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A scene from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution

Remembering '56: The Hungarian Revolution

… 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 …

About Origins

… "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 …
A memorial dedicated to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War (1941-45) in Yaroslavl.

From Kulikovo Field to Kursk: Russia’s Forever War

Review of Russia: The Story of War, by Gregory Carleton (Cambridge, MA and London: Belknap/Harvard University Press, 2017)
… 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,” …

Beyond 'Tribes': Violence and Politics in Kenya

… 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 …
President George Bush signing deregulation papers with gas company employees looking on

Texas, Enron, and Energy Monopolies

… – 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 …
Cover of Civilizations of Ancient Iraq, by Benjamin R. Foster and Karen Polinger Foster.

Babylon Revisited

Review of Civilizations of Ancient Iraq, by Benjamin R. Foster and Karen Polinger Foster (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. pp. xii, 297)
… 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 …

Canada’s Dark Side: Indigenous Peoples and Canada’s 150th Celebration

… 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 …
Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Supreme Court justice.

Attacks on Sotomayor Ignore Court’s History and Makeup

… 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 …
And Water for All - stylized image of hands with water behind them

... And Water for All

An educational documentary about water affordability
… 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 …
Six founders of the Algerian FLN: Rabah Bitat, Mostefa Ben Boulaïd, Didouche Mourad, Mohammed Boudiaf, Krim Belkacem and Larbi Ben M'Hidi, 1954

The Evian Accords: An Uncertain Peace

… 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 …

Right-Wing Politics in India

… 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 …
A group of children in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

… 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 …
The 3rd Tipperary Brigade of the Old IRA, pictured during the early 1920s.

100 Years of Irish Independence and Division

… 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 …
A portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

… 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 …
Hubert Robert's 1785 painting "Fire in Rome," showing the events of 64 CE.

The Ancient Roman Origins of Government Disaster Response

… 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 …

Energy Policy and the Long Transition in America

… 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 …
Official Portrait of President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan

“The Reagans”: The Spirit of Censorship Lives

… 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 …
Bird's-eye-view of the 1993 border blockade enacted by CBP Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas as part of Operation Hold the Line.

Fortifying the U.S.-Mexico Boundary: The 1993 “Hold the Line” Experiment

… 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 …
William Shatner as Captain Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock pose behind a model of the starship Enterprise.

Star Trek

… 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 …
Photo of Tiananmen Square from 2007.

Bombings, Blood Debts, and Mutual Suspicion

… 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 …

The Question of Refugees: Past and Present

… 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 …