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Hand-drawn comic of linked dominoes showing housing and mortgage risk spreading through securities, credit, jobs, and a neighborhood storefront.

Great Recession: Housing Bubble, Financial Crisis and Policy

Trace the Great Recession from housing and leverage to TARP, ARRA and Dodd-Frank, with a worked example and CLEP U.S. History II practice.

Hand-drawn comic contrasting the 2003 Iraq invasion with unfinished routes toward security, public services, and political legitimacy, with Iraqi residents repairing and debating.

Iraq War: Strategy, Occupation and Limits of American Power

Study the Iraq War through strategy, intelligence, occupation and the surge, with historical source analysis and CLEP U.S. History II practice.

Hand-drawn pastel comic of airport screening, investigators comparing records, a judge reviewing security authority, and an advocate with a civilian at a hearing.

September 11: Afghanistan, Homeland Security and Civil Liberties

Hand-drawn comic distinguishing House impeachment in 1998 from Senate acquittal in 1999, with Bill Clinton remaining at work beside the White House.

1994 Realignment: Polarization and Clinton Impeachment

Hand-drawn paper-collage comic of NAFTA trade links among Canada, the United States and Mexico, contrasting consumer and export benefits with a concerned factory worker.

Clinton, NAFTA and the Third Way: Policy and Globalization

Hand-drawn comic of George H. W. Bush and international diplomats building a coalition bridge toward liberating Kuwait in 1991, with an uncertain aftermath beyond.

George H. W. Bush and the Gulf War: Goals and Aftermath

Hand-drawn comic of AIDS patient care, collaborative research, and advocates demanding care and a voice, connected by a red awareness ribbon.

Culture Wars and the AIDS Crisis: Evidence and Public Policy

Hand-drawn sketchbook comic of Reagan and Gorbachev negotiating the INF Treaty, citizens crossing the Berlin Wall, and Iran-Contra congressional oversight.

Reagan’s Cold War: Iran-Contra, INF and Soviet Collapse

Hand-drawn comic of Reagan’s tax lever, an independent Federal Reserve wheel, PATCO workers, a family wage envelope, investor gains, and a farmer facing debt.

Reaganomics: Taxes, Union Decline and Deregulation

Hand-drawn colored-pencil comic of direct-mail organizers, voter registration, a taxpayer, religious organizing, and policy researchers before the 1980 election.

The New Right and the Election of 1980: Coalitions and Ideas

Hand-drawn comic of Ford’s 1974 pardon, Carter mediating the 1978 Camp David agreement between Sadat and Begin, and families following the Iran hostage crisis.

Ford and Carter: Human Rights, Camp David and Iran Hostages

Hand-drawn comic of a worried worker with a wage envelope, rising grocery price tags, a 1970s gasoline queue, factory job losses, and the closed 1971 gold-exchange window.

Nixon Shock, Oil Crises and Stagflation: Causes and Effects

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