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The Contentious ACA

… Leticia Wiggins   Welcome to History Talk Produced by Origins , a project of the … a question. If you give people something, they're going to stop working. You know, the creation of bums is a very … Breyfogle. Our executive producer is David Staley. Our website manager and technical advisor is Mitchell Shelton. …
Cover of The Young Turks' Crime against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire by Taner Akçam

The Crime That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Review of The Young Turks' Crime against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire, by Taner Akçam (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012)
… to produce genocide. These include the Young Turks' intense commitment to the homogenization of Anatolia (a development … Some of the Armenians were relocated successfully, but many died in the process mostly from thirst, exhaustion, hunger, … in Middle Eastern history, human rights, and peace studies will glean significant knowledge of the Armenian …
President JFK giving an address on civil rights in June, 1963.

A President Who Was Still Growing

… day in Dallas in 1963. In an inaugural address that has become a poignant reminder of the idealism of the 1960s, JFK … in a refreshing spirit of voluntarism by urging citizens to commit themselves to solving the problems of poverty and … the assassination of South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem in early November 1963 made JFK realize that the United …
Family members of U.S. Army Master Sgt. Woodrow Wilson Keeble attending his Medal of Honor ceremony.

Honoring Native American Veterans This Veterans Day

… were also involved in the use of Indian languages in the top-secret code project, which began unofficially in the … U.S. general killed in World War II, are not names that come to mind for most people.   That's because this is not … Indian history, arts and crafts, and the national tragedies of the 19th century. This is important material, but …
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 … Oranjudio. Song and band information can be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode … podcast possible. You can find our podcast and more on our website origins.osu.edu, on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and …
Spirits of Defiance: National Prohibition and Jazz Age Literature, by Kathleen Drowne Book Cover

Spirits of Defiance: National Prohibition and Jazz Age Literature

Review of Spirits of Defiance: National Prohibition and Jazz Age Literature, by Kathleen Drowne (Columbus: Ohio State University, 2005)
… the Beautiful, or Tender is the Night without a highball topped-off with some stiff alcohol to loosen his creativity and imagination. As we have come to know Fitzgerald the person, the chances are good … prohibition became the fulcrum of moral and civil disobedience by those who formerly considered themselves …

Colombia: On the Brink of Peace with the FARC?

… June 23, 2016, while most of the world was awaiting the outcome of the Brexit vote, another major historical event was … the appropriate economic development model. Three child soldiers during the War of a Thousand Days (1898-1902). Between … rather than in a more vulnerable civilian context. FARC soldiers with a kidnapped member of Congress in 2002. (Photo by …
man with giant crab

A Tale of Two Fisheries: Fishing and Over-Fishing in American Waters

… ] An increasing proportion of these ships were fast diesel- and gasoline-powered vessels, which were much more … of effort. Profits became less assured for many fishing companies beginning in the 1970s and accelerating in later … continued, as both Canadian and American management bodies—composed of government officials and fishers—set TACs …

Sudan in Crisis

… coexisted with Egyptian schools, missionary schools, community schools, and Sudanese private schools. In the … Jailiyyin, and Dongola groups. These groups continue to wield power and influence today. Al-Bashir is from the … Services (NISS), which was accountable to al-Bashir. Soldiers of the Sudan People’s Liberation …

Dirty Water: Federal Deregulation and the Re-Polluting of America

… about water: it rarely stays put. Wastes discharged into bodies of water tend to wind up in other bodies of water … more and more reliant on toxic substances, the shortcomings of this approach became increasingly apparent. The … soup. Toledo Mayor Michael Collins advised residents to stop drinking tap water, and Ohio Governor John Kasich …
Image of a junior high school classroom from Harris & Ewing Photographs.

An Historic Opportunity in Education

… enact this substantial change to Title I. This 35-year-old compensatory education legislation has failed to reach its … that would improve public schools. Rep. Caleb R. Layton’s comments during a debate in 1922 on a proposal to combat … and the editor of the Federal Education Policy History website. He is the author of "Failing Grades: The Federal …
The other side of The Shore, depicting the Maritime House, third from the left. The former headquarters of the National Seamen’s Union are now flats.

A Postcard from Leith, Scotland

… your right, you will encounter the upscale whiskey house, complete with nineteenth-century stone walls that feature … decision to list the building. The Banana Flats once embodied everything that Edinburgh felt was wrong with Leith. … the National Records of Scotland, 1,187 people in Scotland died from drug-related causes in 2018 alone. In a population …
Civil Rights March on Washington in 1963.

President’s Commission on Race a Failure

… President Clinton’s commission on race relations is dead on arrival. Most Americans had wished it success. They had hoped that commission members’ resolve and wisdom would move attention … is a professor of African American history at San Diego State University. His most recent book is "Seeing Red: …
Illustration from Otto of Freising’s twelfth-century chronicle, which depicts Henry IV and Clement III presiding in Rome in 1084, and Gregory VII’s flight from the city and subsequent death in Salerno in 1085.

The Investiture Controversy

… Gregory VII chastised Henry IV’s association with excommunicated advisers and his appointment of three Italian prelates. He demanded obedience to the papacy and threatened excommunication … discourse—was a debate over power and who was able to wield it.  It is for this reason that the Investiture …
The Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence, 1960-2010, by Crawford Young Book Cover.

Fifty Years and Counting

Review of The Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence, 1960-2010, by Crawford Young (Chicago: University of Wisconsin Press, 2012)
… State , the preceding volume to this work, Young adopts a comparative approach. As he outlines in his introduction, a … of the continent where states have historically failed to wield much control and influence. What does it mean for …
Graffiti on wall: "Broken Promises"

Jefferson Cowie on Deindustrialization, Trade, and the 2016 Presidential Election

… History Talk , host Patrick Potyondy interviews Jefferson Cowie , the James G. Stahlman Chair in the Department of History at Vanderbilt University. Cowie has written extensively on American economic, racial, … and the Limits of American Politics. In this interview, Cowie helps make sense of the 2016 presidential election by …
The Statue of Liberty during the June 10, 2021 solar eclipse.

Solar Eclipses in American History

… total solar eclipse . Dating to 1223 BCE in Syria, it was accompanied by the appearance of  Mars in the sky and … eclipses offer perspective through their enormity. They command respect. The response of Cooper’s New York to the … bearing travellers, or teams from among the hills. All had stopped on their course, impelled, apparently, by unconscious …
A posthumous portrait of Ferdinand Magellan, painted c. 16th or 17th century

Magellan’s Circumnavigation of the Earth

… future as an international power. In 1494, after Christopher Columbus returned from the West Indies, the Spanish and Portuguese governments signed a deal … in, some of them to work off debts. Magellan’s second-in-command was the Spanish overseer and accountant, Juan de …
A rhino standing on the beach

The Sixth Extinction and Our Unraveling World

… Brenna Miller     Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … I am convinced. And I think many, many people who have studied this issue are convinced that humans drove those … Vinas-Nelson. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website
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Native Sovereignty and the Dakota Access Pipeline

… Brenna Miller   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … education and policy department and the American Indian Studies coordinator for OSU.   Dr. Christine Ballengee Morris   … Blissit. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website