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… 29, 2012, newly appointed General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Xi Jinping gave a speech that would … Although the term had already entered popular use before Xi’s speech, “China Dream” has since become a lynchpin … if couched in the language of censure—could prompt visitors to the exhibit today to reflect on the injustice …

… congregated in streets and squares and demanded the end of communist rule. These are indelible images deeply impressed … to communism in Europe. Throughout 2009, countries from the former Soviet Bloc have attempted to recapture some of that … sense of this shift from wonders to worries, one must revisit the history of communism, explore its collapse, and …

… ( Hammer of the Witches ) became one of Europe’s first bestsellers.  While a few intellectuals consumed such scientific … of the wicked” and divine grace were two sides of the same coin, and for whom the persecution of heretics was … respect for natural order and human limitations is worth revisiting.  As AI datacenters threaten to surpass the  energy …

… in Europe and the World Health Organization recently called for increased vaccination campaigns in the region. In the … child as a man stands outside with a cow (from the Wellcome Trust). The term vaccination comes from variolae … from polio were murdered by anti-vaccination crusaders. Not coincidentally, Pakistan is now regarded as the global “hot …

… the public intellectual in today’s world. (And don’t forgot to pop over to our Connecting History blog to read … Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone, … right.   Jessica Adler    I'm Jessica Adler , currently a visiting researcher at Tufts University and I'll be starting …

… than our entire population," Bush argued that the demand for "better nutrition and better food" among this massive … the early nineteenth century, when the British East India Company controlled an increasing swath of territory across … People eating, people washing, people sleeping. People visiting, arguing, and screaming. People thrusting their …

… home is the single greatest expense in most people’s lives. For non-homeowners, rent usually takes up the largest share … in Silicon Valley (where even people with six-figure incomes may qualify for housing subsidies) have attracted … of Homeowners: Ciudad Kennedy President John F. Kennedy visits El Techo housing project, Bogotá, Colombia, 1961 On …

… I saw the ad on a real estate web site a week ago. For sale: 3952 Chatsworth Street, Detroit, Michigan. A five … the phalanx of government programs that made our world comfortable: the labor laws that gave our fathers the … crying. We'll still talk, we tell each other. We'll come to visit. Nothing will change. And we believe what we're …

… , and Katherine Marino . Find out why it stalled and how for nearly a century the ERA has garnered both passionate … Hamlin  Sure. So the legal scholar, Kimberlé Crenshaw, coined the phrase in a 1987, I think, article, where she … happen legislatively and congressionally if we do have to revisit this 35 state versus 38 state timeframe. I agree, of …

… especially in Tibet, make Beijing an unworthy host for the celebration of human athletic prowess in the Games … other hand, speak piously of keeping politics out of sports competition. I am frequently asked, "Must politics be a part … of the 1959 uprising." This 49th anniversary, of course, coincided with the lighting of the Olympic Torch in Greece. …

… plans to reduce the staff of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to 15 people and move … in the beginning of 2025, still working in the name of the commitment that President John F. Kennedy had made in 1961 … address, “for whatever period is required—not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, …

… presidential election have run populist campaigns, and the former have governed in a populist style. This article … Brazil and Chile, are not populists. Consequently, the most common definition of populism in political science today … that the U.S. feels it can work with. The most important visit by President Bush was to Brazil. Brazilian President …

… over the trajectory of the on-going American military commitment in Iraq and Afghanistan has combined with … after a war? How best do we create a successful outcome? For us? For the country we leave? Given the problems now … as mounting evidence suggests, is now viewed as simply the latest colonial occupier, at least by some sectors of Iraqi …

… back and what we have learned over the last seven weeks and forward to what this means for the future of women in American politics.  … my guests are historians. We look back and study what has come before and  this …this is a decidedly forward looking … be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… power they demonstrated during the suffrage movement to form the much anticipated women's voting bloc that would … the polls were moved to schools and churches and community centers. There was some change in how candidates … be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… manager who had a career with the Park Service of more than forty years, has eloquently described their deeper meaning: … the intellect with emotion and place. You can follow our common fight for independence and creating and keeping a … (and the only one outside of Alaska) that truly demands visitors be self-reliant. It also demands something more …

… broke out between the  paramilitary militia Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in 2023.  … RSF as terrorists. Yasir al-Atta, the Sudanese army deputy commander, said in an interview on August 3, 2024, that the … take up arms and fight for the Rapid Support Forces in this latest Sudanese civil war. …

… member states of the European Union in their ongoing search for safety. By extension, it describes the response of … face an uncertain future in the sprawling Dadaab camp complex in Kenya barely register on the radar of the global … that the institutional innovations in post-1945 Europe coincided with ambitious plans for the reconstruction of …

… Bakken oil-shale region in western North Dakota to a tank complex in Illinois. Its route crosses the Missouri River … belonged to the Great Sioux Nation under the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie. Other indigenous-rights activists observe that … like the American Fourth of July, a time to dress up, visit friends and relatives, socialize, and feast. …

… with desperately needed energy assistance, advocated for the smaller nation within the EU, and pledged to stand … Anderson famously defined nationalism as an “imagined community” binding together a widespread group of people … was both the first foreign leader to congratulate Sandu and visit her in Chișinău.  The two presidents have held at …

… have shown that the virus has been active in humans for about a century. A biography of the disease would show a … human immune systems, HIV has also allowed tuberculosis to come thundering back as a global health threat and has … Inequality, and HIV The growing impact of AIDS coincided in the West with reductions in public sector …

… Francis, all of whom began organizing and agitating for the vote toward the end of the 19th century. From the … clubs and launched multiyear protests. While sharing a common goal, these efforts were not without internal … be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… employed them in operations to deliver weapons to various combatants in Africa. By his own admission, he had flown weapons to anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan during the 1990s and aided the French … Republicans, and he arranged shipments so that the best and latest weapons went to Franco while the oldest and least …