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Influenza Pandemics Now, Then, and Again

… prevent, the next pandemic. The viruses that affect humans come in many types, and their impact on human communities … get sick each year with some form of flu, some of them will die—but only every so often does a pandemic occur. While it … them more susceptible to infection. Peace-time social services were no longer operating and many people lived in …
Graffiti on wall: "Broken Promises"

Jefferson Cowie on Deindustrialization, Trade, and the 2016 Presidential Election

… to stop bad trade deals and global special interests, we welcome you with open arms, perhaps sensing an opportunity with … Sierra Juarez, which are the three of the four sites I studied, they would open with a very simple wrote production, … Sokolsky. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcast and more at …
Zimbabwe Flag against a blue sky

Colonial Land Injustices in Post-Independence Zimbabwe

… from British colonialism on April 18, 1980. The nation commemorates this political milestone annually, with the … Zimbabwe continues to grapple with the international community over land questions, which are rooted in the … project. The Pioneer Column, a unit of British soldiers and settlers, administered the occupation of …
The four women Supreme Court Justices: Sandra Day O'Connor, Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Elena Kagan. O'Connor is not wearing a robe because she is retired from the Court.

Should Catholic Justices Recuse Themselves on Certain Cases?

… who remained on the court. This dramatic change in the composition of the Supreme Court can be traced to the … justices to judge these issues. Perhaps the time has come to ask them to recuse themselves when cases come before … UCLA emerita professor, is co-director of the History News Service and author of “The Relentless Revolution: A History …
President Biden, standing in front of a blue flag with an eagle emblem

First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Insights from History

… Professor, Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Peter Mansoor, Professor and General Raymond E. Mason … Margaret Newell: Welcome! Thank you for joining us today for the “First 100 Days … an associate professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at OSU. She is a 2020-21 ACLS/Mellon Scholars and …
Labor Secretary Elaine Chao in 2005.

Written With the Blood of Miners

… the U.S. Congress and with the president’s signature will become law. While a new law represents a positive step for … coverage of January’s Sago disaster, in which 12 miners died. With less attention but equal devastation, 21 more … of the New West" (2007), is a writer for the History News Service. …
Heroin bust.

Devising a Drug-Free World (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 3)

… on Drugs, it isn’t colonial China or Japan or Mexico that comes to mind…it's the United States. And for good reason. … a staggering 100% with the intent to not only block it from coming into the state, but also to express a clear rejection … And they're going to create their own drug control bodies to kind of regulate and keep an eye on how much drugs …

The Ethiopian Civil War in Tigray

… peace. At his inaugural ceremony in 2018, he counseled a complete break with the past forms of governance that were … journalists have been banned and phone and internet services have been severed in the region. Map of Ethiopia’s … a report in April 2021 maintaining that Eritrean soldiers fighting with Ethiopia had killed hundreds of Tigrayan …
One of Havana's plazas without a church.

A Postcard From Havana, Cuba

… the American imagination. America’s fixation on Cuba’s Communist government has led to many regrettable results: … by a domino-theory fear that tiny Cuba would bring about communist revolutions throughout the hemisphere. It wasn’t … received support from the U.S. as a bulwark against communism. Hotel Ambos Mundos, where Ernest Hemingway lived …

Outdoing Panama: Turkey’s ‘Crazy’ Plan to Build an Istanbul Canal

… It would be a "crazy project," as Erdogan and the public coined it. Turks imagined : Could it be a cultural center … on the Bosporus—a strait crowded not only with urban commuters and pleasure craft, but Russian oil tankers … by state coffers. Erdogan paid customary political lip service to Ataturk in announcing the project. But Erdogan's …
Senator Fred Thompson at the Chattanooga Summit in 1996.

Back to the Future of Fund-Raising Scandals

… Now Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., who chairs the Senate committee looking into Clinton’s fund-raising, has joined … a contrast with Clinton, Thompson praised Roosevelt for coming to the Senate in person to testify on the funding of … historian in Washington, D.C., writes for the History News Service. …
Marker: "90 Miles to Cuba. Southernmost Point, Continental USA. Key West, FL"

Rethinking Cuba Libre

…   Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone from … director of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies. I've written a little bit on Cuba. My most important … Leticia Wiggins. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, origins.osu.edu , on iTunes and on SoundCloud, and …
A vision for the future of the US Space Command for 2020: a space-based high-energy laser destroys a terrestrial target.

Rumsfeld May Spark Space Weapons Debate

… which plan to test the next generation of bombs on computers rather than under the ground. But who’s paying … for NMD and for space weapons are two sides of the same coin. Once the Pentagon tosses that coin, there will be no … may be too late. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer …
Space Shuttle Columbia launching

Can We Boldly Go There Any More?

… atmosphere. The second fact will be relearned in the coming weeks as we emerge from our shock at this tragedy and … of space is not how many astronauts and cosmonauts have died, but how few. Though there have been several close … the human condition. After previous failures, NASA created committees to discover why they occurred. These studies …
Former President Jimmy Carter

Putting Ex-Presidents Back to Work

… Baker as co-chair, Carter will lead a national bipartisan commission on election reform. His prestige and experience will insure that policy makers will consider the commission’s recommendations. Carter is not our only … provide a channel to let former presidents perform useful service. One option is to make these men honorary members of …
15th century painting of Christine de Pisan, QUeen Isabeau, and 7 other women

Medieval Women's Rights: Setting the Stage for Today

… The medieval church gave birth to the misogynistic rhetoric that … the first real “feminist” rumblings of discontent. Medieval women were not content to be victims of oppression: … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Welcome to "Medieval Women's Rights: Setting the Stage for …
Jiang Zemin

Reframing the Debate on Human Rights in China

… abysmal human rights record. Jiang and other Chinese Communist Party officials countered that Americans are too … for Americans to make the case for tolerance to Chinese audiences: by stressing how much the official measures now … of California, Irvine, a writer for the History News Service and the author of "China's Brave New World -- And …
Charles E. Wilson being sworn in

Beyond Civil Rights

… Board of the President’s Initiative on Race in June, commentators greeted the news with low expectations. Fifty … “Electric Charlie” Wilson of General Electric to chair his Committee on Civil Rights, few people expected much from his … Truman was desegregation of the armed forces and the civil service. Other actions, many delayed for years, required …

The Illegalization of Marijuana: A Brief History

… recreational use. Across the state, celebratory stoners welcomed the New Year by lining up at licensed retailers to buy … in the realm of alternative medicine, and few clinical studies have been conducted to confirm specific claims. After … title “Marijuana, Assassin of Youth.” It was surely no coincidence that the scare movie Reefer Madness came a year …
Wedding rings.

Getting Government Out of Marriage, and Vice Versa

… ban against it is traditionally based on the words of a medieval German rabbi and remains restricted to Jews resident … so that all Jews could go back to biblical ways. The Ten Commandments are mute about gay marriage. Males in a … to “covet thy neighbors’ wife,” prohibited by the Tenth Commandment. To oppose the Massachusetts court ruling, the …
Views of the White Tower in Thessaloniki, Greece.

A Postcard from Thessaloniki, Greece

… crenellation of the rooftop and its turret exemplify a medieval military fortification. Its image illustrates postcards, coffee mugs and magnets commemorating this relaxed, yet urbane port on the Aegean … ferry west down the Bosphorus Straits, the Rumelian Castle Complex seems for all the world like the White Tower’s lost …
A painting of the Rubicon scene from the mid-nineteenth century: Gustave Boulanger, Jules-César arrivé au Rubicon.

Julius Caesar Crosses the Rubicon

… Gaul, or today’s Emilia Romagna—the statesman and accomplished general Julius Caesar crossed the little Rubicon … which ended with Caesar’s victory—and enabled Caesar to become, essentially, the sole ruler of the Roman state . … However, when their third ally, Marcus Crassus, died shortly after the death of Julia, Caesar’s daughter and …
Holding a copy of ”Selected Works of Mao Zedong," Red Guards are featured on the cover of a Guangxi elementary school textbook, 1971.

"Mao's Last Revolution": China's Cultural Transformation

… the reinstatement of political control via revolutionary committees supported by the military. The Cultural … the peak of high socialism. In 1981, the Chinese Communist Party offered its verdict of this era, but both … October 1976. The resolution acknowledged the period’s tragedies and called them mistakes, laying blame at the feet of …
Film poster for Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995).

Top Ten Origins: Bollywood Films

… were Bollywood films. In recent decades, Bollywood has become popular across the world with sizeable audiences in East Asia, North America, Africa, and the Middle … productions range widely. They can be artistic or cheaply commercial. They can have low production values or high …