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A portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

… Memphis, a pall of shock and sadness blanketed the black community. Anguish soon turned to anger. Fearing a riot, the … by violence. And so it had to be the fire this time. A soldier standing guard following riots in Washington, D.C. … harassment , housing segregation , inadequate municipal services, failing schools , and nonexistent jobs . The …
Logo of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Time to End Deregulation

… the CEOs of transnational firms such as Enron, WorldCom and Global Crossings in our “deregulated” economy have … instituted when it established the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 1934. The Securities Exchange Act … in New Brunswick, N.J., and a writer for the History News Service. …
Antichristus, a woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder: the pope depicted as the Antichrist, using his temporal power to grant authority to a generously contributing ruler.

The Bible as a Political Tool

… The 5,280-pound monument of the Ten Commandments installed by the Alabama Supreme Court Chief … leading the Israelites to freedom.   Franklin, who had studied Hebrew, suggested that the inscription on the seal be … the land to all the inhabitants thereof.” It’s no coincidence that “The Ten Commandments,” one is watched by …
A girl stands amid the graves of 70 children on the outskirts of Dadaab. The long desert journey to the relief camps has claimed many lives.

Famine Strikes Again. Will America Respond?

… by a massive drought. Millions were forced to flee their communities in search of food, but there was little to find. … for children.   Herbert Hoover, then U.S. secretary of commerce, responded.   Hoover quickly gained support from … bandits. The word desperation is an understatement when it comes to the plight of Somali refugees.   The first …
From left to right, Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller in 2001.

Attorneys General Who Cry Wolf

… of immigrants were rounded up on vague suspicion of communist or anarchist sympathies. Ashcroft and his aides have indicated, commendably, that they want to avoid the civil liberties … reorganization” of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Justice Department, and the FBI. In announcing …

Hacer América and the American Dream: Global Migration and the Americas

… while other jurisdictions declared these children unwelcome. A U.S. Border Patrol poster placed around the border … as a part of the Bracero Program, 1954. The British West Indies’ complementary Temporary Foreign Worker Program ran … assert unauthorized immigrants take from U.S. public services without paying into them. Yet, nearly $1 trillion, …
Portrait of Thomas Paine from 1792.

Paine’s Counsel for a New Time that Tries Men’s Souls

… huge bestsellers. We celebrate the Founders’ audacity and commitment, marvel at their battlefield heroics, literary … taxes for the rich and welfare provisions for the neediest, we have allowed our material inequalities to … worth.” Harvey J. Kaye, a writer for the History News Service, is a professor of social change and development at …
A group of boys at Chirec International School in India playing Cricket, 2015.

Cricket without Boundaries: The Story of a Global Game

… time that the United States hosted an international cricket competition. In fact, the first international cricket game … ,  New Zealand , Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, and  Zimbabwe —are regarded as the powerhouses of the … diminish Americans’ love of cricket. Instead, its decline coincided with the Civil War, as Americans increasingly …

Public Debt, Private Wealth: A History of Central Banks

… in order to separate it from the scandalous collapse of a commercial bank that had strong financial links to the king. … circulation of its own money in the form of banknotes and coinage. These circulated first in London, then across the … and 2013. Indeed, we were still living with the barely studied consequences of the financial crisis of 2008 when the …
view looking up into treetops

Climate Change: Insights from History

… Hello, everyone and welcome from the College of Arts and Sciences. Thank you so … in the Department of History.   Dr. Jennifer Eaglin  Welcome to our discussion, "Climate Change: Insights from … for their sponsorship. And again, thank you to the audience for joining us, for excellent questions and, you …
The Slave Trade by Auguste Francois Biard (1833).

When Free Trade Meant Something Else

Review of Not Made by Slaves: Ethical Capitalism in the Age of Abolition, by Bronwen Everill (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2020)
… the global economy. This conversation has raised uncomfortable questions about contemporary businesses and … came face to face with the ethical dilemmas of an Atlantic commercial system dependent on enslaved labor. An … created a government-sanctioned monopoly for the West-Indies and empowered slave-trading states in West Africa.” If …

Socialism Takes Over France, Again?

… it mildly. Socialism, at least in the United States, has become a byword among Republicans for fiscally irresponsible … revolts broke out. After receiving his baccalaureate, he studied at Paris' prestigious Institut des Sciences Politiques … "the [French] state's job is to educate, to provide welfare services, and to make cultural goods available to one and …

Ideology or Ethnicity? The Israeli Political Crisis

… the Supreme Court and amidst growing public criticism. To compound the confusion, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, sitting … ideology at the time was that of the melting pot, a phrase coined by Zionist activist Israel Zangwill in a 1909 play … corruption involving Labor government officials, which coincided with a broader decline of socialist and …
bowl of pills with a black background

The Past and Future of the Global War on Drugs (Prologued, Season 2, Finale)

… on Prologued...   Alexander Aviña  So it's a really, like, complex, messy matrix, right? So I don't want to say that … 19th and 20th centuries. And there are many other case studies that we simply didn't have the time to examine and address: charges of trafficking against communist Cuba, for example, or the long history of drug …
Protestors against the U.S. Trump administration voice their commitment to the world's dispossessed.

The Politics of Refugee Aid in America’s “Short Century”

Review of Benevolent Empire: U.S. Power, Humanitarianism, and the World's Dispossessed , by Stephen R. Porter Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017.
… U.S. Power, Humanitarianism, and the World’s Dispossessed comes at a time that many observers of U.S. domestic … has had a murky, even “schizophrenic,” view of its commitment to the world’s dispossessed. Although the United … of the Great Depression, when entitlement to public funds coincided with a sense of national belonging, policymakers …
people holding banner that reads ACT UP Shreveport AIDS coalition to unleash power

ACT UP, Ball Culture, and the AIDS Crisis

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
Gender & Sexuality
… This lesson deals with Queer Community response to the AIDS crisis in the U. S. The … explores the origins of HIV, where it stands today, and its complex history. We used this article to explore social change relative to AIDS and HIV in the Queer Community. Students will see document analysis modeled by …
March on Washington

The Unfinished Struggle: Civil Rights and the March on Washington

… On August 28th, America will commemorate the anniversary of the March on Washington for … John Lewis (chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), Martin Luther King, Jr. (president of the … the discrepancy in both sides’ historical reading of the outcomes of the civil rights movement. The Supreme Court is …

Private Matter or Public Crisis? Defining and Responding to Domestic Violence

… the elevator. (Photo Credit, AP)  In late July 2014, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell also handed Rice a two game … of looking the other way when men beat women and a social-service system ill-equipped to deal with battered women. … closest to God, could use physical violence to punish disobedient wives, children, or servants. In Puritan society and …
Cover of Living I Was Your Plague: Martin Luther's World and Legacy by Lyndal Roper.

The Legacy of Luther

Review of Living I Was Your Plague: Martin Luther’s World and Legacy, by Lyndal Roper (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021)
… The prominent reformer, Martin Luther boasts the most complex legacy of his contemporaries because of how he … Luther: Renegade and Prophet (2017), which was published to coincide with the anniversary. Her uneasy feeling elicited a … an age when noblemen had to prove their honour with their bodies.” Luther drew power from intellectual combat, while the …
Chinese laborers work a sugar plantation in 19th century Hawaii.

A Sweet Beginning: the U.S. Sugar Monopoly

… was entered in Pennsylvania that would alter the American diet. The case was the United States v. E.C. Knight, et.al . … case effectively created the legal context for sugar to become ubiquitous. Look at any U.S. food label today and you … The facts of the case involved the American Sugar Refining Company’s (ASR, commonly referred to as the “Sugar Trust”) …
Cover of Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750 by Odd Arne Westad.

Putting the Middle Kingdom in the Middle

Review of Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750, by Odd Arne Westad (New York: Basic Books, 2012)
… interest in China's future place in the international community has grown. Odd Arne Westad explores China's … and workers, are examined and considered as the crucial components of historical heritage that shape the views and … scholarship both in Chinese and English, as well as on the comparative reading of archival materials collected in …
BJP rally in India

The Politics of India

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone. I'm … I'm a professor of history and women's gender sexuality studies at Ohio State. And I teach on modern South Asia.   … Wiggins. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website