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Who's coming to America: today's immigrants come from different places, but their reasons are similar to those that motivated earlier immigrants.	Cover story	Apr 6, 2009	2096
The new face of America: by 2042, minorities will make up the majority of the U.S. population. What will this demographic sea-change mean?		Sep 22, 2008	1536
1948: the Berlin airlift: in one of the first confrontations of the cold war the U.S. began a yearlong airlift of food and aid to West Berlin after the Soviet Union blockaded the city.		Sep 22, 2008	2366
1948 the birth of Israel: in May 1948, the Jews of Palestine declared an independent state in their ancient homeland. Arab armies immediately attacked, and the conflict drags on six decades later.	Country overview	Apr 14, 2008	2454
1957 Sputnik launches the space race: at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union sent the first satellite into space. A stunned America reacted by jump-starting its space program, leading to the historic moon landing 12 years later.		Sep 17, 2007	2114
1957 the integration of Central High: fifty years ago this fall, President Eisenhower sent federal troops into Arkansas to enforce the desegregation of Little Rock's Central High School.		Sep 3, 2007	2232
1967 the six-day war: much of today's conflict between Israel and the Palestinians stems from a war 40 years ago that lasted less than a week.		Apr 16, 2007	2603
How the Middle East got that way: the seeds of much of the conflict in the Mideast today were planted by Britain and its Allies after World War I, when they carved up the remains of the Ottoman Empire.		Jan 15, 2007	1905
Out of Africa: more Africans are now coming to the United States as immigrants than in the days of slavery.		Nov 27, 2006	1905
1607: the legacy of Jamestown: four hundred years ago, the first permanent English settlement in North America planted the seed that became the United States. How would things be different if the colonists had given up and gone home?		Nov 27, 2006	1914
The U.S. at 300 (million, that is): the 300 millionth American arrived in October. How does America today compare with 1915 and 1967, when the population passed the 100 million and 200 million marks?		Nov 13, 2006	767
1956: the roads that changed America: suburbia, shopping malls, fast food, and drive-in everything--the Interstate Highway System gave birth to much of American life as we know it.		Nov 13, 2006	1869
The debate over immigration: 200 years & counting: America may be a nation of immigrants, but we haven't always welcomed newcomers with open arms.		Sep 4, 2006	1659
1961: the Bay of Pigs: a force of Cuban exiles trained and equipped by the U.S. invaded Cuba in a failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.		Mar 13, 2006	1351
The 300 millionth American? Later this year, the U.S. population will reach a milestone. A look at how the nation has changed since we hit 200 million in 1967.		Feb 20, 2006	923
1946: the iron curtain & the Cold War: after World War II, the United States and its Allies began a 40-year struggle to contain the spread of Soviet Communism.		Feb 20, 2006	1872
1955: moving to the Front of the bus: during the Montgomery bus boycott, blacks used their wallets as weapons in the struggle for civil rights.		Nov 14, 2005	1312
1920: women get the vote: the 19th Amendment was ratified 85 years ago, after decades of campaigning by the women's suffrage movement.		Sep 5, 2005	1092
Who we are now: Today's America is very different from the one your parents and grandparents knew. A few statistics tell the story of an ever-changing nation.	Cover Story	May 9, 2005	2287
1945: dropping the bomb: sixty years ago this August, the nuclear age began with U.S. attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.		May 9, 2005	1662
1925: the 'monkey trial': John Scopes was charged with violating Tennessee law by teaching evolution in a public school. His trial transfixed the nation.		Mar 28, 2005	1649
1970: tragedy at Kent State: with the Vietnam War escalating, Ohio National Guard troops fired at a crowd of student protesters, killing four of them.		Mar 7, 2005	1315
In 1912, three was a crowd: Teddy Roosevelt showed that a third party could make a serious run for the White House.		Oct 11, 2004	1277
1968: in a year of turmoil, a nation goes to the polls: the Vietnam War and violent social unrest at home set the stage for Richard Nixon's victory in one of the most dramatic presidential races in U.S. history.		Sep 6, 2004	1584
The Truman surprise: in the election of 1948, Harry Truman fooled pollsters (and almost everyone else) when he beat Thomas Dewey to win a full term in the White House.		Apr 5, 2004	1572