In 1960, Chuck Bednarik’s ‘perfectly legal’ hit on the New York Giants’ star resounded beyond the playing field. Second in a series on iconic NFL games. The Philadelphia Eagles-New York Giants rivalry intensified during the 1960 season. Intent on ending New York’s two-year reign atop the NFL’s Eastern Conference, PhiladelphiaContinue Reading
Drana and Jack. About the art Both race in the classroom and the New York Times’s 1619 Project have been the subject of recent state legislative efforts, heated debate, and extensive press coverage, both at Education Next (see, for example, “Critical Race Theory Collides with the Law,” legal beat, FallContinue Reading
In 1964, the fighter was up for the music honor for a comedy album. Twelve years later, he was nominated again. The accomplishments of Muhammad Ali are renowned: Olympic gold medalist, heavyweight boxing champion, humanitarian, civil rights activist. But would you believe he also was a Grammy Award nominee inContinue Reading
The vibrant network opened up exchanges between far-flung cultures throughout central Eurasia. The Silk Road wasn’t a single route, but rather a vibrant trade network that crisscrossed central Eurasia for centuries, bringing far-flung cultures into contact. Traveling by camel and horseback, merchants, nomads, missionaries, warriors and diplomats not only exchangedContinue Reading
A senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, Michael Bindas, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the Carson v. Makin, which challenges Maine’s exclusion of religions options from the state’s tuition assistance program for residents outside of public school districts who send their children to private schools. Follow The EducationContinue Reading
By September 96, the emperor Domitian had ruled Rome for 15 years, longer than anyone since Tiberius. He had established a reputation as a supremely competent administrator, who concentrated power in his own hands and maintained his popularity through building works, bread and circuses. Among one group, however, Emperor Domitian’sContinue Reading
19 September AD 634: The Arabs capture Damascus At the beginning of the seventh century, Damascus was one of the most important cities in the Roman world. But then everything began to go wrong. War between the Romans and the Persians swept across the Levant, and in AD 613 the cityContinue Reading
In the latest episode in our series on history’s biggest topics, Professor David Stevenson explores the 1919–20 conference that sought to resolve the aftermath of the First World War, and whose legacy has been fiercely debated ever since. Was the resulting Treaty of Versailles too harsh on Germany? Did theContinue Reading
18 September AD 96 The Roman emperor Domitian is stabbed 18 September 1714 Following the death of his second cousin, Queen Anne, the 54-year-old elector of Hanover lands in Great Britain for his coronation as George I 18 September 1931 The Mukden Incident, a staged explosion on the Japanese-owned SouthContinue Reading
Archaeologist and television presenter Neil Oliver discusses his new book, The Story of the World in 100 Moments, which explores the whole of human history through just 100 milestone events. Neil Oliver is the author of The Story of the World in 100 Moments (Bantam Press, 2021) Buy now onContinue Reading
