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… Violence against women has a long history in human communities. Yet, … greater attention to this problem and, at times, to stand against misogynistic violence in all its forms. Recently, … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk from Origins: Current Events in …

… believe has overemphasized the role of “the forces of good,” usually represented by God and Jesus, in … chapter deals with the wartime experiences of individual combatants. When confronted with the visceral nature of … pamphlets, letters, and speeches. Blum and Matsui also use official documents and histories and examine the period’s …

… interests in the U.S. textbook publishing business. Liberal commentators and religious libertarians denounced the board's resolution as misinformed in fact and offensive in principle.  But this latest skirmish in the … Americans are hungry for history.  And they are hungry for good journalism, too.  The History News Service is an …

… attack against all allies, and that the alliance as a whole will respond.” The blame for these tensions is difficult to … and dangerous, amplifying the sense of tension and competition across Europe and strengthening the sense of … dissolution of the Warsaw Pact in 1991, the two blocs faced off against each other in a nuclear standoff. The main …

… some degree of government action. However, before the 1930s, local governments, rather than Washington, took the … Accurate employment statistics for the period are hard to come by, but according to some accounts, the national … women found temporary jobs in laundries or sewing shops that were established specifically to provide work for …

… discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations based on a person’s sexual orientation or … for business. Consequently, LGBTQ activists in the past 30 years have sometimes found powerful allies in local … Hale delivering a statement confirming her firing from Bishop Watterson High School during a press conference in …

… conflicts, Black men served in segregated units under white officers. This dynamic greatly limited Black soldiers’ … and lesser men. While African American soldiers and communities protested these conditions, the small size of … and every theater of World War II.  During the conflict, William H. Hastie, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of War, …

… On one hand, huge new markets have opened to American companies; on the other, Chinese producers have created … this figure is projected to reach 10 percent in 2030. As a result of its intense trade with China, Africa … the end of the Cold War in 1990. During this period, China offered military intelligence, weapons, and training to …

… Every election year is a good time to remind each other that you do not discuss religion, sex, or politics in polite company. Sex to one side, in America’s Religious Wars, … to the Protestant majority that they had to be walled off in order to preserve a Protestant notion of the common …

… to occupy the Suez Canal zone. Nasser, who did not become Egypt’s official head of state until 1956, came to power in 1952 as … election, but disappointed many by his apparent unwillingness to build a broad coalition with other political … Egypt Once Again Bans the Muslim Brotherhood, Sixty Years Later …

… or evil about being a professional politician or long-time officeholder. Such notions would indeed have seemed odd to … career began in 1775, when he was elected to the local committee of safety and then to the Virginia Convention, … and his term limit followers. Paul Finkelman is the William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public …

… the most galling symbol of German occupation, lay roughly 300 km away. Michael Neiberg's book The Blood of Free Men … with collaborationist neighborhoods, areas of union and communist strength, and the German headquarters district. As … surrounding the Allied landings in Normandy had worn off, Parisians became anxious about the slow pace of the …

… the center block of Parliament and opened fire with his .30-30 Winchester lever-action rifle. In the ensuing gun fight with officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) tasked … Vickers, the man responsible for security at the House of Commons, with taking down the gunman. Commentators not …

… holding a variety of assets — real estate, weapons, communications equipment and large amounts of cash and … (the so-called “letters of marque”) and were bound by a code of conduct (subject to review by prize  courts convened … navies (and the corresponding development of a professional officer corps) led a number of European states to renounce …

… blue (the national colors). The two contenders in the run-off for France's highest office that took place on May 6, … it mildly. Socialism, at least in the United States, has become a byword among Republicans for fiscally irresponsible … of his four children, Ségolène Royal, with whom he shared a 30-year relationship ending shortly after Royal ran as the …

… economic development for the poor countries of the world — good goals for U.S. foreign policy generally. These goals … Taliban repression in their homeland. The Four Freedoms offer an alternative to the present military campaign in … back to the “gunboat diplomacy,” the use of force to accomplish diplomatic goals, associated with the major …

… The Italian media mogul, Italy’s richest man, is now the incoming prime minister. How could that not be worrisome for … of his fortune and the operations of his vast secret offshore empires. There was an array of serious charges, … and judges. His best defense against going to jail was a good political offense. He claimed he was being persecuted …

… talk by some American politicians about Mexican immigrants coming to the United States, people around the world are … strategized to force Athens to surrender to Rome by cutting off Athenian access to its port at Piraeus. 3. Hadrian’s … with another wall running parallel to the original just 300 feet behind it. In its infancy the wall was primarily …

… prevent, the next pandemic. The viruses that affect humans come in many types, and their impact on human communities … was detected at Fort Dix Army Base in New Jersey, health officials sounded the alarm. The 1918 pandemic had been a … the incident prompted tremendous concern at the time. Only 30% of the population was vaccinated despite hopes that …

… of years the kings of Europe sought glory through a combination of military victories like Lepanto, the great … 17th and early 18th centuries he made and broke treaties at will, attacked his neighbors and stole their territory, … as we do not intervene, the dictator-kings of the new world order will continue to seek glory by all the means at their …

… declared, the group trains “farmers, women, and indigenous communities in the use of improved technologies in current … farmers, along with requests for international assistance—offer essential context for today’s renewed innovation … reform] law 17716, we thought at the time that it was good because they expelled the  gamonales [all-powerful …

… Viet Cong achieved in February 1968 by launching the Tet Offensive. Its success, after all, handed Humphrey the … and a failed rescue attempt sealed Jimmy Carter's fate. Will this year produce its own October Surprise? If so, who … public diplomacy might lessen the value of such an accomplishment as a true surprise. A revived round of …

… Americans Against the City: Anti-Urbanism in the Twentieth Century   A … the way he examines the decentralist movement of the 1930s, the attempt to revive the American small town in the … thoroughly researched and forcefully argued, Americans Against the City is important reading for anyone who cares …

… and rumble seats. In the 1960s the surgeon general's office declared that old-time infectious diseases had been … threat to public health: the specter of a pandemic, and the complacent American response. The so-called "Spanish" flu … After all, by the twentieth century doctors had made good progress against history's greatest killers: smallpox, …