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… a million people. South Dakota, the stories revealed, had become the “Cayman Islands of the Heartland.” As unlikely as … Bill” Janklow singlehandedly enticed Citibank’s credit card division to relocate to Sioux Falls, the state’s largest … costs associated with the rally impacted local people and visitors alike. Sky-high rents, for example, meant that some …

… scientists hoped that vaccines could be used to eradicate common childhood diseases such as mumps and rubella. Yet … eradicated. Conis writes, “Nature was something to be overcome with technological breakthroughs and scientific … regarding mumps, which was regarded as a harmless and comical disease of childhood. These diseases, once …

… and I were fortunate enough to be granted permission to visit northern Afghanistan. We were an unlikely group to be … had very recently joined forces with the celebrated Tajik commander Ahmad Shah Massoud to establish the "Northern … , or burqa , a long shapeless gown that hangs from a hat to completely cover everything from head to toe. To our eyes, …

… policies as altruistic during the ideological competition of the Cold War. But these institutions and … loss of control frustrated Washington officials, who complained about the UN and WHO even as they generously … Ncogoabahizi (right, background) and two members of a WHO visiting team, Drs. David Yarom and Victor Zammit-Tabona, …

… believed, the U.S. military services had to become flexible and mobile enough to meet smaller and more … has been slow to see how pervasive that intrusion has become. Although his belated recognition has impaired his … This means trimming the size of the Army by two or three divisions, the Navy by 40 to 50 ships, and the Air Force by …

… about a block north of New Orleans’s famed French Quarter. Completely walled in, the cemetery is unwelcoming. The Roman … the victims of the slave trade. Whitney tour guides escort visitors through the grounds of this once-profitable sugar … slavery. The Whitney is a devastating experience to visit, as informative as it is evocative. Statues of …

… been lifted, and negotiations for a new constitution had commenced. While political violence between the ANC and … governance, and hold together the ANC when it seems to be coming apart at the seams. Some of these problems go back to … would help to heal the scars from decades of racial division and conflict. Part of that would inevitably be …

… miles in a straight line).  Plans for the women’s flight commenced three months earlier in August 1938. Valeriy … low-flying planes.  Women could not officially enter other divisions of the military until April 1942, meaning that … in transport missions, rather than in combat.  During his visit with female pilots of the Krasnodar Aviation School in …

… a century ago. Today, the EU faces an unprecedented combination of challenges, including a lingering economic … Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … World War with something called the European Coal and Steel community, an attempt to bring six countries together in an …

… of 1989 in eastern and central Europe and the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union in 1991 brought an end to the … know about, there are several other nations which hope to become nuclear powers in the near future. Add to this those … miniature atomic bombs hints that atomic bombs might well come in a small packages. Finally, even though we have …

… impact outside Europe than in it, he nevertheless makes a compelling case for viewing these wars as events of truly … Another key theme in Mikaberidze’s work is the persistent divisions among France’s opponents, which seriously hampered … of anti-French coalitions. The importance of these divisions is fairly well-known in the European campaigns, …

… But how does political engagement on campuses today compare to the history of American campus activism, … protests can teach campus activists, administrators, and communities today. For more on OSU campus protests in the … just those kids again, and this is a clear result of the division in American society, that Bill has illustrated …

… England founded its colonial enterprise with some official divisions between state and church — not allowing ministers … religiously intolerant regimes in the world today.   The outcome of the recent referendum in California shows us that …

… the Axis, operation Torch constituted the biggest and most complex amphibious landing to that point in world history.  … Africa, however, was never a foregone conclusion. America’s commitment to the Allied war effort after Pearl Harbor … came the lingering questions of when, where, and how their combined forces would engage German forces in the west?  …

… in order to separate it from the scandalous collapse of a commercial bank that had strong financial links to the king. … England differentiated itself from earlier generations of commercial banks was by ensuring that its own banknotes … remittance of funds without having to use banknotes or coins. Emergency wartime arrangements were also extended to …

… from viewers and readers and more than 6,000 entries in comment books from exhibitions—Gilburd gives voice to Soviet … "Foreign Literature" which published foreign authors. Visitors to the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts “queued for five … during the Thaw, noting that one of the most important outcomes of the new policy of cultural exchange was “a constant …

… French scholar Jean Bauberot. Bauberot sees three essential components to a secular society: 1) the separation of … tumult of French politics in the 19th century, the French commitment to what they call laïcité remained. By the Third Republic (1870-1940) it had become “a defining ideology of the state.” It has become …

… of effort. Profits became less assured for many fishing companies beginning in the 1970s and accelerating in later … fishing internationally. However, little was really accomplished until the 1970s, when many nations declared … called the EEZs "the most profound change in the world's commercial ocean fisheries." By 2000, EEZs had brought about …

… the Dominican capital, to stop what it believed was a communist insurgency there. The action was heavily … because Johnson exaggerated the threat of outside communists in what was a civil conflict. Yet the President … factions and saved Dominican lives. The 82nd Airborne Division, the main U.S. fighting force, was also patient and …

… too frequently heard, “if only you were white,” as a compliment to their skills, but also as a reality check that … At a young age, to make money for his family, Paige carried visitors’ bags at the train station. As the story goes, he … him “one of the greatest pitchers of all time.”  The compliments were great, but they might as well have said, …

… its efforts to build atomic bombs after a series of shortcomings and failures convinced its government to focus on a … though he was predominantly focused on American lives. His commanders predicted upwards of half a million American … and demonstrate for peace. This historic torii welcomes visitors to Istukushima Shrine which is both a UNESCO "World …

… call the Anthony Amendment, and what would eventually become the 19th Amendment. But not for a long time. California … of NAWSA and the National Women's party. But these divisions among women were not limited to just the … be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …