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Long before becoming a sweet snack, graham crackers were created as part of a 19th-century moral movement aimed at curbing lust and promoting purity through diet. This surprising story blends food ...
In the 19th century, as British colonialism reshaped the Indian socio-cultural landscape, intellectuals like Captain N. Augustus Willard and Indian reformers grappled with the status of women in ...
The film discusses the evolution of voting rights in 19th century England, focusing on the passage of three key reform bills in 1832, 1867, and 1884. It highlights the struggles of different ...
COMMENTARY By likening Trump's immigrant-demonization crusade to Lincoln's abolition of slavery, Miami U.S. Rep. María Elvira ...
NPCA is fighting for widespread mining reform so a 19th-century law giving the mining industry first dibs on public lands ...
Commentary: Electoral Count Reform Act takes a 19th-century law into the 21st century. It took the violent breach of the Capitol to shine a spotlight on the pressing need for reform.
It took the violent breach of the Capitol to shine a spotlight on the pressing need for reform.
Given how our politics appears to be repeating (or least rhyming with) the latter part of the 19th century, it’s not too big of a leap to think that just as the inequality and polarization of ...
A bipartisan group of senators led by Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., proposed two measures on Wednesday that would significantly reform flawed 19th-century laws that still ...
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has signed a controversial labor reform into law, delivering a significant increase in ...
“In the late 1870s, the Ottoman Transjordan was included into Tanzimat reform that took place in the whole Ottoman Empire,” said Norig Neveu from the French institute Ifpo during his lecture titled ...
To see this, we can look to history — the New York City tenement acts of the 19th and early 20th century created similar initiatives and benefits. Throughout the 19th century, epidemic disease ...