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… In between memory and forgetting, there is commemoration . On June 4, 1989 a protest in Beijing’s … But even those who survived would remember that they studied to “save the nation” ( jiuguo ). The students of 1989 … To this day the judgment of the Party stands: PLA soldiers were martyred suppressing “counterrevolutionary …

… is not quite as large as Massachusetts and Rhode Island combined. It is also the second-most densely populated … never visited the Chinese mainland. After graduating at the top of his class at National Taiwan University, he earned … and a Leninist party structure in 1924 (the year before Sun died), the KMT under Chiang Kai-shek's leadership ran a …

… a million people. South Dakota, the stories revealed, had become the “Cayman Islands of the Heartland.” As unlikely as … influence and 78 for drug-related offenses. Eleven people died; two were murdered. In response Sturgis residents … “What a whiny bitch. Get a life you fucking pussy, stop being a scrooge. Post a picture of your face, I'll be …

… lives or the devastation it has brought on families and communities across the nation. The historical origins of … James Baldwin, who described white officers as occupying soldiers. “Their very presence is an insult, and it would be, … the crowds and curtail the shower of projectiles from rooftops. “I saw a blood bath. I saw with my own eyes violence, …

… about nuclear weapons and who has them? How did the U.S. become so central in efforts to control them? And how can past … Miller and Jessica Viñas-Nelson speak with experts Christopher Gelpi , Dakota Rudesill , and Matt Ambrose to discuss … history of nuclear armament and control. For more on this topic, see: Johnathan Hunt - "Learning to Love the Nuclear …

… know that Mark Zuckerberg keeps a plastic slide over his laptop webcam and that experts agree you should too? Did you … narrative says technology is to blame—that after mainframe computers burst onto the scene in the middle of the … fragmented sloppily across digital tape, could never die; that the notion of an inescapable past was somehow …

… the elevator. (Photo Credit, AP)  In late July 2014, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell also handed Rice a two game … closest to God, could use physical violence to punish disobedient wives, children, or servants. In Puritan society and … home, especially violence that was meant to control “disobedient” wives, was acceptable persisted. This idea, combined …

… I’ve read about it, 1968 was quite a year. Writers have compared it to the most dramatic moments in modern history— … against the Vietnam War in Washington, D.C. ( left ). A soldier standing guard in Washington, D.C. after riots … since 1929. A meeting of graduate students in August 1968 ( top left ). Students protesting in September 1968 with one …

… cloud was detected over Sweden did the full extent become known to the authorities in the Soviet Union’s capital … for “nature”: humans or radioactivity? Some scientific studies indicate an abundance of wild life, especially large … to visit the exclusion zone on an official tour. We were stopped at check points at the entries to the 30 km outer and …

… Union. Nearly three years, later, however, the final outcome of Brexit remains uncertain. And issues that affect the … changed? What were the political and economic forces that compelled the UK to join the EU in the first place? What … Dream? , Treating the Symptoms: Northern Ireland’s Incomplete Peace , and The EU: Past, Present, and Future . ( …

… many friendly moments as well. These constructive episodes complicate a history that is often painted as invariably … alliance was the historic meeting of Soviet and American soldiers on the Elbe River in Germany on April 25, 1945. The … War, American President Dwight D. Eisenhower sought to stop a further escalation of conflict by preventing the …

… declared, the group trains “farmers, women, and indigenous communities in the use of improved technologies in current … population increased from 6.2 to 17 million. Yet the rugged topography of the Andean highlands, especially the … varieties that could thrive at high altitudes, improve the diets of sheep and cattle, and increase local milk, meat, …

… are also experiencing moderate to severe drought, and this comes on the heels of a very dry decade. This long drought … we are experiencing now. Long dry stretches during the Medieval centuries (especially between 900 and 1350 CE) had … it was an archaeologist, Susan Lindstrom, who noticed the tops of trees sticking out of the water along Tahoe’s …

… RSF as terrorists. Yasir al-Atta, the Sudanese army deputy commander, said in an interview on August 3, 2024, that the … The United Nations sent 26,000  peacekeepers to try and stop the violence in July 2007. By October of the same year, … Sudanese writer al-Sadiq al Raziqui wrote on Al-Jazeera’s website that mercenaries returning from  Yemen in 2019 were …

… economic distress wrought by swashbuckling capitalism. As Commanders-in-Chief and liberal Protestants, the … was multilateral and restrained, designed merely to stop an imminent massacre and offer Libyans an opportunity to … liberators in the age of revolution. Britons regularly bandied their slave trade ban as proof that they remained at …

… An estimate compiled by the nation’s intelligence services reaches the … Taiwan in 1958 ( left ). A 1958 poster showing Chinese soldiers invading Taiwan ( right ). The Taiwan Strait crises … worried about Kennan’s calls for the United States to stop testing nuclear weapons, forswear their first use, and …

… "Introduction to Solid State Chemistry," "Introduction to Computer Science and Programming," "Quantitative Methods in … in part to open up access to higher education. It should come as no surprise that MIT would be a leader in making the …

… You can't read the newspapers or surf the web without coming face to face with the pivotal human problem of energy … prices low . In matching oil supply to demand, regulators stopped the "boom and bust" cycle of crude oil markets where … fuels are used mostly for transportation and include biodiesel, ethanol, hydrogen, electric, natural gas and …

… Violence against women has a long history in human communities. Yet, we live in a time when people across the … an assistant professor of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies here at The Ohio State University.   Peggy Solic    My … Leticia Wiggins. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, origins.osu.edu, on iTunes and on Soundcloud. And …

… Rome . If  warnings of the imminent rise of superhuman AI come to pass, he may be the last pontiff crowned during the … away from.” Quoting Saint Augustine, he encouraged his audience: “Let us live well and the times will be good. We are … how pleasant the breezes that cool the air!”  While techno-utopians peddle brain-hacking and virtual immortality, he …

… for current president Joseph Kabila to step down. It has become a cliché to contrast the Congo’s tremendous economic … crosses marking the locations of documented atrocities ( top ). An 1885 map from H.M. Stanley’s book,  The Congo and … his troops (a significant percentage of whom were child soldiers), reached the capital of Kinshasa in a mere seven …

…   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 …

… Class is back. Whatever its other accomplishments, the Occupy Wall Street movement that sprouted … Saez chart income inequality historically , showing the top 1 percent of earners have increased their share of … all boats. Harry S Truman, who became president when FDR died in office in 1945 and narrowly won a second term in …

… Mugabe has dominated Zimbabwean politics since 1980, having come to power on a wave of popular support developed during … lice-infested cells with their children strapped to their bodies. After describing the courageous acts of WOZA activists … labels assigned to them by serving as guerrilla soldiers. Like their female counterparts in Mozambique, who …