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… Jessica Vinas-Nelson  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … little of a functioning formal economy. What's there is super exploitative and so-called "maquiladoras," or export … Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website at …

… he stood on the shoulders of giants, so perhaps he’d welcome the gift.   Newton is famous for Principia Mathematica … theory forward, the nickname gives it too much credit. Newton, too, aimed to keep God out of his … “Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion.” …

… one. We should not panic if Russia, in the short-term, becomes more antagonistic toward Western values and interests. … military and government to fight the technologically superior Poles and Swedes. He imposed compulsory education …

… in state and local races across the land.  Many pundits are comparing this election to the election of 1994, when anger … was quite a radical document — though quite the opposite of the proposals of today's Tea Party.  It called for … "postal savings banks" so they would have easier access to credit.   As a brand new party in 1892, the Populists did …

… tested and found to be full of typhoid bacilli.  Mallon had committed no crime. She had been unaware of her carrier … public support for Mallon’s plight.  When a new health commissioner took office in 1910, he decided to release her … Teicher A. Typhoid Mary Was Not a Super-Spreader (and Super-Spreaders Are Not "Typhoid …

… without understanding what preceded it. “There is a complicated history between the United States and Cuba,” … his hostile, selfish, and irreverent hands … and with the credit won as a mediator and guarantor, keep [Cuba] for … curb Cuban policies. On the contrary, it produced the opposite effect, and served further to deepen the estrangement. …

… Brazil and Chile, are not populists. Consequently, the most common definition of populism in political science today … to "the people." In other words, populism is a way of competing in elections and governing once in office that … of state intervention were particularly key to building domestic economic independence since, until this time, Latin …

… women's rights activism certainly continued, it did not compare to the widespread organization of the suffrage … would return to normal: that women would return to their homes vacating their positions as the men came back to take their jobs, and that minority communities would again settle on the fringes of American …

… did China launch this campaign of incarceration and close supervision? The answer lies in a long struggle between the … more recently, of settler colonialism. It is also based on competing visions of history and of who belongs to the land. … It has been repeated with great insistence by all regimes that have ruled the country, Qing, Nationalist, and …

… according to the International Darwin Day Foundation website. Born on February 12, 1809, Darwin published his … 2009, with events sponsored by national and state "Lincoln Commissions," and because of the remarkable presidential … religion, between the modern and the traditional, between superstition and reason. John Scopes was brought to trial in …

… seats in parliament. Morsi was the winner of Egypt’s first competitive presidential election, but his government was … investigation, prosecution, and fair trial of the crimes of sexual harassment and assault cases during the … New Woman”) in 1900. Both ‘Abduh and Amin stressed the superiority of Western ways and advocated raising the level …

… mass oppositional movement that, according to a New York Times interview, formed in a casual conversation between a … starting. [Y'En A Marre] want change and their patience has come to an end. Prices are too high, the power fails all the … remade in the past 30 years to the benefit of the super-rich and multinational corporations. Widening economic …

… United States. The president is not George W. Bush but James K. Polk. But like President Bush, Polk's deception about … history of foreign occupation, Iraqi civilians would welcome U.S. troops as liberators. Most Iraqis, like most … and security studies at Yale. E-mail:  jmankoff@yahoo.com . …

… spread to the Spanish conflict. Robles went to his death a committed Stalinist, but to shroud the reality of the … contemptible. Koch reveals Dos Passos as the intellectual superior of the two, but also as someone who is confoundedly … women. When these relationships ultimately fail him, he becomes the insufferable boar that history has revealed. Dos …

… Korean peninsula. Nixon learned this first hand when he visited South Korea in 1953 as vice president. An … that I may start some action is a constant check on the Communists,” Rhee told Nixon. Nixon thought so highly of … As president, Nixon tried to convince the North Vietnamese that he was just crazy enough to use nuclear weapons, …

… Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund and others had already commenced litigation. As summarized by the United States in … to the district court, "S.B. 1070 creates new state crimes that penalize an alien's failure to meet federal … Congress does not intend any of its statutes to be superfluous, and thus each provision must be read to have …

… quote a phrase often attributed to Mark Twain, “it often rhymes.” Indeed, few historical comparisons make more compelling verse than the COVID-19 … innumerable merchant businesses failed. Several Italian super-companies that were prominent moneylenders to the …

… perspective, the truth appears to lie between these extremes, but closer to the belief that the two scandals are not … at the Democratic national headquarters at the Watergate complex in 1972. An abbreviated list of what came to be … of course, crimes, but if Clinton were ever shown to have committed these offenses, these would be his only crimes. In …

… On one hand, huge new markets have opened to American companies; on the other, Chinese producers have created … of independence. Seeking for ways to compete with the superpowers for control over Congo’s copper resources … companies. In addition, Angola received another line of credit from China that was pegged at 1.5% over 17 years. …

… He painted Ukrainian national landscapes and historical sites in an album he titled Picturesque Ukraine . He also … was, but we should keep this as it is now.” Learn More: The Complete Kobzar: The Poetry of Taras Shevchenko. Translated … ‘Kobzar’ Portrays Ukrainian Nationhood.” Moscow Times 16 March 2014. …

… slave trade. While the anniversary passed without too much comment in the United States, it was commemorated widely in … were not themselves British, they often relied on British credit and shipyards. After all, there was still a thriving … was officially prohibited, slavery continued under other names as indentured service or forced labor. As late as 1948, …

… to think about the balance between individual wants and common goals.   What was the effect of Carter’s speech? Some … to Jimmy Carter’s speech was also a sign of the times. In 1979, the American people did not want to hear a … was out of step with the national mood.   Barack Obama, by comparison, inherits a country with greater problems. He …

… to think about the balance between individual wants and common goals.   What was the effect of Carter's speech? Some … to Jimmy Carter's speech was also a sign of the times. In 1979, the American people did not want to hear a … was out of step with the national mood.   Barack Obama, by comparison, inherits a country with greater problems. He …

… Soviet citizens, we should pay attention to the consistent message this form of Soviet media offered to its citizens. … War I and after the 1917 Revolution and to signal their commitment to the new Bolshevik cause.   Mikhail, the elder … people wanted it to be that way, that we should be the opposite of the West. It just happened that way. I should say …