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Secretary of State John Kerry continued his meetings in Lausanne with Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif. Under Secretary Wendy Sherman and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz are participating in the meetings.

Iran’s Nuclear Diplomacy

… have met periodically in Vienna in an attempt to accomplish what was long considered a near-impossible task. … weight of historically tense U.S.-Iranian relations was overcome and the nearly impossible realized in the form of the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ( JCPOA ). But that monumental …
Jean-Marie Le Pen in 2006.

Far Right’s Electoral Success in France has Deep History

… most critical elections in decades. European and American commentators almost uniformly expressed shock at the … prosecuted Marshal Pétain, Vichy’s leader, and other officials, in an obvious effort to close this ugly chapter … In recent decades the nation has continued to struggle to come to terms with its past through highly visible war …
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, shakes hands with a US Air Force general officer prior to his departure from the United States

The Need to Talk with Iran

… weapon. Any potential United States-Iran dialogue would complement European efforts to persuade the Iranians to … without frustration and disappointment. A memo by one U.S. official attending these negotiations was prefaced with the …
The Prima Porta Statue shows a powerful and youthful Augustus making an address

Celebrating Roman Emperor Augustus

… forming a military junta, then violently eliminating any competition before fighting the other members of the junta. His triumph in this power struggle ended the competitive politics of Republican Rome and ushered in the … had become the sole Roman ruler). Instead he made a show of officially giving all of his powers back to the people of …

South Africa: Twenty-Five Years Since Apartheid

… been lifted, and negotiations for a new constitution had commenced. While political violence between the ANC and … and Asians. Many of these have survived and have been sites of development since apartheid, such as Soweto, though … looking for jobs, unemployment may be as high as 40%; its official rate is 27%. Critics on the left argue that …
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks' declaration from Flag Day 1919 that forbade membership in the organization to anarchists, Industrial Workers of the World, Bolsheviks, and other organizations perceived as unpatriotic.

Sanitizing American Tradition

Review of Inventing American Tradition: From the Mayflower to Cinco de Mayo, by Jack David Eller (London: Reaktion Books, 2018)
… as a jingoistic celebration of the flag. Perhaps the most compelling stories Eller tells come in the political and holiday tradition sections of the … Soon after, Thanksgiving and Memorial Day would gain official recognition . The Benevolent and Protective Order …
Amish schoolhouse in 1941 Pennsylvania.

1/13/2015: Top Ten Origins: The Common Core Curriculum

… Kentucky school, 1946 Common Core is a set of voluntary standards in the United … isn’t any more debate, we’ll know we’re in serious trouble. Common Core is no exception and now faces detractors from … . Click this link to visit the Common Core standards official webpage for an up-to-date version of this map . Far …
Fidel Castro during a visit to Washington.

Why Economic Sanctions Often Fail

… to Iran in 2007. Switzerland's Swiss EGL energy trading company recently completed a forty-two billion dollar agreement with the … recently announced. The president's recent and likely last official trip to Europe may prove to be nothing more than …
Martin Luther King Jr. Day March at Southern Arkansas University.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: A Holiday the Nation Resisted

… the holiday or diminished it by linking it to Confederate commemorations.  Federal recognition had finally arrived, … emerged—unpaid holidays, ceremonial proclamations, or commemorations folded into existing calendars. These efforts … when congressional action remained elusive. Black elected officials, labor unions, churches, and civil rights …
Tanks and soldiers in parade in Pyongyang

North Korea: The Myth of a Hermit Kingdom

… Jessica Blissit   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … nations and other things like that. And really the opposite seems to be happening, at least in relation to the west … Dr. Mitch Lerner   Deborah is absolutely right in terms of official policy and overt policy, the DPRK government, Kim …
President George W. Bush signs a law in front of senators.

The Dark Side of “Faith-Based Initiatives”

… President Bush’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives — created to give religious groups tax … philosophers: Marvin Olasky. Bush has praised Olasky as “compassionate conservatism’s leading thinker,” saying of his … to tell who wielded authority. States no longer sponsored official churches; religious and political authority were …
KKK Rally

From Dixie to the Third Reich

Review of Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law, by James Q. Whitman (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017)
… law” (p. 5). This argument revolutionizes the discussion of comparative racism and our understanding of the influence of … this event was cataclysmic in that it caused the US to become even more connected with Germany and the racist Third … meeting between Nazi lawmakers, judges, and high-ranking officials, these men decided that the American racial …
Portrait of Galileo Galilei by Justus Sustermans

400 Years Ago the Catholic Church Prohibited Copernicanism

What lessons can be learned from the thought and actions of Galileo, who became the “Father of Modern Science”?
… continues to our day. Do these Church actions prove the incompatibility between science and religion? What lessons can … into trouble. A geocentric model of the solar system (top) compared to the heliocentric model (bottom) Galileo … charges against Galileo were unsubstantiated. However, the officials started worrying about the status of heliocentrism …
In 2011, thousands of ultra-nationalist demonstrators took to the streets of Moscow, armed with tsarist insignia and shouting the anti-immigrant chant "Let's give Russia back to the Russians!"

Russia’s Lost Empire

Review of Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation, From 1470 to the Present, by Serhii Plokhy (New York: Basic Books, 2017)
… language distinct from Greater Russia. In Belarus, Russian officials looked for a way to “Russify” many of the Poles in … Vladimir Putin poses for the cameras as he tours historical sites in newly-annexed Crimea. Putin asserted that … and truly non-Russian populations dwelled . Readers might come away with the impression that the Russian Empire and …
Undated photo of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany.

Democracy-Building Will Be Tougher This Time

… had literate, talented, industrially and technologically competent populations, a huge help in building a modern … by the Cold War, and for seven years in Japan. American officials today talk of a one- or possibly two-year commitment in Iraq. After World War II the vanquished …
Cover of Zoot Suit The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style by Kathy Peiss.

A Suit, or a Statement?

Review of Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style, by Kathy Peiss (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011)
… of the suit—journalists, ministers, reformers, public officials, and academics who made fashion the subject of … songwriters and animators utilized the suit to make commentary on American life during a time of war. Chapter … and Harlem. Understanding how a style which had once communicated a variety of meanings became tied to racial …
San Francisco earthquake 1906

San Francisco 1906 and Katrina 2005: The Increasing Costs of Unpreparedness

… that followed the earthquake wiping out its business and commercial districts. Still the scope of the two disasters … army and navy units quickly offered their services to city officials to organize both relief and recovery efforts.   … sometime in the next fifty years California will be revisited by an event similar to the 1906 quake or the flooding …
2006 map of North Korea and South Korea.

Applying the Antarctic Solution to the Korean Nuclear Impasse

… prohibits all military activity? The unlikely source of common ground lies in the Antarctic Treaty of 1959. This … prize for the United States — and a preview of things to come. By the 1990s, aerial inspection would become a … cooperation by allowing North and South Korean military officials to work together on these missions. The Korean …
Flag of United States Semiquincentennial

Happy 250th Birthday America!

… cleared the turnstiles astonished them. The Centennial’s official name hinted at what was on offer: “The … states, by thirty other countries, and by private companies. Some visitors recorded that they left simply … excuse for the whole thing. While it is true that one soap company displayed a full-sized replica of the Liberty Bell …
The military cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II in Nettuno, Italy.

A Day for Remembering — and Accepting Responsibility

… ago, on May 30, 1945, by Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., commander of the Allied Fifth Army in Italy. Truscott was … some 3,000 American lives, most of them under Truscott’s command. The dead were eventually buried in Nettuno’s sandy … high command. For that reason, he mostly stayed away from official ceremonies and dedications. To him, every day was …

Interracial Marriage in "Post-Racial" America

… fight racial prejudice through a celebration of multiracial community. The event takes its name from the 1967 Supreme … as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth,” they were offered one year imprisonment or a … Unlike after the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage, no officials who refused to issue marriage licenses to …