The following articles have been gathered for your enrichment on topics that we discuss in class. Please email me with any additional links you suggest.

Table of Contents

01 Imperialism
02 Gilded Age/Progressivism
03 World War I
04 1920s
05 1930s
06 World War II
07 Truman; Building a new world order
08 1950s Cold War
09 1960s Vietnam
10 Civil Rights
11 1970s-1980s
12 1990s - Present

01 Imperialism

02 Gilded Age/Progressivism

03 World War I

04 1920s

05 1930s

06 World War II

"WWII Bombs Still Menace Germany" (6/6/10)

Today, 27 million people are enslaved, more than at the height of the transatlantic slave trade.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127476757

07 Truman; Building a new world order

08 1950s Cold War

09 1960s Vietnam

1954: "Remembering the French Defeat at Dien Bien Phu" (5/7/10)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126602037

1967: Tiger Force "Book Recounts 'Tiger Force' Crimes in Vietnam" (5/15/06)

interview with Michael Sallah, the 2004 pulitzer prize for investigative reporting for Toledo Blade's Tiger Force series.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5405614

1968 & 1969: "William Calley Makes First Public Apology For Vietnam War's My Lai Massacre" (5/4/10)

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/08/william_calley_makes_first_pub.html

1970: "Kent State Shooting A Wound Not Quite Healed" (5/2/10)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126453425

1970: "Teaching Kent State, 40 Years Later" (5/10)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126511396

1970: "Laos' Unexploded Bombs: Deadly Scrap Metal, Toys" (3/5/10)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124346491&ps=rs

1971: "John Kerry on Dissent During a Time of War" (3/5/10)

In 1971, a young Navy officer and Vietnam veteran named John Kerry stood before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and called for an end to the war in Vietnam.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5361892

"'Good Morning, Vietnam' Inspiration Aids MIA Efforts" (4/11/09)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113526747

"Afghanistan Policymakers Look To Vietnam's Lessons" (10/9/09) audio:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102997023

"Disabled Veterans Face Bureaucracy" (5/11/10)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126676864

10 Civil Rights

"Slavery is not dead, just less recognizable." (9/1/04)

Today, 27 million people are enslaved, more than at the height of the transatlantic slave trade.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0901/p16s01-wogi.html

"Colombia becomes new hub for human smuggling into US" (2/22/10)

a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2010/0222/Colombia-becomes-new-hub-for-human-smuggling-into-UShttp://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2010/0222/Colombia-becomes-new-hub-for-human-smuggling-into-US

"World makes progress against slavery, but 13 nations lag" (6/14/10)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2010/0614/World-makes-progress-against-slavery-but-13-nations-lag

"Global slavery at a high, but modern-day abolitionists are increasing public awareness" (9/16/08)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2008/0916/p01s01-usgn.html

"Abolitionists take on slavery – online; changemakers.net, theamazingchange.com, notforsalecampaign.org" (8/11/08)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2008/0811/p02s02-usgn.html

"12 year old abolitionist - you can make a difference" (2/21/07)

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0221/p13s01-lign.html

"Interracial marriage more than double the rate in the 1980s" (6/4/10)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2010/0604/Interracial-marriage-more-than-double-the-rate-in-the-1980s?

"Dragging of S.C. Man May Be Hate Crime" (6/3/10)

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1993794,00.html

"Economic downturn fuels human trafficking" (6/17/09)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2009/0617/p02s07-usgn.html

11 1970s-1980s

12 1990s - Present

"Clinton Investigation: High Crimes or "Just" A Sex Cover-Up?" (9/21/98)

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989114-1,00.html

"Afghanistan Policymakers Look To Vietnam's Lessons" (10/9/09)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113526747 Current Issues:

"Ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan"

The US has a military base in Kyrgyzstan considered vital to Afghanistan war. Does this make us MORE obligated to intervene? (6/13/10)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10304165.stm

"Save the Children in Kyrgyzstan - pictures:" (6/28/10)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/jun/28/kyrgyzstan?picture=364311083

Cold War? "Ten 'Russian Spies' arrested in US" (6/28/10)