http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/history history news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2010 2010-09-09T14:16:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/090810_rahul_gandhi/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/090810_rahul_gandhi/#When: 15:31:31Z Jason Overdorf He doesn’t do interviews with the foreign press, so I was only able to meet Rahul Gandhi, the once and future leader of India, elections notwithstanding, by happenstance. news, politics, history, nationworld, breaking, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-09-08T15:31:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/082710_poland_chopin/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/082710_poland_chopin/#When: 21:18:33Z Jan Cienski Frederic Chopin never painted a mural, never sang jazz, rapped or even wrote an opera. But organizers of this year’s celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of his birth are using all of those elements to bring to life Poland’s greatest composer. arts_culture, classical, nationworld, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, globalpost, history 2010-08-27T21:18:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/082610_grijalva_19thamendment/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/082610_grijalva_19thamendment/#When: 21:12:37Z Raúl M. Grijalva Thursday marks the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. It is a day to reflect on America’s continuing fight for a truly free and just society. news, politics, family, history, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-08-26T21:12:37+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/082610_ireland_bombing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/082610_ireland_bombing/#When: 17:22:43Z Conor O'Clery A British Cabinet Minister and a Cardinal were certain that a Roman Catholic priest was responsible for one of the worst IRA atrocities of the Northern Ireland Troubles, but they colluded to allow him to continue his ministry preaching the Gospel. news, politics, crime, faith, history, nationworld, breaking, globalpost 2010-08-26T17:22:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081710_fidelcastro/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081710_fidelcastro/#When: 14:08:23Z Nick Miroff Fidel Castro’s return has been almost as complete as his absence. When he fell ill and nearly died four years ago, Castro disappeared from public view entirely. Now he’s back, and once more an everyday fixture in Cuban homes, as tv cameras track his campaign to warn of a coming nuclear war. news, politics, history, war, nationworld, breaking, hub_headlines, globalpost, mexico_latin 2010-08-17T14:08:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081610_republicans_unqualified/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081610_republicans_unqualified/#When: 00:36:48Z Jimmy Zuma Smart v. Stupid: There is an old business axiom, “Never hire a manager who doesn’t believe in your product. They’re sure to make a mess of your company. Then – when they’re done screwing things up – they’ll blame your product.” In a nutshell, that describes today’s Republican Party. news, politics, history, opinion, nationworld, breaking, lead_ok, columnist 2010-08-16T00:36:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081110_mexico_culture/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081110_mexico_culture/#When: 14:18:28Z Myles Estey With little knowledge of the history of slavery in the region, Afro-Mexican culture slips away. news, family, history, nationworld, breaking, globalpost, mexico_latin 2010-08-11T14:18:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070310_tucson_bday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070310_tucson_bday/#When: 23:24:41Z Emily Jones Ever celebrated the birthday of a whole city before? Throughout August, Tucson celebrates its 235th birthday with a month-long series of events. news, history, local, arts_culture, theatre, entertainment, music, todo, food, bars_drinks, restaurants, breaking 2010-08-03T23:24:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072910_harn_obit/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072910_harn_obit/#When: 17:20:18Z Dylan Smith Ora Mae Harn, who served on the Marana Town Council from 1985-2001 and was twice elected mayor, died Wednesday night at age 77. flags, news, politics, history, local, breaking 2010-07-29T17:20:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072710_sheehan_wikileaks/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072710_sheehan_wikileaks/#When: 15:39:33Z Marian Wang Classified documents leaked in a time of war. The comparisons abound, but what did the Pentagon Papers say about Vietnam, and what do the War Logs tell us now? We asked Neil Sheehan, who reported the Pentagon Papers story for the New York Times. nationworld, news, politics, media, history, war, opinion, analysis, breaking, propublica 2010-07-27T15:39:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072110_ireland_youth_riots/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072110_ireland_youth_riots/#When: 17:47:14Z Carrie Porter A different strain of sectarianism plagues North Belfast today, more than a decade after Northern Ireland’s peace agreement. Stemming not from political ambition but still falling along the Protestant-Catholic fault line, daily skirmishes now have a catchy name: recreational rioting. nationworld, news, politics, crime, history, war, breaking, globalpost 2010-07-21T17:47:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072010_unions/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072010_unions/#When: 17:42:59Z Karla Walter Americans have expressed positive attitudes toward unions for as long as pollsters have been asking, and for decades approval of labor unions has hovered around 60%. But starting in 2009 public opinion toward labor unions dropped. Why? nationworld, news, politics, business, history, opinion, analysis, breaking, hub_headlines, center_for_american_progress 2010-07-20T17:42:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071910_tenthers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071910_tenthers/#When: 16:38:44Z Ian Millhiser Opinion: Spend a week listening to the right, and you’ll think the founders were all modern-day Tea Partiers. It’s enough to make you think they’re just making it up as they go along. Yet the reality is even worse. When the right’s view of the Constitution was ascendant 75 years ago, basic protections such as a restriction on child labor were declared unconstitutional. nationworld, news, politics, history, opinion, analysis, breaking, lead_ok, center_for_american_progress 2010-07-19T16:38:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071910_first_amendment_ii/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071910_first_amendment_ii/#When: 08:45:20Z Jimmy Zuma Smart v. Stupid: When one of the nation’s most venerable newspapers gets it so wrong on free speech, one worries who might be left to speak up for personal liberty. nationworld, news, politics, business, history, opinion, analysis, breaking, hub_headlines, columnist 2010-07-19T08:45:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071910_nelsonmandelasheroicflaw/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071910_nelsonmandelasheroicflaw/#When: 23:53:28Z Roberto De Vido He’s an indisputably great man, a hero to millions. But even great men have flaws. nationworld, news, politics, history, opinion, comics, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-07-18T23:53:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071510_thislandismyland/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071510_thislandismyland/#When: 05:43:03Z Roberto De Vido There are two sides to every issue. Or are there three? nationworld, news, politics, border, history, local, arizona, opinion, comics, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-07-15T05:43:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070810_spyswap/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070810_spyswap/#When: 14:10:47Z Miriam Elder Update: The spy scandal of a decade came to a swift close on Thursday, when the 10 suspects plead guilty in a U.S. court to working as undercover agents for Russia. What you need to know about the spy scandal of the decade. nationworld, news, politics, crime, history, war, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-07-09T14:10:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070410_independence/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070410_independence/#When: 10:23:47Z Dylan Smith We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness nationworld, news, politics, history, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-07-04T10:23:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070310_triano/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070310_triano/#When: 08:08:08Z Dylan Smith The ex-wife of businessman Gary Triano, who was killed in a 1996 bombing of his car, was returned to Tucson on Friday. flags, news, crime, history, local, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-07-03T08:08:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/063010_ireland_queen/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/063010_ireland_queen/#When: 16:08:38Z Conor O'Clery Preparations are under way for a historic state visit to the Republic of Ireland by Queen Elizabeth ll next year. The 84-year-old head of the House of Windsor will be the first British monarch to grace the neighboring island nation since it gained independence from Britain in 1921. nationworld, news, politics, history, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-06-30T16:08:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061710_roemerdog/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061710_roemerdog/#When: 21:57:42Z Kim Hartman After more than 35 years of sports broadcasting in Tucson, Hall of Fame announcer Bill Roemer has become known for how he eats his hot dogs, always fully-loaded with condiments. flags, news, history, sports, baseball, pro, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-17T21:57:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061510_bloodysunday_analysis/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061510_bloodysunday_analysis/#When: 01:54:44Z Michael Goldfarb Moving on has never been a part of life in Ulster. Those who could understand the concept “move on” — Protestant and Catholic — did precisely that and over the centuries left Ireland altogether. Cameron can only hope that his unprecedented words will create an unprecedented degree of acceptance. nationworld, news, politics, crime, faith, history, war, opinion, analysis, breaking 2010-06-16T01:54:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061510_bloodysunday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061510_bloodysunday/#When: 01:37:23Z Conor O'Clery Cheers erupt in Derry as British government releases report on the 1972 killings: There was silence as Cameron announced to the House of Commons that the killings of civil rights demonstrators by members of Britain’s elite First Parachute Regiment on Jan. 30, 1972, were “unjustified and unjustifiable.” nationworld, news, politics, crime, history, war, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-06-16T01:37:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061410_flagday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061410_flagday/#When: 16:17:16Z Dylan Smith In the 233 years since the U.S. flag was adopted by the Continental Congress, it’s seen the addition of a few stars and a stripe or three has been added and removed. flags, news, history, local, hub_headlines 2010-06-14T16:17:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061410_belgium/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061410_belgium/#When: 03:03:56Z Paul Ames Is it time to wave bye to Belgium? Not yet, despite the spectacular gains in Sunday’s elections by separatists seeking independence for the country’s Dutch-speaking north. nationworld, news, politics, history, breaking, globalpost 2010-06-14T03:03:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061010_iran/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061010_iran/#When: 16:50:35Z Stephen Kinzer One year ago, after a disputed presidential election, Iranians exploded in the most intense and sustained protests their country had known since the Islamic Revolution of the 1970s. Calm has now returned to Iran. Nothing has changed — but everything has changed. nationworld, news, politics, history, opinion, analysis, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-06-10T16:50:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060710_svs_intro/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060710_svs_intro/#When: 07:15:01Z Jimmy Zuma “Smart v. Stupid” may sound a little pretentious in today’s wide-open marketplace of ideas. But current political debate is long on “noise” and short on substance primarily because stupid ideas go unchallenged. nationworld, news, politics, history, opinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, columnist 2010-06-07T07:15:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060610_wwii_forgotten/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060610_wwii_forgotten/#When: 16:34:47Z Teri Schultz Even the military - fastidious about taking care of its fallen members - lost track of Staff Sgt. Jerry Sorensen, buried in an “isolated grave” in Belgium in World War II. But while Sorensen may have been forgotten in Washington, D.C., he was never alone, thanks to the devotion of one Belgian woman. nationworld, news, politics, family, history, war, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-06-06T16:34:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060410_israel_turkey/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060410_israel_turkey/#When: 20:32:41Z HDS Greenway Following Israel’s raid of Turkey’s blockade-running ship, it will be a miracle if the relationship between the two can ever be fully repaired. nationworld, news, politics, history, war, opinion, analysis, breaking, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-06-04T20:32:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060310_johnny_gibson/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060310_johnny_gibson/#When: 23:56:57Z Dylan Smith Johnny Gibson, a longtime fixture downtown at his eponymous barbershop and gym equipment company, died Wednesday night. He was 88. flags, news, health, history, local, arizona, sports, amateur, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-06-03T23:56:57+00:00