“Envoy Keeps Candor Showing”
Profile of U.N. diplomat Alan Keyes. continue reading
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Wrap-up: The 1985 U.N. Decade for Women Conference in Nairobi. continue reading
“Politburo’s Youngest Member Advanced Swiftly to the Top”
Spot profile on the elevation of Mikhail Gorbachev to the top position in the Soviet Communist Party’s central committee. continue reading
“Tough Stance Stays, But Style Will Shift”
Spot analysis of the changing of the guard at the United Nations, as Vernon Walters replaced Jeane Kirkpatrick as U.S. ambassador. continue reading
“Sharon Loses Libel Suit; Time Cleared of Malice”
Wrap-up: Ariel Sharon v. Time Inc. continue reading
“Time Again for ‘So Much UN-ery’”
Curtain-raiser: The U.N. General Assembly of 1984. continue reading
“One week into the Invasion: Up the Coastal Road from Tel Aviv to Beirut”
Up the coastal road from Tel Aviv to Beirut, following the path of Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon. continue reading
“Spot Analysis: Palestinian Autonmy and the Late Moshe Dayan”
Spot analysis: Moshe Dayan and the Palestinians. continue reading
Recap of Israel’s Attack on Iraq’s Nuclear Reactor, June 7, 1981
How the Israelis managed to blow up Iraq’s nuclear reactor in 1981. continue reading
“The Golan Heights: The Camp David Fear in the Occupied Golan Heights”
Israelis in the Golan Heights, 1980. continue reading
“The West Bank: A new breed of leadership”
Palestinian leadership in the occupied West Bank, Summer 1980. continue reading
“The West Bank: This Land is Whose Land?”
Israeli settlers and the Palestinians: Whose Land? continue reading
“Isle of Dogs”
“Isle of Dogs” By Brooke Kroeger January 1978isle-ofdogs-st__louis_post_dispatch_sun__jan_15__1978_
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The Suffragents: How Women Used Men to Get the Vote
The story of how and why a group of prominent and influential men in New York City and beyond came together to help women gain the right to vote.
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National History Day contestants, please read this first. Video of talks in my Reports from the Road.
Coming March 10:
Front Pages, Front Lines: Media and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage, Linda Steiner, Carolyn Kitch, Brooke Kroeger, eds.
2020 Dates—Jan 30: Iona College. February 4: Sagamore Hill. February 26: La Maison Française of NYU. March 10: Pub Date. March 19: Securities and Exchange Commission – NYC March 27: Ephemera Society of America. March 30: Sigenthaler Chair; Middle Tennessee State University. April 4: Avon Free Public Library, Avon CT May 5: Simons Foundation June 4-6: “Métiers et professions des médias (XVIIIe-XXIe siècles),” Université de Lausanne.