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… 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 … his own identity, but also how the social processes surrounding him shaped his character. Max Weber's ideas on …

… 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 … and accessible interviews of the History Hit podcast are sure to keep listeners entertained and immersed in the …

… destroyed property as they attempted to breach the barriers surrounding the Chamber of Deputies where the parliamentary … French cities. In fact, the riots of February 6 th have become shorthand to describe the protests and violence that … the mounting social and political discontent in France. Less and less space remained for compromise and moderates. …

… We historians feed into this paradigm when we divide our survey courses by this year, when “these” United States … politicians, arms dealers, and bureaucrats, among others, committed heretofore underappreciated crimes in the waning … proposal dressed up as public diplomacy” in 1985 and who visited the country the following year. When approached in …

… Historic Approach to Welfare Reform  (revised 2023) [PDF] Future Schools, Future Children: The Road to Reform? [PDF] …   [PDF] Manhood on Trial: Homosexuality, Conduct Unbecoming, and the Military   [PDF] The State of the World … of Sensitivity  [PDF] "Out of the Broom Closet" : The Resurgence of Witchcraft and Neo-Paganism  (revised 2023)[PDF] …

… What is the afterlife of an old communist statue? Just what to do with all the Soviet-era … it for granted that a Stalinist monument did not belong opposite from the National Gallery, once a royal palace ( as … symbols from medieval times with allusion of the glorious future of communism. Yet, after 1989, this monument …

… wise to heed Marshall's warning and rally the international community to increase food aid to the Afghan government. … are still offering resistance to the new government. But insurgent forces are not the only challenge threatening … the insurgency. There is also the challenge of heading off future humanitarian emergencies by establishing food …

… The Founding Fathers balanced the power of the president as commander-in-chief with that of Congress, the people’s representatives — the one to command the nation’s armed forces, the other to decide when … nurtured an imperial presidency in which Congress became less and less involved, and less and less informed about the …

… Trump held up Carrier, an air conditioning and heating company, as a symbol of the plight of American … trade in the 1930s, much of the world headed the opposite direction. Great Britain sought to protect homegrown … And automation will only further reduce employment in the future. An industrial robot places food on pallets in a …

… the initial onset of symptoms. Measles often causes severe complications, including pneumonia and encephalitis … efficacy of vaccination as a tool of public health is irrefutable, not only against measles but many other highly … fluoride, mercury, and aspartame exposure . In 1998, now discredited British doctor Andrew Wakefield published a paper …

… of Roosevelt’s New Deal. Social Security is the old-age insurance system that was created in 1935 in response to the … the real value of benefits, and indexed them against future inflation. In so doing, Social Security served to … Association of Realtors, the largest political action committee, as measured by direct contributions to federal …

… 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 …

… life” and commented continually on the nation’s optimistic future. A protest against the banks and Corralito in 2002. … In the modern period, overstretched international credit and a public distrust towards banks has stymied the … district—a block from the presidential house—became the site of intense violence. Responding angrily to the quota, …

… Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign will likely preoccupy future historians for years to come. While a number of factors contributed to his … This profit motive helps explain the constant media exposure of Trump that greatly advantaged his campaign over his … Media/Journalism/Communications …

… Tallahassee hours earlier. Waiting for the verdict had become unbearable. On the charge of second-degree murder, the … men and boys, tweeted: “The Trayvon Martin verdict doesn’t surprise me. Sanford, Florida never wanted Zimmerman … in the sleepy town a few days when he and several buddies visited a convenience store to purchase candy and cold drinks. …

… that these and other countries were entering into a competitive spiral of devaluations in an effort to export … inaccurately to trade protectionism. Despite being refuted again and again by economists and historians, this … about free trade nonetheless remains popular. Quite the opposite was the case, however. The currency war of the 1930s …

… experiencing a severe drought for nearly a decade, and the future only looks drier. One of the conclusions of the new … and dry places, like much of the American West, will become even more parched. John Wesley Powell is rolling over … the agricultural equivalent of paying your mortgage with a credit card — the bank catches up with you eventually. In …

… have heralded eclipses as portentous, ominous events. Sites aligned to solstices and equinoxes—England’s … total solar eclipse . Dating to 1223 BCE in Syria, it was accompanied by the appearance of  Mars in the sky and … was to come, Tenskwatawa not only predicted but also took credit for this apparent miracle. Whatever the latest …

… a year into Trump’s second term, his own supporters have become suspicious that even his Justice Department has joined … defense, Medicare, or Medicaid. As a result,  Moody’s credit rating agency downgraded the United States’s credit … light our way about choices for next steps. The immediate future belongs to the Republicans in power and presenting a …

… and Neo-Nazis” who, backed by their NATO allies, were committing “genocide” against Russians.  In justifying the … According to Putin, the invasion was necessary to prevent future NATO-backed “Nazi” aggression, which Putin implicitly … destruction.  No monument was built at Babyn Yar , the site of the mass murder of tens of thousands of the Jews of …

… And thanks to the First Amendment, that latitude is surely wider than that enjoyed by the British, … After all, American society is now among the world's most complex. In a nation of such diverse origins, practices and … citizens must share. Take just two current examples of those threats to the free transit of information and …

… era, we search for tried and true methods of creating pleasurable tastes. Wendy Wall—a professor of English at … legacy and identity, verifying truth, and even forging community. Recipes were not only for the creation of tasty … experience allows us to verify the past and create the future. And she prompts us to consider that the domestic …

… legacies that acts of violence leave on individuals and communities, and the importance of remembering and … and became a haven for non-Serbs fleeing conflict in the surrounding area. Srebrenica in 1995. In April 1993, the UN … captured from fleeing columns were transported to detention sites in schools and warehouses in towns and villages nearby …