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… and abroad, who have had the courage to privilege truth seeking and challenge the official narrative of the Turkish … a permanent solution to the Armenian problem. A striking and well-developed contribution is Akçam's emphasis on … in Der Zor, Syria occurred (p. 277). One final thought-provoking feature of the book is Akçam's discussion of "cultural …

… at the center of the anti-Eaton cabal. The big winner was Martin Van Buren, who, as a widower, had avoided the problem … this combination of scandals contributed to Grant’s ranking near the bottom of historians’ ratings of Presidents , … long been  at or near the bottom  of the presidential rankings due to a  reputation for corruption . The main Harding …

… news.   Jessica Blissit  From regional interventions to hacking to allegations of interference in elections, Russia … Or are they primarily reactions to events that are taking place on the global scale?   Stephen Norris      Well, … in recent works that are quite good ones. Here, I'm thinking particularly of Mikhail Zygar's book, All the Kremlin's …

… ascending to heaven from a stone in the Dome of the Rock, making this site the third holiest in the world after Mecca … to the Jews. Jews have lived in Jerusalem since the rule of King David in 10th century BCE. While many Jews fled … arrived. Cafes and bars now sit alongside vendors, making the market still a wonderful place to people-watch, day …

… insulting but patronizing. So the dilemma that we were talking about, East and West, is really ironic. You can see … life. So I think many of the assumptions that people are making when they talk about women and the West are predicated …   Johanna Sellman  Right.   Mark Sokolsky  When are we talking, like sort of eighth, ninth century or -?   Johanna …

… after using the bathroom. When sewage seeped into drinking or bathing water, or when a person with typhoid germs … again raise the question over how much health officials seeking to protect the public from infectious disease should be … Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical . United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010. Hasian, M.A. Power, …

… two-week detail happened to be over six feet tall, good-looking, and heavily decorated for their service in Italy. It … the Brazilians and their American guests. After disembarking, the honor guard was whisked away to their plush … 50 years later, one veteran remarked, “We lived like kings in Rio.” They attended soccer matches, spent hours …

… broadsides, and claims to represent an Afro-Asian world shaking off colonialism, Mao’s China made the perfect foil … of the other nuclear powers—the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom (which had tested its first device in 1952), and … in outer space. They would stay in Moscow for 11 days, working on a test ban, sketching out a non-diffusion pact, …

… to the fall of its ally Yanukovich in Ukraine by sparking a civil war in eastern Ukraine, designed to weaken the … orbit. Others blame the United States and NATO for sparking the popular uprising in Ukraine that brought down … to operations in the Balkans and Afghanistan . Yet looking at the history of NATO shows that since its origins in …

… to our next question and building upon what we've been looking at so far. We were wondering if there are differences … of the Geneva Conventions. I guess, today, what we're looking at in the Middle East, and especially in the Wars of … arrested. So the decision to even undertake this type of an assassination attempt meant that you basically had come to …

… then he'll take your questions. If you're interested in asking a question please write in the Q&A function at the … Mary Sibley sort of grabbed the two Indian servants working at Parris's house to bind Tibuba. And together they … about whether it's an appropriate term or not. The McMartin case in what was that the 1980s or 90s? Of course the …

… the Color Line” in the Late 19 th Century Chicago White Stockings baseman Adrian "Cap" Anson ( left ), and heavyweight … four occasions between 1883 and 1888, Chicago White Stocking baseball teams led by Adrian “Cap” Anson refused to … of the Nation of Islam and an episode of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roast. 6. The 1968 Olympic 200m Final …

… appointed a main judge and an alternate judge: making up the eight members of the Tribunal. The alternate … had been forced to support the German war economy by working as slave laborers. He also shared the Tribunal’s … Speer received 20 years, and Konstantin von Neurath 15. Martin Bormann received a death sentence in absentia. The …

… since they completely re-wrote the rules of airliner hijacking. Until then, hijackings had been theatrical affairs in which the hijackers … lives for political concessions. The September 11 hijackings, however, were about the aircraft, not the people on …

… returned to Japan suffering from radiation poisoning, shocking the world and civil defense officials with this … work or whether it would only scare the population by making nuclear war more imaginable. After Kennedy’s initial … the number of possible spaces and expedited the stocking and marking of shelters nationwide. Despite the shelter …

… history—Drs.  Elena Jackson Albarrán and  Reyna Esquivel-King —to consider what exactly such a transformation might … She's joining us today from Oxford, Ohio. Thank you for speaking with us, Elena. Dr. Elena Jackson Albarrán  Thanks for … in which journalists are the number one targeted victims of assassination by drug cartels, it's a really dangerous time …

… it was only a matter of time before this became a money-making operation. Though baseball was first used to promote … and who represented many of the best players, were taking advantage of the system. They were often scapegoated as … for the Boston Red Sox Xander Bogaerts is quoted in TIME talking about the diversity of baseball, saying the sport “is a …

… Americans facing unemployment, losing their homes, and racking up student loan debt, the idea of a struggling "99 … But abruptly, people and politicians have started talking about a class divide. More and more of them detect a … years, largely through increased compensation for the "working rich," such as CEOs. Billionaire Warren Buffet raised …

… missiles so that FARC could shoot down American pilots working with Colombian government officials. The Lessons of … in the sixteenth century, European traders began trafficking arms into African, American, and, to a lesser extent, … to West Africa commenced in the late 1690s, with gun-making centers in London and (a little later) Birmingham, …

… on to fill the soldiers’ place in the industrial world, working jobs that have been previously viewed as unsuitable for … to fight against the segregation of public schooling working on dismantling segregated public accommodations and … women who became feminists got their start actually in working for women's rights for Black civil rights, but even I …

… (Photo by Gage Skidmore). As Trump attacks the press —mocking and feuding with journalists, threatening to change … Cable news organizations are expected to make a record-breaking $2.5 billion this election season. This profit motive … is symptomatic of a highly commercialized system. Profit-seeking is in the media’s very DNA and the always-controversial …

… This legal, institutional response was a long time in the making. Its direct origin lies in Spain in 1558, when a female … after the Age of Graham ;  Baptized in the Jordan;    Martin Luther and the Reformation ; and  the Catholic Church and …