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… to Christmas, head over to the local Wal-Mart. The company’s promise of “everyday low prices” is music to the ears of every shopper. For better or worse, we’re living in a Wal-Mart World. The … a place where people would want to work — and love to visit again. Bob Batchelor is the author of "The 1900s" …

… fantastical creatures in his quests to vanquish evil forces. But some parents think Harry is the evil being who … too crude for refined readers. Twenty years later, critics complained that the characters were poor role models. By the … historian from Auburn, Ala., and a writer for the History News Service. …

… Guernica was not the first strategically insignificant, non-combatant town ever to be targeted for aerial bombardment, its destruction by the Nazi Condor … of war itself, and of the atrocities that continue to be visited upon civilian populations in the form of aerial …

… has stolen space used traditionally by children for unstructured, unsupervised play, adults' efforts to provide protective spaces indoor (community centers, YMCA) and outdoor (playgrounds, sports … reaching the golden nuggets found in the final chapter. The division of the chapters into fifty-year increments remains …

… ticket, join us as we trace the bumpy road of women running for elected office.  … as president of the NCN,W the organization deepened its commitment to the Civil Rights Movement, with Height joining … of downtown Dayton, which drew national attention and visits from both Ohio senators and President Trump. While …

… least some of the blame can go to the now-disgraced energy company, Enron, and its misuse of long-held American … slight of hand that ruined the company in 2001. But before that point, both Ken Lay and Enron were at the vanguard … Bill 7 on June 18, 1999. Noting that Texas was just the latest state to push for deregulation, one Enron Business …

… Fukushima, Japan, but few were there to hear it. The day before, the earth and then the sea turned against the towns in … by the specter of our nuclear past. And given Japan's complicated past with nuclear issues, it is especially … cars and consumer electronics appeared regularly in the newspapers, which ran a spate of pronuclear articles. …

… With the horrific assault of Sept. 11, “terrorism” has become the new American watchword and scourge. Yet as George … (1793-94), when Robespierre’s Jacobins executed, often for flimsy reasons, some 12,000 people deemed enemies of the … expect it to strike again. Historian David Greenberg is a visiting scholar at the American Academy of Arts and …

… begun to see the value of video games as legitimate sources for historical engagement. Origins looks at ten history … (1994) Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) began developing computer games in 1979, but only established itself as a … 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101 Airborne Division. From the squad’s initial jump into France on the …

… Here's an essay question for you.  When future generations look back on our times, … in the Cold War — it drove decision-making within the communist bloc through the 1950s.  For Lüthi, alternative … — a term quickly expanded to apply to all of Mao's domestic rivals.  According to Lüthi, conflict between China and the …

… to Mark Twain, “it often rhymes.” Indeed, few historical comparisons make more compelling verse than the COVID-19 … disruptive to governments everywhere. In England, for example, analysis of Crown correspondence shows an … pandemic? First, it seems certain that despite current divisions, our political institutions will persevere. Legal …

… transition of all security responsibilities to Afghan forces," Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson declared at … the benefit of the clear military or geographic objectives common to more conventional wars. This lack of knowledge … again under coalition control. The 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (the "Ready First Combat Team"), under the command …

… the ruling elite cracked down instinctively with brutal force. Unlike Libya's Muammar Qaddafi, however, Ahmadinejad … relations between the United States and Iran have been complicated and edgy as long as anyone can remember. … with local police outside the White House during the Shah's visit to Washington in late October, Carter took his guest …

… Pacific surface temperature cycles and the Little Ice Age , forced expansion of the reservoir catchment area. Notably, … structures made from this earthen material were common throughout the Andes, and they were generally … The great “machine” of Potosí, as seventeenth-century visitors called it, was powered by seasonal precipitation, …

… infects between 1.3 and 4 million people and is responsible for between 21,000 and 143,000 deaths annually worldwide, … the poor’s living conditions. In Great Britain, Poor Law Commissioner Edwin Chadwick, from the miasma school, began … However, it would take another decade (and another pandemic visitation) for this discovery to be broadly accepted. …

… when asked about the U.S. administration’s vocal support for the beleaguered opposition to the Venezuelan government, … century, officials sometimes demonstrated a broad commitment to republican and democratic principles. For … , not only Presidents and Secretaries of State but also newspapermen and common citizens effused sympathy for the …

… wished that things could just be like they used to be. A common sentiment, it is actually responsible for distorting the realities of our collective past because … only to attend the nearest Renaissance fair or turn on the latest movie depicting medieval warfare to see just how …

… The state of California is beginning its fourth year of a serious drought, … are also experiencing moderate to severe drought, and this comes on the heels of a very dry decade. This long drought … on everyone’s mind is when will this dry period finally come to an end and rainfall return to normal—and just what …

… over-exploitation of resources increasingly dominate the news, there may be an even larger threat on the horizon. By … event of our own making? And if so, what will this mean for humanity and what can we do about it? Listen in as hosts … have reshaped ecosystems in the past, their consequences for animal and plant diversity, and what this may mean for …

… Prologued is a serial podcast from Origins that performs in depth discussions of historical roots that have … the history of a major issue society is facing, in an effort to not only explain how we got here, but to reveal a path forward.  Season 1 will analyze the myth of the women's …

… a strong hold on the imagination of the American public. To commemorate “Honest Abe,” Origins offers ten of the most … , and John F. Kennedy(1963). JFK’s murder was a touchstone for anyone who was alive at that moment. Lincoln’s passing … with the biggest questions himself, leaving a few glancing comments about such landmarks as the Emancipation …

… In societies that have undergone major political transformations—away from systems of oppression and towards … politicians, arms dealers, and bureaucrats, among others, committed heretofore underappreciated crimes in the waning … proposal dressed up as public diplomacy” in 1985 and who visited the country the following year. When approached in …

… Contemporary televised sport, in many ways, has become a better fan experience than being there live. You get … to the business of each, and has grown more so as other forms of broadcast content lose out to  streaming on demand … everyone involved to both achieve a small-screen experience comparable to being there and agree that doing so was in …

… On December 17, 1969, the United States Air Force concluded Project Blue Book, its investigation into … investigating reports of UFOs. To this end it instituted a comprehensive study of UFOs.  This study, known as Project … Study of UFOs UFO Study: Condon Group Finds No Evidence of Visits from Outer Space …