2008 Year in Review
Top events for the nation and the world News and Analysis News of the Nation Historic Presidential Election • Obama Assembles a Centrist Administration •…
After years of stalled peace talks with Israel, Palestine takes matters to the United Nations. By Jennie Wood Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Matty Stern (U.S. Embassy, Tel…
(Encyclopedia) Kagan, Elena, 1960–, U.S. educator, government official, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2010–), b. New York City, grad. Princeton (A.B., 1981), Oxford (M.Phil., 1983…
(Encyclopedia) Locke, Gary, 1950–, American politician and government official, b. Seattle. The son and grandson of Chinese immigrants, he graduated from Yale (B.A., 1972) and Boston Univ. Law School…
(Encyclopedia) Bears Ears National Monument, 201,876 acres (81,696 hectares), SE Utah; est. 2016. Named for prominent twin buttes, the national monument as proclaimed by President Obama was more than…
