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… WWII, the United States began to boldly pursue a global community modeled upon American political, economic, and … menace seeking to snuff out America’s light. The godless Communists, American logic went, would stop at nothing to … is within this emerging post revolutionary state.   (credits) Brionna Mendoza This season of Prologued was …

… Political administrations have changed and negotiators have come and gone but the conflict between Israelis and … national myths of each community, such diametrically opposite attitudes toward the founding of Israel were … of the Other When Egyptian President Anwar Sadat visited Jerusalem in 1977, he said that some walls separating …

… history. The train stops in Urgench, a quiet and comparatively modern city of about 150,000 people. Exiting … by author) Khorezm itself claims more than two millennia of recorded history: a precious “jewel” in the middle of the … fourth century B.C.E. Khorezmians were minting their early coins by the second century B.C.E. A century later the …

… countries experienced food riots. "Hunger seasons" have become the norm in many parts of the global south, and women … west, however, what strikes us is not hunger, but its opposite: obesity. According to a recent World Health … baths, "yet the evil still increased, and, like the parasite of barnacles on a ship, if it did not destroy the …

… major headlines. China-watchers, journalists, and academics commemorated June 4—as the event is called for short—with … an estimated 180,000 people turned out for a vigil. The commemoration is organized yearly by the Hong Kong Alliance … sale; signs call for the return to the Admiralty protest site, resistance against mainland-ization, and “I want true …

… call the Anthony Amendment, and what would eventually become the 19th Amendment. But not for a long time. California … next time on  Prologued . ( music ) Sarah Paxton ( Credits) This season of Prologued was brought to you by  … Oranjudio. Song and band information can be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode …

… A tweet from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library after comparisons were made between Nixon and President Trump when the latter fired the Director of the FBI, James Comey. The High Bar The ubiquitous, unfathomable ur-scandal … was more complex and more closely fought. The intended site of the Whitewater Development Corporation along the …

… historical monuments and churches.  Sadly, it has become the center of a major feud between Armenians and … Nearby is the ruined Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque.  Other sites of interest include the 9th Century Dadivank … with the statue of Vazgen Sargsyan, Karabakh War military commander and the future Prime Minister of Armenia. Gagik …

… without understanding what preceded it. “There is a complicated history between the United States and Cuba,” … his hostile, selfish, and irreverent hands … and with the credit won as a mediator and guarantor, keep [Cuba] for … curb Cuban policies. On the contrary, it produced the opposite effect, and served further to deepen the estrangement. …

… new allegations against powerful men emerge as more women come forward. But, while many are heralding the rise of the … Jessica Vinas-Nelson   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … gains this kind of momentum also, because one of the first sites that's really coming forward about sexual misconduct …

… go either way. All it took was the parents’ unwavering commitment toward raising either a boy or a girl, and this … they are adults. This autonomy is a good thing; it gives credit to the person himself or herself. Let’s give Semenya some credit too and congratulate her on a good race. Elizabeth …

… 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 …

… sprawling suburbs on the Colorado plains, and multi-ethnic communities in Los Angeles, perhaps ending up with a latte …

… has denounced a Senate bill to extend an increased tax credit for children to the nation’s 6.5 million low-income families, and has buried the measure in another round … abolition aroused a cadre of reformers who unsettled public complacency in less than a century. In 1780, Pennsylvania …

… June 23, 2016, while most of the world was awaiting the outcome of the Brexit vote, another major historical event was … Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos and the supreme commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia …

… one day after the author's arrival. ( United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees ) We came to Greece with only a … We found people sleeping in tents underneath shipping compartments or on meager strips of grass, a mere stone's … around them, the port continued its normal function as a commercial and passenger hub. More than once, I saw …

… 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 …

… The term Afrofuturism was coined by Mark Dery in 1993, but encompasses a long history of African American and African … diaspora through technoculture and science fiction, encompassing a range of media and artists with a shared …

… 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 … solicits articles from historians, writers, and artists committed to good storytelling, with an eye for the strange …

… “Socialism!” That’s the alarm many conservative commentators and legislators are sounding about the latest … to socialism. Unless the government’s investment in banks comes with effective government oversight, the real problem … banks and to businesses that right now can’t get the credit they routinely depend upon. If the plan succeeds, …