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… Dr. Tracy McDonald an Associate Professor of Russian and Soviet history, also at McMaster University. Her areas of … anecdote. Thank you. Tracy, you've looked at zoos in the Soviet Union. How's the history of zoos in other parts of the world … Global/Transnational …

… already beleaguered Greek state, bolstered by the European Union , struggles to deal with this massive influx, … period in the refugee crisis . On March 18th, the European Union and Turkey signed an agreement beefing up Turkish … Stone House. The refugees were separated by gender and by nationality: lines for men and women, and Syrians/Iraqis and …

… authority." Likewise, Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association (NEA), sees "too much … to excuse-making "traditionalists"—that is, teachers, their unions, and other supposed defenders of a failed system. The … an effective teacher in every classroom (and fewer union restrictions on firing ineffective ones); expansion of …

… The controversy surrounding reparations—about whether national governments owe apologies for transatlantic … Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History chronicles the history of … formerly enslaved individuals, activists, and international organizations for reparations from post-slave …

… 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 …

… strengthened, and in 1946 Harry Truman signed into law the National School Lunch program. Upon signing the legislation, … Europe, started a committee to bolster the existing national school lunch program so more needy children could … take part. Their work added millions of children to a new national breakfast program and expanded summer feeding …

… 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 …

… Europeans are certainly familiar with national borders. Across the 20 th century borders have been … perhaps the biggest issue tearing at the fabric of European union . Europeans might be less familiar with the concept of … or “liquidation” of Germans forcing them abroad to Soviet and American occupied Germany. In a more concrete …

… that slavery is wrong,” as in his famous 1860 Cooper Union Address.   After he was elected president, Lincoln’s … secession and, failing that, to retain the support of Union slave states such as Kentucky and Maryland. Famously he asserted that “if I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I …

… they perceived themselves as individuals caught up in the National Socialist storm. He is interested in those who … Fritzsche’s fascinating discussion of Swiss perceptions of National Socialist aggression is mentioned in the …

… published a report detailing the failure of global and national illicit-drugs policies and urging a fundamental … surgeries. In the years that followed, a booming international market emerged for coca and medicinal cocaine. The … Peruvian liberal elites praised cocaine as a viable, national industry. Placing cocaine at the heart of Peruvian …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… to declare war. During the protracted struggle with the Soviet Union following World War II, the very concept of war became …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… their votes and make their state the 11th member of the new union. Then laggards North Carolina and Rhode Island finally … Global/Transnational …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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. …