It would not be a stretch to see the United States's hundreds of military bases outside of its borders as a type of empire ... forward to welcoming the new American ambassador.

Grandin is a professor at Yale and the author of the forthcoming “America, América: A New History of the New ... Jackson Turner once said the American West promised: “perennial rebirth.” ...

The actual words Donald Trump said, though, show that America’s new normal is going to be nothing like what went before – especially for America’s friends and allies across the globe. While he did it ...

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