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Nationalist police forces in Barcelona preventing voting in the October 1, 2017 referendum.

Top Ten Origins: Catalonia (Catalunya) and Spain

… ten historical moments help us understand the long and complicated relationships Catalunya has had with Spain as … to Spanish and French, known as Catalan. 2. Catalunya: A Medieval Borderland Miniature of Charlemagne and four Muslim … of the Franks, evolved one of the earliest parliamentary bodies in Europe, the corts of Catalunya, which wielded a …
Barry Faulkner's mural, "The Constitution," depicts the framers of the U.S. Constitution.

Term Limits: Thank Goodness We Didn’t Have Them in 1787

… career began in 1775, when he was elected to the local committee of safety and then to the Virginia Convention, … as well as a term in the U.S. House of Representatives and died while serving in the U.S. Senate. Under a term limits … where he remained until 1821, when he guided the Missouri Compromise bill through Congress. Fortunately, no term limit …

What's All Happening at the Zoo?

… even have gorilla enclosures in the first place? It should come as no surprise that zoos make headlines. According to a … did the number of animals behind bars. When the ancient, medieval, and early-modern upper classes fell in love with … the last quarter of the twentieth century, “landscape immersion” enclosures became popular within zoological …
The Battle of Culloden by David Morier

Top Ten Origins: Scotland and the United Kingdom

… it remains a part of the United Kingdom or separates to become an independent state.  As the prospect of an … One Head     In 1603, Elizabeth I of England and Ireland died. Her successor, James Stuart VI, King of Scotland, … violent climax at the Battle of Culloden, where British soldiers decimated Jacobite forces. The brutal crackdown and …
A glass negative of Warren G. Harding.

Sex Scandals and U.S. History

… George Santayana made one of the world’s best known comments about history when he said that those who learn … triumvirate of 1920s conservative Republican presidents, died in 1923 amid bribery and corruption scandals that were …

Where have you gone, Holden Caulfield? Why We Aren’t ‘Alienated’ Anymore

… Over the last year, we have come to know a good deal about Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab. … question: Why would a privileged youth feel drawn to immerse himself in so deadly a cause? We used to have a … even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, . …
Crowds of people in Kyiv, Ukraine

The Fate of Crimea, the Future of Ukraine, Part I

… Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone … of the nation that Catherine had begun. Many, many died and many were killed. Then in 1954, Khrushchev … and Leticia Wiggins. Find our podcasts and more at our website, origins.osu.edu . And you can find us on Twitter, …

Russia, America, and the Conspiratorial Worldview

… It is impossible to imagine a Soviet citizen who lived and died without encountering at least one of Efimov’s images. … War I and after the 1917 Revolution and to signal their commitment to the new Bolshevik cause.   Mikhail, the elder … cartoonists, Efimov “remains a true teacher.” Efimov died in 2008, shortly after his 108 th birthday. The …
Vegetables from ecological farming.

Bringing Democrats and Republicans Together over Food

… enemies of peace."   Democrats and Republicans could surely come together to realize that children overseas dying or … hunger a foreign policy priority.  They can and should come together over food.   This has to happen if we are to … for many things in government, but not for global hunger.  Competition for foreign policy dollars is fierce, and global …
The Fire of Rome, 18 July 64 AD, Oil on Canvas, Robert Hubert, 1785. In the Musee des Beaux-Arts Andre Malraux; Le Havre, France.

The Great Fire of Rome

… fire have long been questioned and debated, the academic community generally blames poor circumstances for Rome’s … from his imagination.  Tacitus, ever the skeptic in comparison, posited a different conclusion. In the absence … quickly begins to seem embellished.  Modern historians have come to a consensus that Tacitus, not Suetonius, is a more …

From Baghdad to Kabul: The Historical Roots of U.S. Counterinsurgency Doctrine

… the benefit of the clear military or geographic objectives common to more conventional wars. This lack of knowledge … women and children, in concentration camps; over 20,000 died in less than two years of confinement, mostly from … of MNF-I in February 2007, and Lieutenant General Raymond Odierno, who deployed to Iraq in command of MNC-I late in …

The Question of Refugees: Past and Present

… face an uncertain future in the sprawling Dadaab camp complex in Kenya barely register on the radar of the global … Somalia must first walk for weeks across a desert and many die along the way or soon after arrival. This mass gravesite … ground, an Indian government official invited a European audience to “imagine what would have happened if instead of a …
President Nixon photographed through a window explaining release of edited transcripts, April 29, 1974

Will There Be a Last Nixon Cover-Up?

… staff, I am alarmed by this news. As their administrations come to a close, presidents establish foundations to raise … didn’t open those tapes until 1996, two years after Nixon died. Taylor sneered, “The archivists have done their …
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver in 2007.

An Immigrant in the White House? But Will It Be Arnold?

… they should be careful what they wish for. In order to become president of the United States, the Constitution … Hamilton never became president; his clause essentially died with him when he was shot in a duel in 1803. But the … National Philadelphia” and director of American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University. …
People arriving at Ellis Island in the early 20th century.

Noncitizens have the obligations of citizens-so why not the right to vote?

… revolution, such a proposition was not far-fetched. It was common sense that government should rest on the consent of … of government. This historical precedent is making a comeback in some circles today. Currently, noncitizens vote … the laws that govern citizens, serve in the military and die defending the United States. Their numbers are …
seedlings

Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future

… us on an authoritative and eye-opening journey into how the company Monsanto came to have outsized influence over our … take a moment to get to know our speaker. Bart Elmore studies the past to understand how we can live more sustainably … relationship that you can even see here on their company website they say that without Coca-Cola, there would be no …
Voting booths

America's Post-Election Political Landscape

… Brenna Miller  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … Hamlin, an associate professor of history and American studies. She specializes on women and gender history in the … Blissit. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcast and more on our website at …
Crowds of people waving Ukrainian flags

The Fate of Crimea, the Future of Ukraine, Part II

… Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone … nice selfie pictures. So if you go to the John Glenn school website, you can see some of the pictures of the protest, … violence in January, which increased into the absolute tragedies that you saw on February 18th and 20th, where up to 70 …
The Statue of Liberty in New York City.

Where Will “Liberation” Lead?

… Choosing to back dictators such as South Vietnam’s Ngo Dinh Diem, Nicaragua’s Anastasio Somoza, and Iran’s Muhammad Reza … of Guatemala’s Jacobo Arbenz dared to undertake a comprehensive land reform campaign, nationalize corporate property and open diplomatic relations with communist countries in 1954, Washington was quick to …
Photo of Eugene V. Debs from 1900.

Let’s Hear It for the Losers!

… presidential losers of the American past. Yes, the time has come for all true lovers of trivia to stand up and be … If Clay felt betrayed, he would have a great deal of company as a perennial also-ran. Other men ran for the … Foster who ran three times for the Workers' Party and the Communist Party?  Or how about that three-time candidate of …
Theatrical poster for the American release of the 1952 film High Noon

War with Iraq: The Movie

… a villain and his henchmen threaten the safety of a western community, whose cowardly citizens cringe in the face of … Lebanon to save it from destructive fighting, American soldiers became the targets of warring parties; 241 Marines died in a terrorist bombing, and Reagan quickly pulled out …

Policing the Police: A Civil Rights Story

… hallways. Teachers gave lessons to help young students comprehend an American past with racial segregation, and how … movement —how it extends beyond the brief period she studied in elementary school, into both the past and the … our government. The permissible limits of law enforcement bodies have always been set by state and local governments, …
Jiang Zemin

Reframing the Debate on Human Rights in China

… abysmal human rights record. Jiang and other Chinese Communist Party officials countered that Americans are too … It should just encourage us to refrain from condescendingly comparing China to the United States. Here's my alternative: … for Americans to make the case for tolerance to Chinese audiences: by stressing how much the official measures now …