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… On the season premiere, we explore the idea of the "modern" War on … The “Modern” War on Drugs (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 1) … she decides to give in and have some fun and does drugs and dies. Brionna Mendoza (laughing) Oh my god. What kind of … mammals. It has been banned in 32 countries, including the European Union, but is still widely used in developing …

… In the midst of a migration crisis in Europe and strident talk by some American politicians about Mexican immigrants coming to the United States, people around the world are … West Germany, which resulted in a swarming of the wall checkpoints by thousands of citizens. And on November 9, the …

… discuss the long history of sports protests, why they are so controversial, and the historical issues at the heart of … have never been immune from politics or protest. ( Image Source ) … Robert Bennett   You have to look at it from different viewpoints, right, because personally, speaking, I've always …

… five meters away on the opposite shore, two Jordanian soldiers looked on from the shelter of a reed-covered platform … mined – military zone that can only be reached at a few points along its course. The only place where Jordanians can … Francesca de Châtel, 2013. According to the Yardenit website , this is one of the only places along the Jordan …

… became the top trending hashtag on Twitter after the combination of smoke from Amazon forest fires, a weather … At the G7 summit in Biarritz, France in late August, European nations offered Brazil $20 million to assist … tribes had been destroyed, and the number of Nambikwara, studied by French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, had been …

… is likely to run again. So relevant "experience" is hard to come by.This presidential season, everybody is talking about … types of related "experience" — leading the recapture of Europe during World War II and running Columbia University, …

… December 25, 1848, brought an unwelcome gift to the Queen City. That Christmas Day, a dying man … saw no “cause for apprehension or anxiety … or any reason to suppose that the dreaded pestilence is upon us as an … to the Ohio Valley. Some 6,000 Cincinnatians would die, 5% of the city’s roughly 115,000 population. And death, …

… States depends not only on what issues we focus on but also how far back we look. In this episode of History Talk , hosts Leticia Wiggins and Patrick … behavior, labor, immigration, and gender. ( Image Source ) … social issues, like mental health that Professor Howard points to. And he reminds me a case of a Native American man …

… concerns. Whether subduing Iraq and Afghanistan, combating sex trafficking, restricting nuclear weaponry or … to vacate oil-rich Bakassi. Turkey wants to enter the European Union and accepts intense surveillance and … the United Nations, the grandest of all supranational bodies. A contested child custody case in Chile will be …

… and wages, and the first large waves of immigrants from Europe put additional strain on labor markets. On July 16, … thousands of other laborers took part. More than 100 people died in the various clashes between workers and the forces … car, they hit at one of the company’s most strategic choke points. Strikers guarding the entrance to a GM plant in …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … For December, our Best in History Online highlights the website for the quarterly journal The American Historian . … was founded in 1907 as the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, serves individual college and university …

… and Russia. It uses the Origins article “The collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the USSR brought an end to the Cold War,” which … who has the best handle and that team will be awarded bonus points. The Russian and NATO groups will be debating via a …

… In this episode of History Talk , hosts Jessica Blissit  (Jessica Vinas-Nelson) and Brenna Miller interview three experts on American … Hamlin, an associate professor of history and American studies. She specializes on women and gender history in the … I can think of a number of previous, the cultural turning points in which it's clear in the long run, that the …

… NATO “officially” ended its combat operations in Afghanistan in late December 2014, but … Crews ,  Scott Levi , and Alam Payind about Afghanistan’s complex history to ask what the past of these peoples and … country tell us about prospects for the future. ( Image Source ) …

… tacos increasingly brought these foods into the American diet. As Mexican immigrants arrived in new locales, various … and the Columbian Exchange , which introduced various European foods, including wheat, pork, and beef to the … by those with the capital and privilege to set high price points.  Hybrid foodways continue to support Mexican foods …

… Celebrity .  Fred Inglis, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Sheffield, is the author of more … sources and meanings of modern celebrity.       His basic points are two.  The first—also his "most pointed moral"—is … of intense familiarity with distance.  This is the "compound" that makes the celebrity sacred in modern society: …

… days and weeks, a radioactive cloud spread over much of Europe. Aerial view of the destroyed reactor, 1986 ( left ), … for “nature”: humans or radioactivity? Some scientific studies indicate an abundance of wild life, especially large … zone on an official tour. We were stopped at check points at the entries to the 30 km outer and 10 km inner …

… Dozens of women soldiers are dying in Iraq — and no one seems to care. Why … I say that? Because the outcry that many expected over the combat deaths of American women in Iraq has not taken place. …

… a very different matter. Unfortunately, bad analogies have come to dominate discussions of China in the American press. … relations, is a troubling and dangerous phenomenon. What’s so wrong with describing China as a place run by Emperors or … China would do now that its second Communist “Emperor” had died. As the debate over the so-called “China threat” to …

… an already turbulent Middle East. The United States and the European Union favor placing Iran before the United Nations … States negotiated with its most potent adversary, the Soviet Union. President Eisenhower, with the leaders of … weapon. Any potential United States-Iran dialogue would complement European efforts to persuade the Iranians to …

… Money and politics. While some think these two should be like oil and water, the … national politics as much as many fear? The answer is more complicated than you might think. Check out a lesson plan based on this article: Voting Restrictions in a … Wiggins. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, …

… Service officer and a lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, covers an enormous span of … as a source of influence in the Middle East, Asia, and even Europe. The book's subtitle, Empire of the Mind , refers to … with the division between Sunni and Shia Islam, Axworthy points out similarities between Islamic and Christian …