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… case effectively created the legal context for sugar to become ubiquitous. Look at any U.S. food label today and you … after the U.S. Civil War. One of the twenty-two named defendants, who were mostly owners of the businesses being purchased, was Claus …

… One November 12, 1815, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, famed women’s rights activist, was born. Stanton is most closely associated with advocating the right to vote … my daughter, I wish you were a boy!” Whether he meant the comment as an affront or as a statement on the injustice …

… Everyone realizes that a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a grave threat to the Middle East. But … nation. These were major breakthroughs with regard to on-site inspection into the Soviet Union–an idea the Soviets … reliant on trust rather than the sword. But for this to become a reality, there must be an accumulation of goodwill. …

… When it was announced almost exactly a year ago, Kosovo's declaration of … spelled out, in English, the word Newborn . Fireworks accompanied live appearances by pop stars and elected … thousand demonstrators, some of whom vandalized local sites associated with those countries that supported …

… Almost six decades after the fact, the 1945 unleashing of an … War II veterans and their self-appointed champions in the media.  Most Americans have heard World War II veterans … the first to use it, we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was not taught …

… What is the afterlife of an old communist statue? Just what to do with all the Soviet-era … been a topic of popular fascination and discussion. What is most striking in the post-socialist reincarnation of these … it for granted that a Stalinist monument did not belong opposite from the National Gallery, once a royal palace ( as …

… Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk , produced by Origins: Current Events …   Nicholas Breyfogle   And I think for humans, what's most important about climate change is temperature and … Wiggins. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, …

… Once part of the Russian Empire of the tsars and then the Communist Soviet Union, Kazakhstan has been independent … of Kazakhstan” that has produced an online atlas of sites of historical, cultural, and religious significance. … Nissan 4-wheel-drive SUV. We headed south into dry, almost featureless steppe that resembles flatter parts of the …

… de whisky  escocés fue el más alto del mundo , la clase media manejaba Cadillacs y Buicks y la clase alta famosamente se lanzaba de compras a Miami donde eran conocidos como los del “dame dos.” En términos políticos, el país era …

… that more than ten million children under five years old – most of them in developing countries – die each year from … violence, malnutrition or disease. Ten million is hard to comprehend. Nor is it any easier if we break it down: thirty … countries in question: orphanages, and the street. I have visited orphanages in several Asian countries; no child should …

… “Spanish Flu.” Recent estimates suggest that this flu claimed as many as 50 million lives around the world between … in Kansas where few noticed the signs of the pandemic to come amid the ongoing war. On March 4, 1918 company cook … at Camp Funston. In this first phase of the pandemic most patients recovered quickly; their fevers broke after …

… the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York City to Acoma Sky City in New Mexico. NTHP activists are gathering in … preservation and why we do it than the current efforts aimed at protecting the Apollo 11 landing site and 106 pieces of equipment left at Tranquility Base on …

… of language and the range of image now available to most Americans. And thanks to the First Amendment, that … Yet 200 years after the enactment of the first, and most notorious, U.S. law abridging free speech and the press … After all, American society is now among the world's most complex. In a nation of such diverse origins, practices and …

… had suffered substantially from the fire.  And yet, the most significant damage was not to the building itself, but … of thousands of books, periodicals, and manuscripts had become fuel for the flames.  Newspapers around the world … the issue of the destruction of cultural and intellectual sites in wartime is by no means resolved.  Recent United …

… can make people into quiz show millionaires. Modern mass media's presentation of current events and much of history … of the intergalactic wars of the Star Trek TV series become as important as the Civil War. An example of how … powerful medium than scholars' books and journal articles. Most historical research takes place in a university system …

… as a “city of peace and human rights,” emphasizing the community’s legacy of peaceful organization and solidarity, … Gwangju awoke to a severe military crackdown, as heavily armed forces began terrorizing their community. This onslaught … of a military that turned its weapons on its own people. Most ordinary citizens took up arms not as political …

… that nuclear power was a green technology and one of the most promising ways to slow global warming through … industry representatives, but many environmentalists have come to see nuclear power as key to end world dependence on … radioisotopes that fill the environment.  By 2017, 46 NPP sites had leaks or spills that involved radioactive tritium …

… are being built in Brazil and China, while campaigns to decommission dams are gaining traction in the United States … attractions, many Roman dams remain in use to this day, mostly as drinking reservoirs.   The Romans erected dams … which earned it distinction as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993. At 28 meters it stands just higher than its …

… Over the past months, the news media has presented dramatic scenes of desperate people … is happening today in the migration crisis? What are the most important events and processes? And what is the core … Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, which is revisited in 1946 when it becomes the IRO, the International …

… same-sex marriage in the United States has been one of the most dramatic cultural transformations in recent memory. But with these changes have come many questions and tensions. Is the focus on the … between sexuality and neighborhood transformation (often termed “gentrification”)? In this month’s episode of History …

… New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley talks about his … postwar economic boom took hold, with America becoming the world’s leading hyper industrial and military … Revolution , Douglas Brinkley pays tribute to those who combated the mauling of the natural world in the Long …

… Aurangzeb (r. 1658-1707) stands out as one of South Asia’s most controversial historical figures. Today—365 years after … thousands of non-Islamic monuments and temples, and committing genocide.  To some South Asian Muslims, he was an … to the world through various cultural projects, from exquisite miniature paintings to architectural masterpieces, such …

… the countries formerly designated as the “ East European communist bloc ” displayed a remarkable solidarity in … East European countries see the analogy in exactly the opposite way. For them, Putin’s actions recall the German … Creating Eastern Europe After World War I To begin with, most of these states acquired territories and populations …