/tags/american-history American History en-US Copyright Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:28:34 GMT /news/2024-04-29/u-s-airborne-and-special-operations-museum-to-open-new-cold-war-exhibit-from-high-school-students High School students in Fayetteville created a project about Army Special Operations Soldiers on secret missions in Berlin, Germany during the Cold War. The grand opening for the exhibit is May 7. Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:28:34 GMT /news/2024-04-29/u-s-airborne-and-special-operations-museum-to-open-new-cold-war-exhibit-from-high-school-students Sharryse Piggott /education/2024-04-16/american-democracy-foundations-requirement-college-students-history This week, the UNC System will likely vote to add "Foundations of American Democracy" requirement to its student success policy. Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:46:40 GMT /education/2024-04-16/american-democracy-foundations-requirement-college-students-history Brianna Atkinson /law/2020-03-11/how-democratic-is-the-united-states-scene-on-radio-podcast-searches-for-an-answer Democracy is at the center of the creation myth of the United States. But just how important was democracy to our nation’s founding fathers? The fourth… Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:41:53 GMT /law/2020-03-11/how-democratic-is-the-united-states-scene-on-radio-podcast-searches-for-an-answer Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-03-11/how-democratic-is-the-united-states-scene-on-radio-podcast-searches-for-an-answer Democracy is at the center of the creation myth of the United States. But just how important was democracy to our nation’s founding fathers? The fourth… Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:41:53 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-03-11/how-democratic-is-the-united-states-scene-on-radio-podcast-searches-for-an-answer Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /politics/2019-06-11/the-history-of-special-prosecutors-in-american-politics Robert Mueller is part of a long line of special prosecutors in American history. Scholars point to the Ulysses S. Grant administration as the first to… Tue, 11 Jun 2019 16:20:25 GMT /politics/2019-06-11/the-history-of-special-prosecutors-in-american-politics Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-06-11/the-history-of-special-prosecutors-in-american-politics Robert Mueller is part of a long line of special prosecutors in American history. Scholars point to the Ulysses S. Grant administration as the first to… Tue, 11 Jun 2019 16:20:25 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-06-11/the-history-of-special-prosecutors-in-american-politics Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2019-06-07/the-past-present-and-future-of-durhams-black-wall-street As Durham celebrates its sesquicentennial, host Frank Stasio invites a panel of community leaders, business owners and activists to look back at the… Fri, 07 Jun 2019 14:34:11 GMT /race-demographics/2019-06-07/the-past-present-and-future-of-durhams-black-wall-street Amanda Magnus, Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-06-07/the-past-present-and-future-of-durhams-black-wall-street As Durham celebrates its sesquicentennial, host Frank Stasio invites a panel of community leaders, business owners and activists to look back at the… Fri, 07 Jun 2019 14:34:11 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-06-07/the-past-present-and-future-of-durhams-black-wall-street Amanda Magnus, Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-05-21/a-literary-opus-from-lewis-shiner-asks-what-happened-to-1960s-idealism Is it morally superior to be ironic than to be idealistic? This question and decades of lived experience as a musician and music novelist drive Lewis… Tue, 21 May 2019 15:52:22 GMT /arts-culture/2019-05-21/a-literary-opus-from-lewis-shiner-asks-what-happened-to-1960s-idealism Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-21/a-literary-opus-from-lewis-shiner-asks-what-happened-to-1960s-idealism Is it morally superior to be ironic than to be idealistic? This question and decades of lived experience as a musician and music novelist drive Lewis… Tue, 21 May 2019 15:52:22 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-21/a-literary-opus-from-lewis-shiner-asks-what-happened-to-1960s-idealism Anita Rao, Frank Stasio