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… ill-fated revolution that ended with the re-imposition of Communist rule and the flight of some 200,000 Hungarians to … Hungarian Revolution—a bold but ultimately unsuccessful uprising that nearly expelled Soviet forces from Hungary in late … been stationed in Hungary since 1944. Since his Hungarian Communist Party took power in 1948, Rákosi had presided over …

… "For insight into the complicated and complicating events ... , one needs perspective, not … Perspective connects history with today. Every month since 2007, we’ve provided historical insight on current …

… Further away from the city center, a sprawling memorial complex known as Victory Park pays homage to Russia’s wars … to demystify Russia’s infatuation with its past wars, condensing nearly 1,000 years of history into a succinct study … war. Russia’s obsession with past triumphs and tragedies in combat has nurtured its sense of “military exceptionalism,” …

… going to take their seats the next day and that they were completely resolute in overturning the election and bringing … Odinga to power. The Kibera school, he said, had now become a refuge for families whose homes were destroyed in the … and not easily segregated for political purposes. Since independence, political alliances have generally …

… – to that list. Texas and energy have been tied together since the start of the twentieth century, when oil was … least some of the blame can go to the now-disgraced energy company, Enron, and its misuse of long-held American … images of the financial slight of hand that ruined the company in 2001. But before that point, both Ken Lay and …

… some ten thousand years ago to the seventh century of the common era. They tell the stories of successive … with a geographical introduction to ancient Iraq, focusing on the central role of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers … known to us) with nearly 1,900 characters utilized for communication. Here, too, the first art-historical …

… Project ]. Canada’s Houses of Parliament (its House of Commons and the Senate chambers) sit on the unceded … their concerns even as the official national celebrations commemorating that history—which had so failed Indigenous … in 2013 ( left ). A protest in 2013 by members of the Nipissing First Nation and non-Aboriginal supporters in Ottawa …

… process. What’s unusual is that conservatives are complaining about the Court at the same time they’re … That’s why they gave its occupants lifetime appointments. Since justices continue to serve long after the presidents who appointed them are gone, the Court’s composition frequently lags behind the country’s political …

… done it with these water and sewer systems that have become ubiquitous in our lifetimes.   Nicholas Breyfogle  The … near home.   Speaker 4  How can you expect me to stay in business here, if I can't even use this water in my plant?   … finally improve water quality.   Speaker 6  The special Subcommittee on water pollution will be in order.   Manny …

… That paper, simply entitled “Declarations Drawn up in Common Agreement,” was signed in a town on the French side … anticolonial war for Algerian independence that has since become immortalized in popular imagination by such cinematic …

… of right-wing, religiously rooted nationalism in India. Since its creation in 1947 , India has been a Hindu-majority … are Hindus (more than 1 billion people), with Muslims comprising the next most populous group at 15%. First-time … a culture of majoritarianism that would exclude minority communities in India. This is not the first time the BJP has …

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … And I'm your other host, Mark Sokolsky. Today, we're discussing religious, national, and ethnic identities in … they changed over time? What do overlapping identities and competing loyalties mean for security, state-building, and …

… 26 of 32 Irish counties received considerable, albeit not complete, independence. The following day, however, six … Irish division. Although England held a presence in Ireland since the late 1100s, this political division was the … Party introduced the possibility of Home Rule as a way of compromising on the so-called Irish question. Home Rule …

… 306, he pulled the trigger. A fraction of a second later, a single .30 caliber bullet from his weapon struck the civil … Memphis, a pall of shock and sadness blanketed the black community. Anguish soon turned to anger. Fearing a riot, the … exploded in the days following Dr. King’s assassination. In communities large and small, stretching from the East Coast …

… In the face of disasters we have come to expect that our governments will respond. … and grave expression, personally inspecting the damage or comforting survivors or those who care for them. After the … former Presidents, Bush and Clinton, carrying out fund-raising for relief in the United States. Portrait of Roman …

… You can't read the newspapers or surf the web without coming face to face with the pivotal human problem of energy … fuel sources in order to reduce battlefield deaths and rising fuel costs. Corporations market themselves as firms dedicated to "energy conservation"—"green" companies whose management strategies rest on the …

… history. Ed Gillespie, chairman of the Republican National Committee, complained that the CBS script contains language that Ronald … place a disclaimer on the screen every ten minutes advising viewers that the drama contained fictional material. If …

… also proposed deploying advanced drug detection machines to combat the influx of fentanyl, which he claimed was … seizure was Abbott’s way of taking control of border crossings, which he framed as an “invasion” that the federal … opposition to OHL, including one bearing the message “ Todos somos imigrantes ” – “We are all immigrants.”  Local …

… the first episode of Star Trek hit the American airwaves. Since that original series aired, Star Trek has spawned … sixth series will debut in 2017) hundreds of novels and comic books, and countless toys, games, uniforms and other … third season cast ( right ). Star Trek and its fans have become one of the archetypes of both the undying multi-media …

… targets. Why? In brief, because the Chinese government has since 1989 carefully promoted a sense that China is under … a lengthy analysis in July 1989 explaining how the “anti-communist forces” of the capitalist world, led by the U.S. … prophetic. One after another, most of the world’s Communist governments collapsed, in an eerie reversal of the …

… neglects two fundamental issues. One consideration is that, since 2011, most Syrian refugees either remain in Syria as … face an uncertain future in the sprawling Dadaab camp complex in Kenya barely register on the radar of the global … An image widely used to raise funds for the Armenian Relief Committee. The widowed Amenian woman and her children walked …