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Citizenship in the nineteenth-century United States was an ever-moving target. The Constitution did not specify its exact meaning, leaving lawmakers and other Americans to struggle over the fundamental questions of who could be a citizen, how a person attained the status, and the particular privileges citizenship afforded. Black people suffered under this ambiguity, but also seized on it in efforts to transform their nominal freedom.

The explosive love story and full details behind Diana and Charles's relationship have never been revealed...until now. Their breakup sent shock waves around the world, as growing suspicions were officially confirmed: Their fairy-tale marriage was just that—a fairy tale. Not only was the lily-white veil stripped away from their private lives, but the British monarchy itself was suddenly under scathing scrutiny. After all the headlines, the whispers, the rumors, the damaging claims and counterclaims by intimate friends of each, the full inside story of Diana, Charles, and their doomed union.

The relationship between early Mormons and the US was marked by anxiety and hostility. Nineteenth-century Latter-day Saints looked forward to apocalyptic events that would unseat corrupt governments across the globe. Mormons envisioned divine deliverance by way of plagues, natural disasters, foreign invasions, American Indian raids, slave uprisings, or civil war unleashed on American people. For the Saints, these violent images promised a national rebirth that would vouchsafe the protections of the US Constitution and end their oppression.

Here we have echoes of John Wyndham’s Midwich Cuckoos, Stephen King’s Children of the Corn, and so many more tales of child-driven terror—all of which serve as tales so cautionary against procreating, the Catholic church might just try to ban Kids Are Hell!

Welcome to "The Fighting Life", where we explore the lives and times of the boxers who've risked it all in ring. "The Fighting Life" takes you on a captivating journey through the decades, exploring the evolution of boxing, from its bare-knuckle origins to the glitzy, high-stakes showdowns of today. From the tales of iconic champs to stories unsung heroes, we're your ringside seat to it all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Overwhelmed by the need to make changes in your life? Constrained by thinking and habits that no longer serve you or a view of yourself that gets in the way? In this wise and action-oriented book, Chris Masiello presents an array of strategies to shift your perspective on how to address, accept, and leverage change. You will find practical insights on the relationship between change and the human psyche, step-based guides on how we affect change and vice versa, and the instruction to put ideas into practice.