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… protests in Paris and perfectly good French wine poured down the gutter in Peoria, this year we’re finally at … French Louisianians like myself no longer have much in common with our cousins in Paris. But in 1803, following the … how irritating the old couple may find each other at times. Nevertheless, Presidents Bush and Chirac could do much …

… we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much … going on today. Together, they drill down to colonial times and earlier, revealing the connections (and … broadcast by 36 primary public radio stations, serving 72 communities in 20 states and Washington, D.C.—and more than …

… An Earth Day Round Up Photo Credit, Steve Jurvetson In honor of Earth Day 2014, we'd …

… policy has gotten us into only our worst foreign mess since Lyndon Johnson sank us into Vietnam. His economic … attacks three years ago, the greatest worldwide outpouring of goodwill the United States has enjoyed at least … pit for the money of American taxpayers for years to come. •  Failed to follow through in Afghanistan, where the …

… and Sens. Rick Santorum and Sam Brownback, who are deeply loyal to the teaching authority of the church. The friction … he would most likely recuse himself. It must have been an uncomfortable moment for both Durbin and Roberts, Catholic to … opposed the New Deal, were quite conservative for their times. Others, such as Frank Murphy and William J. Brennan …

… As he refines his economic message on the campaign trail this summer, Republican John … They have imagined that era as a golden age of free-market competition and laissez-faire government.  Many of these … So it is today in our new Gilded Age. Banks and mortgage companies, which lobbied to have regulations in their …

… we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history into … Boys Podcast also maintains a blog at boweryboyshistory.com , which serves as an additional resource for listeners, …

… organization until seven years later, are usually credited with this accomplishment, having banished slavery in their remaining … as the basis of American nationality. A freed slave, James Mars, exuded confidence in his diary that “the time is …

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… opens with this quote from Frederick Douglass and its message drives the documentary. Oscar-winning directors Dan … distraught business owners next to coverage of families and communities reeling from extrajudicial violence runs … owners who watched their life’s work burn, it simply cannot compare with grief felt for a slain teenager. Viewers react …

… been overlooked. Yet in diplomacy, format is central. The messy, almost unmanageable configuration of the Copenhagen … of solving a problem facing the entire world, the summit’s composition best resembles a hodgepodge of national-or what … summits can’t bring results if those present don’t share a common language or a common tradition, no matter how …

… on Prologued...   Alexander Aviña  So it's a really, like, complex, messy matrix, right? So I don't want to say that there was … time to examine and address: charges of trafficking against communist Cuba, for example, or the long history of drug …

… several TR quotations — in Osawatomie, Kansas, the site of Roosevelt’s 1910 “New Nationalism Address.” … a Milwaukee auditorium to deliver a speech. True to his combative reputation, he insisted on speaking before going … English. She is the author of “Slinging Mud: Rude Nicknames, Scurrilous Slogans, and Insulting Slang from Two …

… his empire. When Süleyman was made sultan, his kingdom encompassed the peoples and territories of the Balkans, … it expanded to include much of North Africa, Hungary, and Mesopotamia. In the first six years, Süleyman took Belgrade … of Croatia and Hungary, allowing the bulk of Hungary to come under Ottoman rule. Years later, Süleyman himself died …

… it is a past that suggests ways to deal with the current mess.   One hundred years ago the corrupt marketing of an … the honor. By the 19th century’s end, the U.S. Senate had become widely known, as it still is today, as a “millionaires … The Senate itself, however, had consistently refused to comply.   Frustrated by Senate inaction and persistent …

… seven minutes after gunning down Cirillo. Eyewitnesses credit Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers, the man responsible for security at the House of Commons, with taking down the gunman. Commentators not … has taken on either side of the 49 th parallel. When it comes to guns, Canada is simply not America. But it is not …

… Cemetery were not even permitted to visit the grave sites of their relatives after the Civil War.   President … the national holiday from its pedestal. Memorial Day commemorates the men and women killed on the battlefield or … Gibbons (R – Nevada). Both bills were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Government …

… I am become death, the shatterer of worlds. J. Robert Oppenheimer … atomic bomb, his creation, explode at the Trinity test site. An atomic age was dawning and Oppenheimer was leading … the broader changing political and social context of the times. Readers with an interest in sociology, identity …

… stained glass window at Boston University's Marsh Chapel, site of the Harvard Psilocybin Project. Leary and Alpert … hallucinogen producing effects similar to LSD) at varying times in 1961. The experience with mushrooms prompted Leary to …

… French and British Finance in the Service of Tsars and Commissars New book from Ohio State historian Jennifer … The Russian state was so heavily indebted to its western creditors, rendering those western economies almost … of World War I." [Book description from the publisher's website ] …

… (Madras) in India. Madras was born in 1636, when East India Company official Francis Day signed a treaty with the Nayaka … visit her frequently. Nearly four centuries later, the EIC site and the surrounding villages have merged into one of … the city. Within minutes, two oil tankers exploded into flames. The shelling continued for thirty minutes, and the city …

… we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history into … the section is to show what historians do. The page aims to combat the tendency to use history as "a tool to advance …

… wake of a mass shooting such as the one in Parkland, FL, commentators, pundits, and politicians all gather around to … mental health care at Cook County Jail in 2014 (photo credit: Sarah-Ji). The effects of mental illness on life … away in an institution. Her father reportedly never visited her again. A graph showing the decrease in inpatients …

… later parties today select a slate of Electors, presumably loyal to their parties, to represent their candidates. While the names of the Electors are not usually on the ballot, voters … With charges of fraud flying, Congress set up an electoral commission to settle the issue of who would be the next …