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… But how does political engagement on campuses today compare to the history of American campus activism, … protests can teach campus activists, administrators, and communities today. For more on OSU campus protests in the … Brenna Miller    Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a …

… What’s all the fuss about? Europe has had a constitution since 1951, and the 2004 Treaty of Rome contained only … a dramatic reconciliation in the European Coal and Steel Community.Ê Founded with four other countries in 1951, it … to sign up for a unified army in the 1952 European Defense Community. Five of them ratified it. The French parliament …

… has been a grim reminder of the role that disease-causing microbes such as bacteria and viruses have played … in biomedicine in recent years. Three of our “deadly companions.” Poliovirus ( left ), Influenza ( center ), and COVID-19 ( right ). Our “deadly companions,” to use Dorothy Crawford’s apt term, are …

… Fidel Castro is not exactly welcoming the new president of the United States with open arms. In his first public comments after George W. Bush’s inauguration, Castro said … a strange suggestion to make to a Republican president, since the Republicans have been much more vocal in their …

… In June 2011, the non-governmental organization Global Commission on Drug Policy published a report detailing the … These sharp critiques and proposed policy initiatives come after the billions of dollars invested in the … many times across Latin America. Like all successful businesses, organizations for narco-production and …

… begins to fade, there’s a race among critics to find a compelling Rasputin or a group of gray eminences pulling the … and now damaging, the president.   What’s surprising about that these charges is that the person closest to … However anodyne Michelle Obama’s public image has become — with fashion magazine covers, visits to schools and …

… it remains a part of the United Kingdom or separates to become an independent state.  As the prospect of an … a collection of individual nations united under a single political state: England, Scotland, Wales, and … ruined the country. Financial costs and political fallout weakened the will of Scottish nobles and landowners, …

… free consent of over 500 rangatira (chiefs) and the tribal communities they represented. A 1939 reconstruction of the … of the Treaty of Waitangi, as signed on 6 February 1840. Since 1840, New Zealand has evolved from a British colony to an independent nation-state, becoming increasingly diverse, with over a quarter of its …

… clubs and launched multiyear protests. While sharing a common goal, these efforts were not without internal … Prologued . music Sarah Paxton Everything changed in 1910. Since the close of the Civil War, multiple suffrage … level were proposed and introduced only to languish in committee often without a vote. Then, in 1910, Washington …

… government to obtain a highly profitable oil concession. Since then, Iran has been locked in a struggle to control … even at the risk of confrontation with the international community. In persuading the Iranian government to be more … War, the United States believed that it faced the threat of communist expansion in the developing world. Iran looked …

… when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the moon. Since then, it's been all down hill for human space flight. … system and beyond.  Satellites make possible the modern communications, navigation, weather, and other space-based … space travel fully reliable.  Insurance rates for launching communications satellites into geosynchronous orbit run from …

… Since their independence from  the Soviet Union in 1991, … both countries appear to break from the autocratic past and complicate our understanding of their political future. In … years of the USSR.  The two leaders quickly tossed aside Communism as a governing ideology and instead embraced …

… the initial onset of symptoms. Measles often causes severe complications, including pneumonia and encephalitis … can be controlled through vaccination , and has been since 1963, when Drs. John Enders and Samuel Katz developed … to the use of this essential public health tool in some communities here and around the world. Why? This 1802 …

… dying lay beneath the rubble and remains of their homes and communities, American televangelist Pat Robertson stated … proudly declared that he had not (and would not) donate a single penny to Haitian relief because, as he put it, why … Paul Shirley, a former NBA basketball player and ESPN commentator, was later fired by ESPN for his comments. …

… for slavery he stirred a debate that has raged ever since. Apologizing for slavery has become such a controversial issue not only because few understand what it will accomplish, but also because even more than 130 years after …

… It was then the longest war in U.S. history; although commonly dated as beginning in 1965 with American bombing … the end was financing 80% of the military costs of this losing effort. The Vietnamese victory on the battlefield was … of national elections, the U.S. supported a series of anti-communist and dictatorial political leaders who formed the …

… of U.S. entry into World War I. But, as the world commemorates the centennial of the war, U.S. events have … us to learn why World War I is remembered so differently in combatant countries, what the war's most important … Jessica Vinas-Nelson   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a …

… into the convergence of an international network of business interests and the political establishment in the … for current president Joseph Kabila to step down. It has become a cliché to contrast the Congo’s tremendous economic … square miles, Leopold II relied on a set of colonial companies to help run this vast territory. A map of the …

… that would have prohibited discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations based on a person’s sexual orientation or … to move back to Medina to “live and contribute to the community” without fear of persecution “simply because they … Economics/Business/Trade …

… finally clashed. Looking beyond the events of 1588 to the complex politics which made war between England and Spain … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Welcome to 1588: The Spanish Armada Still Loses, brought to you … and so on. But May the eighth is different. Never before or since World War II, have so many people died violent …

… legacy with which Americans will sooner or later have to come to terms: today we live in a society of greater … critically weakened the one entity best equipped to combat growing income inequality in the United States: … endured many heartbreaking losses in their history. But not since the infamous 1892 Homestead strike undermined unionism …

… been a Protestant Christian. Al Gore made history by choosing a Jewish running-mate. But the real story here is not … "more faithful" to Israel than the United States. But these comments have drawn a negative reaction from the most blacks … and they represent a minority opinion even within the black community. Another sign of how things have changed since …