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… Native Americans visited colonial cities from New Orleans to Montreal, … “the chiefs now in this city,” namely, treaties. Colin Calloway’s book focuses our attention before and after those … has done us a service in the extent of sources pulled together. Microhistories of particular Native trips, or Native …

… April 24, 2015 marks the commemoration of the 100 th anniversary of the Armenian … The result was the physical annihilation of the Armenian communities that had lived in the Anatolian peninsula for more than 2500 years. But labeling it as a “genocide” … on who you are talking to, lost their lives on their way to those refugee camps or their new destinations. For …

… iconic moment in American military history is the Battle of Gettysburg. While many will commemorate the battle itself, the decision not to press … campfires; Lee had escaped the night before. Lincoln gave way to abject dismay and depression, sobbing into his hands …

… explore the history of women's movements, and address the ways in which the flourishing of new media is transforming political and artistic expression throughout the … to signal their opposition to the Shah. So I think it's always, when you're talking about the veil, it's always …

… a counter-movement arose that challenged the feminists push for the Equal Rights Amendment. Today, we turn to Phyllis … v. Wade, and the Equal Rights Amendment being well on its way to becoming the newest tenant of the US Constitution. … corrupt situation in politics. I think that women should get into politics and do something about it.” Schlafly lost …

… First agenda, U.S. administrations have been shifting away from cooperation with international institutions for … encouraged candidate Trump to argue that Americans were getting a bad deal, an argument he often used to justify his … Ncogoabahizi (right, background) and two members of a WHO visiting team, Drs. David Yarom and Victor Zammit-Tabona, …

… Then came Nixon, who implausibly offered to “bring us together.” That’s just the A-list. The B-list included the … D-lists. The Fifth Dimension won a Grammy for “Up, Up, and Away.” The Big Mac was introduced to a then-svelte public. … oil interests, and his third wife made an official state visit to West Berlin. A 1967 state reception for the Shah of …

… this is  Prologued . (music) Susan Hartmann Well, in some ways, it didn't represent an abrupt change. Sarah Paxton … of Women Voters did two things primarily. They tried to get women to the polls, and they tried to educate voters of … be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… and Peter Mansoor discuss the War on Terror (a.k.a. the war formerly known as the War on Terror), the US response to … changed) since the events of Sept. 11, 2001.  Join us for three wide-ranging discussions about some of the biggest … questions facing American society and the international community in these uncertain times. ( Image Source ) …

… over the trajectory of the on-going American military commitment in Iraq and Afghanistan has combined with … While we have paid a great deal of attention to how wars get started—and even more attention on how to fight wars—we … re-tooling to do. I offer my own working definition by way of a starting point. war , n , – organized, socially …

… You can't read the newspapers or surf the web without coming face to face with the pivotal human problem of energy … entered what analysts call the ongoing "long transition" away from carbon-based fuels. This long transition is … by the Sierra Club and Bloomberg Philanthropies, has targeted coal-fired plants on the basis of health issues. …

… Great Emancipator of the 19th century. Though in different ways, each liberated us from the traditions of the past.   … Both were born on February 12, 1809 — Darwin into a comfortable family in Shropshire, England, Lincoln into … founding ideals. This is what he meant in his address at Gettysburg in 1863 when he promised that the war would bring …

… 2009, with events sponsored by national and state "Lincoln Commissions," and because of the remarkable presidential … reported that life on Earth was created by God and has always existed in its current form. Darwin Deniers exist all … of course, is that science is not democratic. We don't get to vote on gravity, or quantum mechanics, or the …

… and international emergency, and what they can do to get us out of our present socioeconomic malaise? The Genesis … king. Nevertheless, the Riksbank operated in much the same way as any other private bank and only became a central bank … remittance of funds without having to use banknotes or coins. Emergency wartime arrangements were also extended to …

… country’s archrival about whether they would look the other way if U.S. bombers were to reduce this rogue state’s … The global nuclear nonproliferation regime, which came together with the opening for signature of the 1963 Limited … Khrushchev and Chinese leader Mao Zedong during a 1958 visit in China ( left ). Captioned “We use the skill of the …

… In between memory and forgetting, there is commemoration . On June 4, 1989 a protest … and as a massacre by its detractors. But there are other ways of referring to the event: the Chinese word for June 4 … reported that only a few family members were allowed to visit the graves, and Zhang Xianling of the Tiananmen …

… In 1985, it seemed the Soviet Union would last forever. Its Communist Party rulers held a monopoly on … no accord in Reykjavik, Gorbachev’s proposals paved the way for subsequent arms control agreements and the end of …

… are Hindus (more than 1 billion people), with Muslims comprising the next most populous group at 15%. First-time … affiliations. Dr. K.B. Hedgewar established the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1925. Though they were on the … parties in Europe, Hedgewar found a way to bring these together in the creation of the RSS in 1925. The RSS recruited …

… claim being made lately about the ever-advancing Computer Age. After all, cyber-data is easier to store, … Consider that one slender CD-ROM can hold as much information as hundreds of books. Because of this economy, the … — writes that “books as a practical thing are on their way out.” There are certainly signs that his assessment is …

… the sweet-as-pie vocal part to that upbeat tune, the uniform mop tops and the matching suits, the way girls in every crowd relentlessly screamed at the sight of them.  Still to come were the increasingly more abstract and innovative …

… In June 2011, the non-governmental organization Global Commission on Drug Policy published a report detailing the … measures for individual states to consider, ranging from targeted legalization to health services for those afflicted by … Yet, this contemporary arrangement was not always the case. The production, trafficking, and distribution …

… On June 18, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte's forces were defeated at Waterloo by the armies of the … Belgium's plans to make a special-edition euro coin commemorating the Battle of Waterloo. Belgium still … that allows individual nations to unilaterally produce coins of irregular denominations. 70,000 2½ euro coins were …