives, American History, Progressives, Freedom, February 23, Democracy, World War II, Politics News

Today the political right does its best to lay claim to the revolutionary patriot Thomas Paine and to harness him to the cause of constraining democra...

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Don't Overuse the Word "Revolution"

Robert Teitelman | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Npr, Vladimir Lenin, Glenn Beck, Tiananmen Square, George Soros, Karl Marx, 1848, Hosni Mubarak, American Revolution, Saudi Arabia, World War I, World News

When we attach the word "revolutionary" to every new development, we debase its meaning. We become more than a little superficial -- not to say a little more prone to the true revolution we never saw coming.

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