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Moskvitch 3 vehicles roll off the assembly line at JSC Moscow Automobile Plant Moskvitch, 2022.

Sanctions on Russia: Impact and Efficacy

… damaging sanctions against the Russian state, its companies, and its citizens. The sanctions were intended to … one of the most visible effects of sanctions to date, major companies left Russia. Multinational giants such as … with Russian subsidiaries nearly impossible. This was compounded by sanctions against major Russian banks and the …

"Y'En A Marre!" (We're Fed Up!): Senegal in the Season of Discontent

… starting. [Y'En A Marre] want change and their patience has come to an end. Prices are too high, the power fails all the … with money, but terrible for the millions who had little income or lost their jobs as a result of the reforms. It was … toward the U.S. President George W. Bush made a celebrated visit to the country in July 2003 in the wake of the Iraq …
bowl of pills with a black background

The Past and Future of the Global War on Drugs (Prologued, Season 2, Finale)

… on Prologued...   Alexander Aviña  So it's a really, like, complex, messy matrix, right? So I don't want to say that … time to examine and address: charges of trafficking against communist Cuba, for example, or the long history of drug … As any good historian should, we encourage our listeners to visit the episode descriptions for citations to background …

Justice Denied: The Killing of Trayvon Martin in Historical Perspective

… Tallahassee hours earlier. Waiting for the verdict had become unbearable. On the charge of second-degree murder, the … they expressed their disappointment in the trial’s outcome, pain over the loss of their child, appreciation for … in the sleepy town a few days when he and several buddies visited a convenience store to purchase candy and cold …
Crowds of people in Kyiv, Ukraine

The Fate of Crimea, the Future of Ukraine, Part I

… Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone … afterwards, we have German settlers, Mennonites, that was common there. We have Jews coming there and it was a multinational population by the …

The Politics of International Adoption

… violence, malnutrition or disease. Ten million is hard to comprehend. Nor is it any easier if we break it down: thirty … a variety of motives, and with an equally diverse set of outcomes, orphaned and abandoned children have circulated among … countries in question: orphanages, and the street. I have visited orphanages in several Asian countries; no child …
Government of National Unity in 2009. Left to right: Arthur Mutambara, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, and Thabo Mbeki.

A Lesson for South Africa? Zimbabwe’s Path to Multi-Party Rule

… 1965 to official independence in 1980.   Political factors complicated matters. Since the early 1960s, the British … rule, a move that was condemned by the international community. In response, members of the United Nations (UN) … used currency following Prime Minister Tsvangirai’s visit to the U.S. in 2009, and it has remained so to date. …

China Dreams and the “Road to Revival”

… 29, 2012, newly appointed General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Xi Jinping gave a speech that would become a signature moment in his young leadership. Later known … if couched in the language of censure—could prompt visitors to the exhibit today to reflect on the injustice …

1989 Twenty Years On: The End of Communism and the Fate of Eastern Europe

… congregated in streets and squares and demanded the end of communist rule. These are indelible images deeply impressed … sense of this shift from wonders to worries, one must revisit the history of communism, explore its collapse, and … into the West, especially through Austria. When Gorbachev visited Berlin in the fall, he acted dismissively of the …
illustration of woman getting cow pox variolation

Top Ten Origins: Vaccination

… child as a man stands outside with a cow (from the Wellcome Trust). The term vaccination comes from variolae vaccinae , or “smallpox of the cow,” … The close relationship between smallpox and cowpox was common lore in the eighteenth century. We have accounts of …
Rodin's "The Thinker"

Reaching Beyond the Ivory Tower

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone, … because there is no school which you might go in order to become one. There are no certificates of validation that … right.   Jessica Adler    I'm Jessica Adler , currently a visiting researcher at Tufts University and I'll be starting …

Population Bomb? The Debate over Indian Population

… the early nineteenth century, when the British East India Company controlled an increasing swath of territory across the subcontinent, Company officials pronounced that large and expanding … People eating, people washing, people sleeping. People visiting, arguing, and screaming. People thrusting their …
The almshouse at Woburn, Bedfordshire, England

Top Ten Origins: Housing the Poor

… in Silicon Valley (where even people with six-figure incomes may qualify for housing subsidies) have attracted … once a Roman fortress and by the Middle Ages an important commercial center. As the city grew, so did its population … of Homeowners: Ciudad Kennedy President John F. Kennedy visits El Techo housing project, Bogotá, Colombia, 1961 On …

Requiem: Detroit and the Fate of Urban America

… the phalanx of government programs that made our world comfortable: the labor laws that gave our fathers the … Race We knew about race, of course. Though we lived in a completely white neighborhood, there was no way to avoid … crying. We'll still talk, we tell each other. We'll come to visit. Nothing will change. And we believe what we're …
Marchers for the Equal Rights Amount, holding banner that reads "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex"

The Equal Rights Amendment: Then and Now

… Brenna Miller  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … State Senate passed an ERA resolution and is poised to become the first state to ratify the amendment since Indiana … happen legislatively and congressionally if we do have to revisit this 35 state versus 38 state timeframe. I agree, of …

Playing Politics: Olympic Controversies Past and Present

… other hand, speak piously of keeping politics out of sports competition. I am frequently asked, "Must politics be a part … feeling." The former president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Juan Samaranch, declared on American TV: … first or second in the world, or even to take part in such competition, is a tremendous honor, and sports fans do enjoy …
Plate of enchiladas at a Mexican restaurant.

Mexican Food in the United States

… Powder  The food tradition of the American Southwest has come about through various populations’ contributions over … now-patented Eagle Chili Powder two years later in 1896.  Companies such as Gebhardt’s and Walker’s Austex Chile … and Birria Landia, it is a draw for locals but also invites visitors to experience Mexican food, reflecting the careful …
Djiboutian workers fill bags with wheat destined for Ethiopia, provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), at the Port of Djibouti, Africa, Jan. 7, 2013.

The Birth and Death of USAID

… in the beginning of 2025, still working in the name of the commitment that President John F. Kennedy had made in 1961 … address, “for whatever period is required—not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, … consider the internationalist impulse that drove the U.S. commitment to fight misery and poverty in other places.  …

Populism and Anti-Americanism in Modern Latin America

… Brazil and Chile, are not populists. Consequently, the most common definition of populism in political science today … to "the people." In other words, populism is a way of competing in elections and governing once in office that … that the U.S. feels it can work with. The most important visit by President Bush was to Brazil. Brazilian President …

As Cuba and the United States Reengage: The Presence of the Past

… without understanding what preceded it. “There is a complicated history between the United States and Cuba,” … the desire to leave “behind the legacy of colonization and communism,” concluding with the recognition that “change is … Shortly after becoming Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro visits the Lincoln Memorial during a trip to the United …
Image of Shirley Chishorm, Hillary Clinton, Condaleeza Rice, and Kamala Harris

The New Normal (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 8)

… my guests are historians. We look back and study what has come before and  this …this is a decidedly forward looking … we analyze if the promise of women's rights activists have come to fruition and what we can learn from the last 200 … be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …
Women at desk marked "Learn to Vote"

So...what now? (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 4)

… the polls were moved to schools and churches and community centers. There was some change in how candidates … associated with women and the home. Churches, schools, community centers, and this continues through to this day. … be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …