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Rodin's "The Thinker"

Reaching Beyond the Ivory Tower

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone, … with the public from teaching, to writing for a popular audience. We'll even question the value of public intellectual … and many more, as the Times calls them hits on its website.   Patrick Potyondy   And so just to wrap up, do you …
Cover of Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm by Harold James.

Blood and Steel

Review of Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm, by Harold James (Princeton University Press, 2012)
… crimes." 1 Partially as a result, the name Krupp has become synonymous with war profiteering, armaments and the … its legacy. Where Manchester's work heavily emphasizes the company's arms sales, James presents a more balanced account … and was removed from the list of merchants in Essen. 2 He died impoverished two years later. It was his son, Alfried …

Colonizing Mars: Practicing Other Worlds on Earth

… Congress in Adelaide, Australia. Musk spoke about his company's plans for interplanetary travel and his belief in … be expected. In front of the assembled international audience of space enthusiasts and industry leaders, Musk … colonization of other planets possible, and presented a compelling plan for how to get to Mars. His glimmering …
A group of men and women. The women hold signs that say "My Body, My Choice"

Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Justice

… they evolved over time? When, how, and why did abortion become such a controversial topic in the United States? How … Mark Sokolsky   Hello, everyone. Welcome to History Talk , where we ask a panel of leading … are Mytheli Sreenivas, associate professor of Women's Studies and History at Ohio State University, Allison Norris, a …
Pro-Choice demonstrators holding signs saying "Support Legal Abortion"

The Politics of Abortion in Europe and America

… associate editor Patrick Potyondy. Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to Writers Talk History, a partnership between the … because there have been a number of women who have died because they were not able to get access to legal … State University. And I encourage you to go look at that website to find out many great articles about history, …
National Memorial for Peace and Justice exhibit, Montgomery AL

Confederates and Lynching in American Public Memory

… Montgomery, Alabama. The opening of the memorial, however, coincides with a recent intensification in debates over Confederate monuments. How do these two trends in commemorating our nation’s past relate to one anther? What …   Brenna Miller  The opening of the Lynching Memorial has coincided with increasing controversy concerning Confederate …
John D. Rockefeller in 1914.

Bill Gates — Another Rockefeller or Another Ford?

… Americans have hated political and economic bullies. "Free competition" has always been our rallying cry and the … their entrepreneurship survive in the face of ruthless competition? Free competition meant the opportunity for all … because it hurt consumers in terms of higher prices, poorer service, less innovation and restricted choice. In 1982 the …
Group of women marching with signs: "GWU Women's Liberation," "I'm a second-class citizen," "Women demand equality"

A Slut from East Toledo (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 5)

… women's rights activism certainly continued, it did not compare to the widespread organization of the suffrage … and those who didn't enlist were called on to fill the soldiers’ place in the industrial world, working jobs that have … going into the defense industries, or even offering their service in uniform and the American military, many Latinos …
June 4th, 2014, at Hong Kong’s Victoria Park (Photo by the author)

Remembering Tiananmen: The View from Hong Kong

… In between memory and forgetting, there is commemoration . On June 4, 1989 a protest in Beijing’s … of this “second liberation,” inequalities and corruption—combined with an era of relative openness—led to calls for … But even those who survived would remember that they studied to “save the nation” ( jiuguo ). The students of 1989 …

The Shifting Terrain of Latin American Drug Trafficking

… In June 2011, the non-governmental organization Global Commission on Drug Policy published a report detailing the … change in approach to the global drugs trade. The report coincided with the fortieth anniversary of President Richard … cartel and effectively ended the cocaine wars that bloodied the streets of Miami. In addition, each trafficker …
Coach Bob Knight holding a chair

Bob Knight: A Latter-Day MacArthur?

… rash act against a national celebrity. Meanwhile, Knight complained that he was a victim of changing expectations … trustee critical of Brand's action invoked a pointed comparison: "President Truman fired General MacArthur.  … But is the comparison valid? In fact there are noteworthy coincidences between the two controversies. Both MacArthur …
Close-up of Indian couple's hands during wedding ceremony

Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India

… aimed to reform reproduction to transform both individual bodies and the body politic. Across the political spectrum, … Nicholas Breyfogle: Hello, and welcome to Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern … economic development, and to transforming both individual bodies and the body politic. The book investigates the often …

The American Dream after COVID-19

… already been showing up in recent history. Millennials have come of age hearing they are the first generation in … American Dream in American History The phrase itself was coined in 1931 by historian James Truslow Adams . Adams … as did the 1918 Spanish Flu and the even more deadly medieval Black Death . These diseases, including our current …

A New Congo Crisis?

… for current president Joseph Kabila to step down. It has become a cliché to contrast the Congo’s tremendous economic … square miles, Leopold II relied on a set of colonial companies to help run this vast territory. A map of the … his troops (a significant percentage of whom were child soldiers), reached the capital of Kinshasa in a mere seven …