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Was there any backlash from religious communities when the U.S. Senate unanimously ratified the Treaty of Tripoli (1797) which included the phrase "the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion"?

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Why has Washington D.C. historically had such relatively high poverty and crime levels?

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If the huge increase in population growth starting in the 1940s is because of the Green Revolution increasing food supplies, why is population growth highest where food is scarce and people are starving?

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How accurate is Noam Chomsky's assessment of the Vietnam War in "Manufacturing Consent"?

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How are the ideas presented in Merlin Stone's "When God Was a Woman" viewed by mainstream historians?

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What specific events/policies of the late Soviet government led to the food shortages and empty grocery stores?

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Historically, how have party leaders handled the losing candidate in landslide U.S. presidential elections? Were there always calls for them to step down in the months before?

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Have US presidents always been held personally responsible by the public for natural disaster relief/response? If not, when and why did this begin?

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When and how did the term "racism" come to mean "prejudice based on skin color" to some people, and "skin-color prejudice plus institutional power imbalance" to others?

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How popular (in the US) was the Marshall Plan in 1948-1951? What sentiments and circumstances caused its discontinuation?

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Was there any backlash from religious communities when the U.S. Senate unanimously ratified the Treaty of Tripoli (1797) which included the phrase "the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion"?	150
Why has Washington D.C. historically had such relatively high poverty and crime levels?	100
If the huge increase in population growth starting in the 1940s is because of the Green Revolution increasing food supplies, why is population growth highest where food is scarce and people are starving?	49
How accurate is Noam Chomsky's assessment of the Vietnam War in "Manufacturing Consent"?	47
How are the ideas presented in Merlin Stone's "When God Was a Woman" viewed by mainstream historians?	13
What specific events/policies of the late Soviet government led to the food shortages and empty grocery stores?	11
Historically, how have party leaders handled the losing candidate in landslide U.S. presidential elections? Were there always calls for them to step down in the months before?	7
Have US presidents always been held personally responsible by the public for natural disaster relief/response? If not, when and why did this begin?	7
When and how did the term "racism" come to mean "prejudice based on skin color" to some people, and "skin-color prejudice plus institutional power imbalance" to others?	6
How popular (in the US) was the Marshall Plan in 1948-1951? What sentiments and circumstances caused its discontinuation?	5