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An image of Kuwait’s oil fields after they were set ablaze by retreating Iraqi soldiers during the First Gulf War

Oil Empires and Petro-Anarchies

Review of Empires and Anarchies: A History of Oil in the Middle East, by Michael Quentin Morton (London: Reaktion Books, 2017)
A U.S. FBI agent sorts through rubble. (Photo by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation)

The 1998 East African Embassy Bombings

… but at the time it seemed like a relatively minor threat in comparison with established groups like Hamas and Hizballah. … of militant groups called The International Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders. The document amounted … And the attack was executed in a manner that would soon come to characterize al Qaeda operations. The trucks were …

Russia, Gay Rights, and the Sochi Olympics

… celebrate unity through sport, they have always been used for political purposes. Adolf Hitler showcased his Third … delegation to Sochi. Inadvertently, the Sochi games have become the gay games. Homosexuality in Russia Today The … of the new legislation, and Putin’s own remarks about visitors to Olympic Games, have focused on pedophilia as a …
Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.

Peace through Olympic Sport?

… billions of people. But are the Olympic Games good for the World? Proponents say the Games help create mutual … corruption scandals, doping controversies and rampant commercialism have done so little to dent the popularity of … to showcase the achievements of Nazism, and many foreign visitors were impressed by the gleaming new stadiums and the …
Bande dessinée par Ali Delim pour marquer la vingtième anniversaire de la mort de Saïd Mekbel

1/30/2015: Les dangers d'être humoriste: Charlie Hebdo n’est pas le seul

… Hebdo a suscité une recherche profonde pour découvrir comment les hommes armés sont venus à être si irrités par … avec des conséquences mortelles leur colère envers des comiques dont le travail a été jugé blasphématoire ou opposé … les militants des groupes armés divers se réclamant d’une forme plus « vraie » de l'Islam ont tué trois humoristes : …
Official Program: Woman Suffrage Procession, Washington DC March 3, 1913

I have many things to say (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 2)

… conflict.  Today we talk about the women who led the charge for suffrage, their successful advocating for the nineteenth amendment, and who they left behind along … be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …
poster supporting those lost in Pearl Harbor

Mobilizing for Common Purpose in the COVID Era

… Just how has American society mobilized for a sense of common purpose in the past? And why have we seemed to lose that sense of common purpose today in the midst of the coronavirus … Mobilizing for Common Purpose in the COVID Era …

Ideology or Ethnicity? The Israeli Political Crisis

… the Supreme Court and amidst growing public criticism. To compound the confusion, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, sitting … the right-wing Likud party, was indicted in November 2019 for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. Prime Minister … in Israeli society—for example, divisions over territorial compromise with the Palestinians; divisions between Jews and …
Robert F Williams and Mao Zedong

China and the Black Liberation Struggle in America

… Mao Zedong to Martin Luther King Jr., China has a long and complex history of interaction with African American movements for equal rights. Please join Ohio State University’s Melvin … a source of inspiration. So you had, you had Chinese people visiting places like the Hampton Institute, and the Tuskegee …
An image showing slaves working on a plantation on the island of Antigua in the early 1800s.

After Abolition: Britain and the Slave Trade Since 1807

Review of After Abolition: Britain and the Slave Trade Since 1807, by Marika Sherwood (I.B. Tauris, 2007)
… slave trade. While the anniversary passed without too much comment in the United States, it was commemorated widely in Britain. Out of that cultural moment … the Americas. Finally in 1807, thanks to the impassioned efforts of the Anti-Slavery Society, the British Parliament …
Two vials of modern insulin named Actrapid (left) and NovoRapid (right) by the manufacturers.

The First Insulin Injection as a Treatment for Diabetes

… a chronic condition that can have serious, life-threatening complications if left untreated. Diabetes is caused when the … first successfully used on January 23, 1922. The efforts to refine and distribute insulin therapy represented … date to the ancient Egyptians, over a millennium before the common era . Later, in the second century CE, the Greek …
the cover of a Captain America comic book

Captain America: Changing Conscience of a Nation

… and artist Jack Kirby in the eponymous Captain America Comics #1 , the patriotic hero became a breakout star for Timely Comics (the company that would evolve into Marvel … “good war.” Four-color McCarthyism could not pull enough coins from adolescent pockets to prevent the superhero …
Actors in the Berezil troupe, 1922.

Ukrainian Theater on the Soviet Stage

… 1920, in the middle of war , a group of Ukrainians performed Macbeth . They had been in Kyiv, but the city was … Follies. The Berezil’s managing director researched the latest in stage lighting, and the state funded the purchase … cavorted with dancing girls. Finally, the figure of comic writer Ostap Vyshnia was depicted hunting a line of …
Plate of enchiladas at a Mexican restaurant.

Mexican Food in the United States

… They change over time. This is certainly the case for Mexican food in the United States, which has undergone … Powder  The food tradition of the American Southwest has come about through various populations’ contributions over … and Birria Landia, it is a draw for locals but also invites visitors to experience Mexican food, reflecting the careful …
Monument with figures dressed as pop culture figures like Superman, Santa, and Ronald McDonald

1989: The Year That Changed It All

… world watched in amazement as events in Eastern Europe transformed the planet. Socialist states that had looked a … Talk , hosts Patrick Potyondy and Leticia Wiggins welcome historians  Nicholas Breyfogle and  Theodora … Leticia Wiggins   This is your host Leticia Wiggins and welcome to History Talk , smart conversations about today's …
Israeli Prime Minister, Levi Eshkol

Six Days That Shook The World

Review of The Six Day War: The Breaking of the Middle East, by Guy Laron (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017)
… and Egypt in the 1950s and 1960s created the conditions for military coups and for administrations that deemed the application of force a welcome distraction from domestic problems. At the same time, … offensive mindset—“Rabin’s Schlieffenplan,” (145) as Laron coins it in pointed allusion. Rabin's "Schlieffenplan:" an …
“Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states,” 1861.

The Civil War: Losing the War, Winning the History

… April 12, 1861, Edmund Ruffin proudly fired a shot at Fort Sumter, the Federal military installation in the … course, so instead they recast the meaning of the war, transforming it from a war over slavery into a principled defense … Abraham Lincoln may have taken a couple of years before acknowledging that the abolition of slavery lay at the …
Man Celebrating Repeal Day with a banner that says "Good Old Days Are Back Again!"

Celebrating Repeal with a Drink, Not a Joint

… that was happening anyway, since wealthier drinkers could afford to stockpile liquor before the 18th Amendment took … legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington, the news media are now brimming with comparisons of alcohol to marijuana prohibition and “lessons …
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964.

The (Character) Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

… The family of Martin Luther King, Jr., much maligned of late for its aggressive copyright control of Dr. King’s works, … King. Jury selection began November 15. The case hardly comes as a surprise. In recent years, the King family has … at Columbia University, and a writer for the History News Service. He has interned at the Martin Luther King, …