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Neil Armstrong stands by the Lunar Module "Eagle" during the first walk on the moon in 1969.

Fly Me to the Moon

… ended in December 1972. Anti-Vietnam protesters on the National Mall in Washington D.C., 1967. Those who were alive … objective was to demonstrate that, after losing out to the Soviet Union in launching the first satellite into orbit and the …
A crowd of Syrian refugees in the Vienna airport

Road to Europe: The 2015 Migration Crisis

… State University, where I teach courses on Eastern Europe, nationalism, migration, communism, the Cold War, among … have reacted differently, and I'm wondering if the European Union has complicated the reaction here or if it's made it … Dragostinova  There are no common laws in the European Union governing, I mean, the way asylum law is applied. I …
Abandoned nuclear weapons depot in Northern Germany.

What About the WMDs that DO Exist?

… But, as Mohamed ElBaradei, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has noted, terrorist groups … Global/Transnational … Diplomacy/International Relations …

The Long, Long Struggle for Women's Rights in Afghanistan

… Afghanistan, 1996: In 1996, while living in the former Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan, three friends and I were … of the Ottoman Sultan, the reform-minded Young Turk nationalist movement gained in popularity and influence. It … rebellion. Then, on December 24, 1979, the Soviet Union launched a full-scale invasion of Afghanistan in …
Jackie Robinson

Top Ten Origins: The World Series

… 5 games to 3 One game in the 1903 World Series. The National League began in 1876, evolving out of the National Association, which dated to 1871. Over the next … two leagues, including the raiding of players contracted to National League teams by the new circuit (the American …
President Nixon looking at a CIA map in 1970.

Why an Intelligence Inquiry Is Needed

… in the executive branch, claiming that it was riddled with Soviet agents who were responsible for everything from the … with the creation of the Defense Department, the National Security Council and the CIA in the aftermath of … the conflict as a branch of the Cold War against the Soviet Union. With appropriate guidelines, any commission set up in …
A card celebrating March 8 as International Women’s Day.

International Women's Day

… adding the date 3/8. Only then did I realize that International Women’s Day, celebrated worldwide on March 8, seems … International Women’s Day as a communist holiday in the new Soviet Union . The same year, Chinese communists began to celebrate … The Radical Roots of International Women's Day …
Glass negative of Kaiser Wilhelm.

A New Kind of Anti-Americanism

… at the height of the Cold War in the 1950s and 1960s. The Soviet Union and its allies then propagated the view that the … the political spectrum supported as the most important international organization in history. Moreover, even traditional … Global/Transnational
Storming the Bastille

Storming the Bastille (July 14, 1789)

… political practice. It also helped to usher in modern nationalism and nation-states. And it became a model of … the French chose to make the Storming of the Bastille their national holiday. Through all the upheavals of France’s … memory of the first official celebration of 14 July as a national holiday. Finished in 1882, Roll's work depicted the …
American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century, by Kevin Phillips book cover.

American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century

Review of American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century, by Kevin Phillips New York: Viking, 2006
… Nixon administration envisioned itself at a crossroads of national proportions. Having won the 1968 election in the … mind, this coming maelstrom is linked with the burgeoning union between oil politics, grassroots fundamentalism, and the financialization of the national economy. His book is broken into three sections …
poster supporting those lost in Pearl Harbor

Mobilizing for Common Purpose in the COVID Era

… in the war. Indeed, the slogan shouted at the Democratic National Convention that nominated Woodrow Wilson for a … in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, … in this content do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. …
The Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence, 1960-2010, by Crawford Young Book Cover.

Fifty Years and Counting

Review of The Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence, 1960-2010, by Crawford Young (Chicago: University of Wisconsin Press, 2012)
… control to post-colonial state apparatuses, and attempts to nationalize major industries along socialist lines. The … on post-independence states and internal conflicts and nationalism, ethnicity, and identity stand out as … Diplomacy/International Relations … Global/Transnational
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and outgoing President Herbert Hoover on Inauguration Day in 1933.

COVID, the New Deal, and the Importance of Leadership

… constructing a road in what is now the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. In this time of crisis, no one understood the … in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, … in this content do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. …
Image of a junior high school classroom from Harris & Ewing Photographs.

An Historic Opportunity in Education

… conflict with the reserved rights of the people under our national organic law. If put into effect, it will destroy … Bush (the first) and Clinton fought for the development of national education standards, a policy that would have been … years, they remain, generally speaking, at low levels. This national problem has provoked the public to demand a …
Mourners picket after the Triangle fire. Their signs, hung with black crepe, accuse shop owners of graft, locked doors, and managing workers in fire traps.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

… and fight for safer working conditions and the right to unionize. Their efforts made life better for all working … and infamous (among workers at least) for their hatred of unions.  Triangle workers were not unionized. Factory doors … pay, improved working conditions, and a union, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), to many …