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Child Kidnapping in America

… his parents were able to turn Charley's abduction into a national cause and to bring their plight and their son's story to national attention. They did so because they were well … P. T. Barnum. The Rosses were also able to use the Western Union Telegraph Company to follow leads from many places …
Sign that reads, "You are either affected or infected with HIV/AIDS."

HIV/AIDS: Past, Present and Future

… fought between allies of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, to the globalization and economic … Wars fought between the allies of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War to the forces of globalization and …
A photograph from the tumultuous German-Czech border in 1938 during World War II. The Sudetenland had long been a hotspot of contact between the two groups.

The Space In Between

Review of Cleansing the Czechoslovak Borderlands: Migration, Environment, and Health in the Former Sudetenland, by Eagle Glassheim (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016)
Zimbabwe Flag against a blue sky

Colonial Land Injustices in Post-Independence Zimbabwe

… celebrations, Zimbabwe continues to grapple with the international community over land questions, which are rooted in … the territory on September 12, 1890, and raised the Union Jack flag to symbolize British control over its … war. The formation of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) in 1962 and the Zimbabwe African National Union

Good Guys and Bad Guys with Guns: Gun Control in Canada and the U.S.

… Corporal Nathan Cirillo, part of the honor guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. He then burst into the … “has no other effect than to restrict the powers of the national government.” In other words, states were largely … to kill at such high rates. Canada did not begin compiling national crime statistics until the 1920s when the homicide …
Pamphlet of "Virginia Women Opposed to Suffrage"

Equal Suffrage Awaits Trial (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 3)

… level amendments encouraged hope in the suffragists. The National American Woman Suffrage Association, or NAWSA, had … activism as well. Alice Paul took over the Congressional Union Committee of NAWSA and staged the 1913 March on … together and found the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and they organize strikes and marches and again for …
In Mauritania, Aissata Abdoul Diop shows how the maize ears have dried in the drought stricken garden, 2012. 

Hunger Is Not Eradicated: The Food Crisis in Africa

… in food crisis—desert locusts, supply chains, seeds, international food standards, and so on—as part of a campaign to … government in Mogadishu is reluctant to ask for international aid because it does not want to discourage … Africa and South Asia.   As we enter 2023, the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement (IRCRCM) warns that …
One of the McMinnville UFO photographs. Skeptics have concluded that the UFO was a small model suspended by wires or string from the power lines visible at the top of the photo.

The Air Force Investigation into UFOs

… that U.S. air space was traversed by foreign, potentially Soviet, flying craft. The newly established U.S. Air Force … foreign weapons. It concluded that UFOs did not threaten national security. The Air Force terminated Project Grudge … on the precipice of the nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union and was the most comprehensive and involved effort to …
U.S. Supreme Court building.

Tearing Down the “Wall of Separation between Church and State”

… opportunities to debate the proper role of  religion in national politics.  But "the wall of separation between … Baptist Association why he refrained from proclaiming national days of fasting and thanksgiving, Jefferson wrote … champion of religious liberty, James Madison — proclaimed national days of thanksgiving, fasting, and prayer. And even …
The South Korean flag in Seoul, South Korea.

The Impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun and the Patterns of South Korean Politics

… neutrality” when he encouraged his supporters in the National Assembly to leave the liberal Korean Democratic … their northern neighbor during the war, specifically the  Soviet Union and  China .  Although the intensity of anti-communism … Diplomacy/International Relations …
John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams: An Example for Our Times

… duty, above all, to effect mental, moral, and national improvement. Commitment to improvement of self and … that the South’s “peculiar institution” threatened national progress, Adams fought the gag rule unsparingly … until the gag was finally repealed in 1844. If only the national conversation–why not, in the spirit of Adams, a …
Reagan in 1982.

Exit Gen. Grant – Enter St. Ronald?

… Saving the Union by defeating the Confederate army and being elected … want to be reminded that Richard Nixon tried to create a national health care system.   No, the current Republican … watched the Kremlin used to study photographs of official Soviet events to see which Communist Party members were …
A map showing China and the United States

Another Cold War? China This Time?

… Largely with that objective, Christian groups, trade unions, and politicians, including presidential hopefuls … guarded trains, mines, and other facilities for the Chinese Nationalists, who were then fighting the founders of today’s … Diplomacy/International Relations …
a couple in a wedding dress and soldier dress uniform

Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides After the Holocaust

… after unspeakable loss. Proponents believed that these unions were more than just a ticket out of war-torn Europe: … after the war. She offers an intimate portrait of how these unions emerged and developed—from meeting and courtship to … after unspeakable loss. Proponents believed that these unions were more than just a ticket out of war-torn Europe. …

Aerial Torpedoes, Buzz Bombs, and Predators: The Long Cultural History of Drones

… securing a second term, Obama appeared at Fort McNair’s National Defense University to launch a public discussion … and slow” by comparison. Months later, Spaatz predicted the Soviets had “improved on the German buzz bomb” capable of … attack by the Warsaw Pact.” By 1991, the year of the Soviet Union’s collapse, fictional drones were once again …
Unification council of Orthodox Church in Ukraine, 2018.

The Religious Roots of the War in Ukraine

… grounds. In 1596, the Ruthenian bishops signed the Union of Brest. The resulting Uniate church accepted Roman … Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) in 1921.   Soviet antireligious policies crippled church structures and … both Orthodox and Catholics claim the mantel of being the national faith.  The Catholics participate in the universal …
Minaret Islam Khoja in Khiva

A Postcard from Khiva, Uzbekistan

… medieval Islamic world. Abu Raihan al-Biruni depicted on a Soviet postage stamp. Many of the scholars who worked at the … 150 years before the region became incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Khorezm Soviet Socialist Republic in the 1920s, …