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North College Hill, Ohio, USA, Memorial Day parade, 2004, by Rick Dikeman.

A Vanishing American Remembrance?

… May 30 as Decoration Day at national cemeteries to honor soldiers who died in service. Gen. Logan's order spoke only to honoring … the national holiday from its pedestal. Memorial Day commemorates the men and women killed on the battlefield or …

The Catholic Church and Sexual Abuse, Then and Now

… from the priesthood in February 2019.  All of these tragedies are tinged with a sense of déjà vu. Similar patterns of … changing sexual mores since the 1960s. Occasionally, commentators have referred to an insular institutional … rebellion” and called on him to “repent” and return to obedience to the papacy. Viganò retorted with further …
MTA digital message campaign recognizes "Heroes moving Heroes," frontline employees who help other essential workers get to and from their jobs, 2020.

Work and Life after COVID-19

… other business carried out virtually over Zoom. The theater company, Gemini CollisionWorks, gathers most of its 22 … working remotely as they were banded together in an office. Companies might therefore continue to allow employees to … reduced—assuming that the airlines even survive the coming pandemic-induced recession. The economic consequences …
Banksy mural of worker chipping star off EU flag

Brexit: Dividing the United Kingdom

… Union. Nearly three years, later, however, the final outcome of Brexit remains uncertain. And issues that affect the … changed? What were the political and economic forces that compelled the UK to join the EU in the first place? What … Dream? , Treating the Symptoms: Northern Ireland’s Incomplete Peace , and The EU: Past, Present, and Future . ( …
People arriving at Ellis Island in the early 20th century.

Noncitizens have the obligations of citizens-so why not the right to vote?

… revolution, such a proposition was not far-fetched. It was common sense that government should rest on the consent of … of government. This historical precedent is making a comeback in some circles today. Currently, noncitizens vote … the laws that govern citizens, serve in the military and die defending the United States. Their numbers are …
Cover of Motherland in Danger: Soviet Propaganda during World War II by Karel C. Berkhoff

Long Live the Soviet Motherland?

Review of Motherland in Danger: Soviet Propaganda during World War II, by Karel C. Berkhoff (Harvard University Press, 2012)
… forces highlighting Jewish suffering would have meant combatting anti-Semitism among their own population. … to "a single camp," and the enforced model of utter obedience meant that all efforts had to be directed against the … who according to some reports thought of themselves as "soldiers" in the rear and "heroes" on the home front. Letters …
Queen Mary’s College, opened in 1914.

A Postcard from Madras: A City Born of the Colonial Encounter

… (Madras) in India. Madras was born in 1636, when East India Company official Francis Day signed a treaty with the Nayaka … British Crown insisted that in return for financial aid the Company would allow missionaries to proselytize freely in … when England went to war, so did her colonies. Indian soldiers became an integral part of the Allied war effort in …
Taylor Swift at the 2014 Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

2/12/2015: Top Ten Origins: Oscar Dresses and Women’s Fashion

… of widespread fashion magazines, which allowed styles to be communicated quickly to the masses. For example, Godey’s … flattened planes of cubism. The looser styles allowed for easy movement, often accentuated with fringe trim, when … low-cut backs. Body-hugging styles were first seen in Medieval gowns and were later revived in 1970s nostalgia for …
Sailors in formation at the Center for Information Warfare Training, Naval Air Station Pensacola Corry Station, 2019.

Will Women Join the Ranks of Esteemed Veterans?

… Dozens of women soldiers are dying in Iraq — and no one seems to care. Why do I say that? Because the outcry that many expected over the combat deaths of American women in Iraq has not taken place. … over women’s citizenship raged on, Americans devoured cheap novels about women who cross-dressed and followed …
"Where do we go from here?," a 1920 cartoon depicting the League of Nations Covenant and the Treaty of Versailles

The Versailles Treaty Fight

… in the form of Uncle Sam withholding the keystone to complete the "League of Nations Bridge." The traditional way … signatories would have to accept. To make matters more complicated, these “reservationists” came in two flavors: … the "Wilson Hotel" or the "Lodge House." While this outcome set the country on the path of unilateralism, the U.S. …
The view of Dresden and the Elbe River from the very top of the Frauenkirche.

A Postcard from Dresden, Germany: Living in the Shadow of World War II

… or “Old Town,” is relatively new. This area had to be completely rebuilt after its destruction during  World War … it is estimated that anywhere from 18,000 to 25,000 people died during this attack. The Fürstenzug, or Procession of … was dedicated in May 2011 to the citizens of Dresden who died during the 1945 firebombing. The Rose Garden symbolizes …
First house built with a loan from the Federal Housing Administration after World War II.

Reforming a Welfare State

… the English economist, Joan Robinson, lecturing to a U.S. audience on the British welfare state, was asked to comment on the American “welfare state.” Explaining that the … care, housing , transportation, and child-rearing subsidies would create a more productive labor force, increase …
The Statue of Liberty in New York City.

Where Will “Liberation” Lead?

… the close of World War II. Administration officials find it easy to explain their current goals by invoking the … Choosing to back dictators such as South Vietnam’s Ngo Dinh Diem, Nicaragua’s Anastasio Somoza, and Iran’s Muhammad Reza … of Guatemala’s Jacobo Arbenz dared to undertake a comprehensive land reform campaign, nationalize corporate …
Women working at a farm at Lamas district in Peru, 2014. (Photo by CIF Action)

Reforming Peruvian Agriculture, Again

… declared, the group trains “farmers, women, and indigenous communities in the use of improved technologies in current … Aside from PERU-Hub, research teams from OU recently completed the first phase of collaborative projects with … varieties that could thrive at high altitudes, improve the diets of sheep and cattle, and increase local milk, meat, …

Russia and the Race for the Arctic

… understand why there is all this noise in the international community. If anyone wants to plant a flag down there, … that the Arctic holds in the Russian heart and spirit. Adieu Polar Bears: Climate Change and the Arctic's … and the ocean's economic benefits. The NSR would make it cheaper and more efficient for Russia to move its mineral …
Billboard of Nursultan Nazarbayev in Kazakhstan, 2015.

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and the Democratization Shell Game

… 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 … announced his own popular referendum on skipping his upcoming election, too. Lacking a more salient Islamist threat …
The Epsom Clock Tower in the UK.

How Clocks Helped Conquer the World

… never set. How did these backward ninth-century Europeans accomplish all this? The obvious answer is "science and … that divided space into numbers. The maps overflowed with compass bearings, depth measurements, tide tables and … and bureaucrats used double-entry bookkeeping to control commerce, industry and government. Double-entry bookkeeping …
The Benin Bronzes in the African Gallery at the British Museum.

LOOT: Colonial Collections and African Restitution Debates

… North to share collections. Ironically, it was the shortcomings of a UNESCO convention that brought M’Bow to this … the restitution debates—provide a comparatively easy avenue to strengthen ties, both to new or growing … context. Collecting, in this sense, could involve soldiers, missionaries, colonial administrators, African …

From Gaza to Jerusalem: Is the Two State Solution under Siege?

… demands to inspect the cargo they carried, and Israeli navy commandos boarded the vessels before the boats pulled into … at peace, arriving at a peaceful solution will not be an easy task. The conflict's causes are (it almost goes without … and this interpretation finds support in close studies of the diplomacy of the late British Mandate period. To …
man with giant crab

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

… Conservation, the fishing story tells us, is never easy. The Over-Fishing Crisis During the nineteenth and … ] 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 …
Henry Ford with a Model T in 1921.

What Bill Ford Is Learning from Great-Grandpa

… Now that Ford Motor Company has announced its “Way Forward” restructuring plan, … money, market share and respect? Probably, but it won’t be easy. Many business analysts remain skeptical about the … pictures and words in ads was certainly a risk. When Henry died in 1947, his once heroic reputation had sunk so low — …
Still image from the Movie The Bridge (Criterion Collection).

Top Ten Origins: World War II Films

… away from the actual events of the war, movies have become the dominant means for us to envision them. But can you … stares in shock at an enormous mound of dead Japanese soldiers. He covers his face, weeps, and runs, trying to avoid … man from his time as a labor camp supervisor to Imperial soldier to Soviet POW. 2. Kanal , Poland, Andrzej Wajda, 1957 …
A French Quarter Pontalba Row building.

A Postcard from New Orleans, Louisiana

… about a block north of New Orleans’s famed French Quarter. Completely walled in, the cemetery is unwelcoming. The Roman … After the cemetery’s less-than-respectful depiction in Easy Rider (1969), the Archdiocese banned filming in St. … that grow so hot in the subtropical climate that the bodies of the dead within are rendered to little more than …