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… Class is back. Whatever its other accomplishments, the Occupy Wall Street movement that sprouted … to talk about President Obama's plans to raise tax rates for wealthy Americans. They frequently use it as an … that had been used to deprive most people of economic freedom even while leaving their political freedom intact. …

… changing sexual mores since the 1960s. Occasionally, commentators have referred to an insular institutional … set up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during Pope Francis’s visit in 2013 ( right ). Bringing in the Inquisition Another … have been unthinkable outside democratic societies with a free press and, now, the internet. Yet the echoes from the …

… millions of enslaved Africans generated tremendous wealth for an elite community of slave owners, slave traders, and political … “We the Ex-Slave feel that if the government had a right to free us she had a right to make some provisions for us as … for Slavery and The Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History , by Ana Lucia Araujo (New York City: …

… U.S. military researchers were busy inventing new weapons for the next war. The new Secretary of Defense, Donald H. … launching deadly fighter and torpedo planes. Even as newspapers reported investigations of “the munitions makers” … which plan to test the next generation of bombs on computers rather than under the ground. But who’s paying …

… Join world-renowned historian Geoffrey Parker for a definitive history of the Spanish Armada. In July 1588 … The genius of Sir Francis Drake is exalted, while Spain’s efforts are belittled. But what really happened during that … finally clashed. Looking beyond the events of 1588 to the complex politics which made war between England and Spain …

… Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. … where he teaches courses on the African American freedom struggle. He's the editor of the award-winning …

… transition of all security responsibilities to Afghan forces," Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson declared at … the benefit of the clear military or geographic objectives common to more conventional wars. This lack of knowledge … such as improved government services and provision of free education or through forced relocations, to enable …

… dynasty ended. Eight months later in October, Bolshevik forces led by Vladimir Lenin seized power, establishing the … Jessica Vinas-Nelson  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … is the emergence of words that after February 1917, like freedom, the Russian word for freedom, "sloboda." And also …

… the bloodiest day in American history, rewriting "the rules for acceptable losses in war" with its 24,000 casualties, yet religious leaders only became more committed to their crusades and more strident in their … of racial equality but in the more abstract idea of freedom for which both sides fought. Reunification around …

… the return of the Japanese emperor to a position of power for the first time in more than 500 years.  The Restoration … to quickly transition from a feudal country to a “more free and democratic system that allowed the Japanese people … Assistance.  “As the first non-Western nation to become a developed country, Japan built itself into a country …

… Leticia Wiggins   This is your host Leticia Wiggins and welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone … Civil Rights Museum and part of the answer, you should feel free to do that. So if Stephanie wanted to start us off?   … hard work of ordinary, everyday people, and so if people visiting the museum or people in who take our classes, take …

… who were once suspicious of the institution to now clamor for inclusion—represents a radical break with thousands of … in the first five books of the Old Testament.  It was common throughout ancient India, the Middle East, Africa, … believed that parents had an obligation to let young people freely choose their own mates. Until the late 18th century, …

… in 1945, the United States took control of Earth’s destiny for the first time. After the Truman administration dropped … postwar economic boom took hold, with America becoming the world’s leading hyper industrial and military … Revolution , Douglas Brinkley pays tribute to those who combated the mauling of the natural world in the Long …

… he was asked last year if democracy is the most effective form of government,  Donald Trump said, “I do.” (He then … in the 18th century included the selflessness to put the common good above special interests. Only a few (men) could … 28,000 men voted in a population of roughly 3 million (2.4 free people and 600,000 enslaved). By the early nineteenth …

… home secretary, Charles Clarke, rushed to announce plans for sweeping new terrorist legislation that would … from the Internet. Once again, the Internet has become the target of law makers who seek a simple remedy for … is not to blame. Bomb-making instructions of all sorts freely circulate in libraries, from hand to hand, and by …

… in the fight and where to use federal government powers. A common myth about wartime is that everyone bands together in … immigrants to criticizing war profiteers. Popular support for a war has been just one facet of domestic debate. Two … security against civil liberties. Giving states more freedom to make policy (a Republican priority) may conflict …

… An estimate compiled by the nation’s intelligence services reaches the … Khrushchev and Chinese leader Mao Zedong during a 1958 visit in China ( left ). Captioned “We use the skill of the … Moscow It was clear to McNamara that keeping China nuclear free would require substantial leverage: export restrictions …

… kids were – well, wild.  And we wanted to share in the freedom, the confidence, the limitlessness that coursed … 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 …

… announcement marked the end of China’s chaotic era of foreign domination since the mid-18th century and of … governmental upheavals after 1911.  Mao Zedong and the Communist Party’s Rise to Victory During the 1920s and … Nations. In 1979, seven years after President Richard Nixon visited China, China officially established diplomatic …

… a counter-movement arose that challenged the feminists push for the Equal Rights Amendment. Today, we turn to Phyllis … and the Equal Rights Amendment being well on its way to becoming the newest tenant of the US Constitution. But it was … especially those opposed to feminists push for reproductive freedom and the LGBT activists’ push for rights. Religious …

… parties, struggle with their sexuality, track “likes” and “comments” on Facebook, experience domestic abuse, and dream … of telephone eventually played by writers who had never visited Greenland, reports through the centuries grew more … activities, including compelling kids with money and free lunches to participate in videos that make it seem like …

… scare you. The part where, like other privacy scholars, I inform or at least remind you, with a sweep of bleak Orwellian … narrative says technology is to blame—that after mainframe computers burst onto the scene in the middle of the … across departmental boundaries,” which would then free his staff from mundane data related tasks and “liberate …