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portrait of Shevchenko by Ukrainian artist Ilia Shulha, titled Taras Shevchenko Returning from Exil by Boat.

Taras Shevchenko, Poet of Ukraine

Taras Shevchenko is not just the founder of the modern Ukrainian literary language, he is also the most important symbol of modern Ukrainian nationhood.
National Guard Soldiers wearing gas masks and holding rifles

The Kent State Massacre

Just past noon on Monday, May 4, 1970, a squadron of Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire at a loose collection of students gathered across an expanse of leafy lawns and campus parking lots at Kent State University in northeastern Ohio.
Plague Doctor

Responding to Pandemics—Both Past and Present

What can we learn from the public/medical responses during previous epidemics and pandemics to aid us in combating COVID-19 on the local, state, and national levels?
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US History to 1877
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U.S. soldiers walking through rubble in Manila

The Battle for Manila

Public memory of the battle for Manila includes a mixture of gratitude toward the Americans, nationalistic defiance, and horror.
… includes a mixture of gratitude toward the Americans, nationalistic defiance, and horror. The liberation claimed … includes a mixture of gratitude toward the Americans, nationalistic defiance, and horror. … Philippines … East …

Who's not to Blame in the South Korea-Japan Spat?

… this statement for a rousing pep talk to the South Korean national soccer team moments before it took the field … included a hasty division of the country itself. The Soviet Union occupied the north while the United States occupied …
Portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Burma’s Hope Imprisoned

… over its name. In 1989, Burma’s military rulers appealed to nationalist sentiment by adopting the name “Myanmar” for … a name adapted from local usage, but it hasn’t won international recognition because the regime is an international outlaw in flagrant violation of human rights. There …
President Theodore Roosevelt helped solidify conservation as a national agenda item along with preservationist John Muir.

Executive Conservation

Review of Presidents and the American Environment, by Otis L. Graham, Jr. (Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, 2015)
American W84 warhead from the 1980s.

Nuclear Arms Control – Now, More than Ever

… attack. The source of this threat has changed from the Soviet Union to terrorist groups. Yet what hasn’t changed is the … … William Lambers … History News Service … Global/Transnational … Nuclear Power & Weapons … Cold War … Russia … …
Illustration of global public health by Giovanni Maki, 2004.

The WHO and International Public Health

… from the history of the WHO about the importance of international cooperation in the promotion of  public health . … material support (especially from the United States and the Soviet Union) in the form of vaccines, materials, and money.  …

Are Women People? The Equal Rights Amendment Then and Now

… women attained the vote in 1920. Paul and her allies in the National Woman’s Party (NWP) pointed out that more than … legal protection, not legal equality. Women’s groups, labor unions, and others representing female factory workers had … Lady Eleanor Roosevelt with members of The Women’s Trade Union League in New York in 1958 ( bottom ). In 1940, the …

Feminism in Egypt: New Alliances, Old Debates

… Islamic and Islamist—overthrew Mubarak and dismembered his National Democratic Party (NDP). The Supreme Council of the … al-Ittihad al-Nisa’I al-Tahdhibi (Women’s Refinement Union), Jam’iyat al-Raqy al-Adabiyah li-al-Sayyidat … Girls”). The Colonial Encounter and the Egyptian Feminist Union The ideological situation grew more complex when …
North College Hill, Ohio, USA, Memorial Day parade, 2004, by Rick Dikeman.

A Vanishing American Remembrance?

… General Order 11 establishing May 30 as Decoration Day at national cemeteries to honor soldiers who died in service. Gen. Logan's order spoke only to honoring Union soldiers' sacrifices. Former Confederate states … and families of Confederate soldiers buried in Arlington National Cemetery were not even permitted to visit the grave …
Logo for "Canada 150".

Canada 150: Coming Home

… and tagged “Colonialism 150.” This is the trouble with a national anniversary in a colonial state: it brings the … struggling Maritime Provinces. The net result is a basic national standard for schools, infrastructure, arts, and … Canada’s transfer payments are bested by the European Union’s Regional Policy that dedicates a full one third of …
Ronald Reagan toasting at a State Dinner during his presidency.

Behind the Reagan Myths, a Mediocre Presidency

… His role in ending the Cold War was less important than the Soviet Union’s collapse from internal strains. He was a political … change. In 1933, his New Deal projected a change in the national government’s role in regulating and balancing the …
A "bucket brigade" works to clear rubble and debris on September 14, 2001.

United We Stand? The Unequal Costs of Mobilization

… 11 fighting each other in the streets of New York City. Unionized firefighters scuffled with police officers. … site, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urged the firefighters’ union to cooperate with his downsizing of the search for … Zero? When the mayor of New York tells firefighters who are nationally celebrated as heroes to listen to his authority …

Syria's Islamic Movement and the 2011-12 Uprising

… constituencies of the umbrella opposition group, the Syrian National Council (SNC), are staunch non-Islamists. Two weeks … Party. The regime also cultivated closer relations with the Soviet Union, the German Democratic Republic and the other …

The Amazon Rainforest under Threat

… policies and demanding protection of the Amazon. International attention focused on the fires, the majority of … fired Ricardo Galvão, the director of INPE, Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, who defended the … highest total in 10 years. In the face of a torrent of international criticism, Bolsonaro blamed NGOs and …