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Long-form articles by historians

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Ilona Schoknecht-Slupianek.
Cops and Robbers? The Roots of Anti-Doping Policies in Olympic Sport
Campaign poster for the Good Friday Agreement.
Treating the Symptoms: Northern Ireland’s Incomplete Peace
The flight of Greeks from Asia Minor in 1922.
Refugees or Immigrants? The Migration Crisis in Europe in Historical Perspective
The Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
A New View of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Needs and Narratives to Negotiation
Artwork of the Battle of Chaldiran (1514).
The Secular Roots of a Religious Divide in Contemporary Iraq
A United States twenty-dollar bill.
Blue, Black, and Green: Inflation and the Fate of Argentina
The glowing skyline of Singapore's Central Business District.
Singapore at Fifty
Philippine naval vessel, BRP Mangyan, and crew.
A Sea of Troubles: The Philippines and Pacific Geopolitics
August 1976 cover from Ms. Magazine.
Private Matter or Public Crisis? Defining and Responding to Domestic Violence
This image appeared in the New York Journal on April 20, 1898.
As Cuba and the United States Reengage: The Presence of the Past
United States-Mexico border.
Hacer América and the American Dream: Global Migration and the Americas
Harlem, Summer 1964.
From Harlem to Ferguson: LBJ's War on Crime and America's Prison Crisis
Lake Oroville, California, 2014.
The West without Water: What Can Past Droughts Tell Us About Tomorrow?
Ak Saray.
Erdoğan’s Presidential Dreams, Turkey’s Constitutional Politics
Jean Yocum.
Good Guys and Bad Guys with Guns: Gun Control in Canada and the U.S.
A China Dream publicity poster.
China Dreams and the “Road to Revival”
A sign that reads, "Keep Govment out of Medicade Dammit!"
An Enemy Until You Need A Friend: The Role of "Big Government" in American History
Football player Takeo Spikes compared the violence of football to the Roman coliseum.
Savage Gladiators vs. Civilized Amateurs: Rome and Athens in American Sports Culture
For centuries, baptisms have been performed in the Jordan River, considered holy by many religious communities. A baptism taking place in the Jordan River.
Baptized in the Jordan: Restoring a Holy River
Rainbow flag.
The Road to Same-Sex Marriage: Lesbian Mothers, Gay Fathers, and the American Family
Anti-Morsi poster in Egypt.
Clampdown and Blowback: How State Repression Has Radicalized Islamist Groups in Egypt
First Lady Nancy Reagan expresses her feelings about drugs while riding horses with her husband, President Ronald Reagan.
The Illegalization of Marijuana: A Brief History
Overlooking Euromaidan in Kyiv, Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Crisis: In Russia's Long Shadow
Flag of Pakistan.
A Fresh Start for Pakistan?