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… protests in Hong Kong that have directly challenged Chinese Communist Party (CCP) policies and yet have not been … November as the leader of the Politburo’s powerful Standing Committee. But we shouldn’t make too much of Jiang’s passing … treason and censorship laws, they point out, and many local officials seem more concerned now with pleasing the CCP …

… going to take their seats the next day and that they were completely resolute in overturning the election and bringing … Odinga to power. The Kibera school, he said, had now become a refuge for families whose homes were destroyed in the … corporations have been the bribes extorted by government officials (at one point airlines pulled out of Kenya due to …

… Jessica Vinas-Nelson  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … Petrograd garrison, which was ordered by the Tsar and his officials to break up the riots, instead mutinied and went … World War One memorial in Moscow at the, at this memorial site that also includes lots of World War Two memorials, and …

… which plan to test the next generation of bombs on computers rather than under the ground. But who’s paying … to the final frontiers — space and the virtual realm of computer technology. They have a passionate booster in … plan. They shout it out in glossy brochures and slick websites, hoping to get a bigger piece of the budgetary pie. …

… Bolivian Atacama region, mainly led by Chilean and British companies. The mineral was used both as a fertilizer and in … and subjecting them to discrimination for decades to come. Though usually overlooked in claims of Hispanization, … after mediation efforts failed. On April 5, 1879, Chile officially declared war on both Bolivia and Peru.  The …

… Mugabe has dominated Zimbabwean politics since 1980, having come to power on a wave of popular support developed during … (WOZA). The acronym, WOZA, is also an Ndebele word meaning "come forward." The group was founded "to press for solutions … disenfranchised and impoverished. For this, the country's officials blame international actors. President Obama is not …

… of Ukraine: Russia cannot be an empire without Ukraine and coming to terms with Ukraine’s separate nationhood is a … nations. With Ukrainian independence, Russia lost many sites enshrined in its historical memory, including the … Ukrainians, or “Little Russians” as they were called on the official level, came to resemble that of the Scots in the …

… But what exactly does Russia want? And how does this compare to its ambitions in the past? In this episode of … Jessica Blissit  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … sailors on board were helping in Syria, and it was retired officially after its Syrian mission and greeted with all …

… body-scan. Airline passengers in the United States have come to expect these kinds of security measures as a … closure of all the New York City area airports. Aviation officials saw the series of crashes as civil aviation’s … day. Two more days would pass before boats found the crash site. It took two weeks to salvage the wreck. Twenty-nine …

… hallways. Teachers gave lessons to help young students comprehend an American past with racial segregation, and how … in the Bill of Rights did not even apply to state or local officials until the 1950s. The U.S. government took little … list: Chicago, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Cleveland. All are sites of recent unrest originating in killings of unarmed …

… strength and quantity, and are well mixed.” Humoral theory, combined with ignorance of germs, created a situation ripe … drink vinegar, mercury, or arsenic. Others ate garlic or a compound made of iron oxide clay, aloe, myrrh, and saffron. … medieval period, now in Croatia—instituted one of the first official plague quarantines. The ordinance prevented anyone …

… history. The train stops in Urgench, a quiet and comparatively modern city of about 150,000 people. Exiting … Turkic nomadic tribesmen from the early centuries of the Common Era, Khorezm became an important commercial and … fourth century B.C.E. Khorezmians were minting their early coins by the second century B.C.E. A century later the …

… dying lay beneath the rubble and remains of their homes and communities, American televangelist Pat Robertson stated … began immediately. And although Haiti was finally able to officially "buy" its economic freedom and diplomatic … the next 100 years became, in many respects, the exact opposite. Rather than being ignored and excluded, Haiti became …

… this region has also been central to Ukraine’s complex journey to define itself. In the Soviet era and in … build a national movement with those they viewed as their compatriots living in imperial Russia , rich and often … Catholic Church was not only banned, but replaced with an official Soviet-state sponsored Russian Orthodox Church and …

… with a column praising the strategic savvy and tactical competence of abdicated Alaska governor Sarah Palin. Broder … her hand.) "Her invocation of 'conservative principles and common-sense solutions' was perfectly conventional," Broder … Revolt" (1954), "Pseudo-Conservatism Revisited" (1964), and "The Paranoid Style in American Politics" …

… called it "genocide." The violence and destruction is often compared to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. These tragic events have riveted the international community and attracted unprecedented media attention. … allocated land to specific individuals—such as high-ranking officials of the kingdom—for personal ownership. Under …

… the rights of his novel to a printer. He was buried in a common grave. Most profoundly, our modern sensibility is … of the Bible, the  Iliad  and  Odyssey , the  Divine Comedy  and the  Canterbury Tales —didn’t explore our inner … There will be countless festivities around the world to commemorate 400 years since their deaths. Shakespeare’s …