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… 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 … water into which it is dispersed. The heated water, though free of radioactive contamination, can kill large numbers of …

… to include many more citizens since 1776, these gains have come haltingly and unevenly. Even as women gained suffrage, … were kept from the polls in many parts of the country for decades. And elected officials have long meddled with … voter suppression continue to affect electoral outcomes today? Listen in to find out. To learn more about the …

… that the intent of this act is to make attrition through enforcement the public policy of all state and local … Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund and others had already commenced litigation. As summarized by the United States in … all states were obligated to respect the rights of the "free inhabitants" of other states. Resentment soon blossomed …

… Kennedy!”   When Republicans singled out Barack Obama’s income-tax proposal and labeled him a socialist during the … Republicans to distort the image of socialism in their effort to scare the wits out of the public. Americans have … not a socialist but a firm believer in capitalism and the free market.   To substantiate their accusations, John …

… It seems as if apologies are becoming a regular part of business and politics. Pope John Paul II apologizes for the Crusades, the Inquisition and the long tradition of … happen was acting in accord with prevailing opinion and the latest economic theories. The Aetna insurance salesmen of …

… whose long-faithful Connecticut constituents rejected him for his support of the pro-war policies of President Bush. … the Democratic Party may self-destruct during the coming elections because it’s becoming softer on the war. … invite future attacks. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s latest fear tactics include claims that those critical of …

… in Delaware, Christine O’Donnell, the Republican candidate for the Senate, asked, "Where in the Constitution is the … and state corrupted both institutions. The state risked becoming subject to religious controversies that would … world over the next world. The principle behind religious freedom was always to ensure that individuals could follow …

… marking the first time humanity broke atoms in anger. For the people of Hiroshima, the day was one of unimaginable … its efforts to build atomic bombs after a series of shortcomings and failures convinced its government to focus on a … and demonstrate for peace. This historic torii welcomes visitors to Istukushima Shrine which is both a UNESCO "World …

… of actors, including African patients themselves, families, communities, traditional healers, healthcare workers, and … sweep and broad geographic reach of this book allow for a consideration of larger dynamics and patterns over … providers over causation and therapeutic approaches to combat particular diseases. Coercive and racialized health …

… Then, he went where no white Hall of Famer had gone before. He pleaded, “I hope that someday, the names of Satchel … too frequently heard, “if only you were white,” as a compliment to their skills, but also as a reality check that … At a young age, to make money for his family, Paige carried visitors’ bags at the train station. As the story goes, he …

… southernmost point. But U.S. - Cuba relations could be in for a dramatic change since President Obama's mid-December …   Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone from … week. And as a delegation of US congressional Democrats visits Cuba, and other US political and economic interests …

… about a year ago, just after al-Sisi and the Egyptian army forcibly overthrew Mohamed Morsi, then the first … that the man’s predictions for the future of Egypt may be coming true. Since the coup that ousted Morsi, the Egyptian … and instability in the 1940s and 1950s as they struggled to free themselves from British colonial control . While in …

… history.   Mark Sokolsky   Okay, great. Well, thank you all for joining us. Just to start off,we're going to just ask, … in the sense that because it's so everyday, because it's so common, historians of the past tend to overlook it in favor … it's the fact that we have home refrigerators and home freezers, and these other factory technologies that keep the …

… This Sunday [April 2] as you set your clock ahead for daylight-saving time note that you're holding the tool … never set. How did these backward ninth-century Europeans accomplish all this? The obvious answer is "science and … Numbers affected music, armies, art and navigation. The free-form Gregorian chants of the ninth century gave way to …

… to consider Ukraine’s architecture during war first and foremost because it is important to the Ukrainian people . … For example, the impressive Derzhprom building on Kharkiv’s Freedom Square is the most complete example of constructivist architecture in the world …

… of unilateralist action is to invite lesser powers to combine to neutralize it.   Therefore, the United States should consider the fate of the last … today the United States regards itself as fighting for "freedom" against "evil." The United States does not see the …

… The war between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary militia Rapid Support … because SAF leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemeti, … forces used Darfur as a rear base, provisioning themselves freely from the crops and cattle of local villagers. Many of …

… as politically necessary as political candidates strive to forge constituencies in preparation for the November … to a dearly held value in America — the right to worship freely.   One source of Catholic activism in the past two … economic recovery. Catholics in 2000 are economically comfortable, and will probably not care about George Bush's …

… Over the past century, baseball has become a truly global game. The sport debuted at the Olympics … A group of Major Leaguers including Babe Ruth, for example, visited countries like Japan in 1934 not just to spread the … Blue Jays, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. One consequence of free agency in baseball, which arrived in 1972 after a court …

… do as humans. At the same time, water resources — the need for clean and accessible water supplies for drinking, agriculture and power production — will likely represent one of the most complicated dilemmas of the twenty-first century. Speaker: … be able to mitigate some of those problems. We'll never, be free from this disjuncture. We'll never be free from the …

… Now that the trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has begun, some … surface of this dispute is a fundamental clash between the competing claims of national sovereignty and universal human … disappeared in places such as Sarajevo, Kigali, Dili and Freetown. Even with civilians falling victim to genocidal …

… nuclear weapons program are reviving memories of “the forgotten war,” the war in Korea. But the real key to U.S. … a battle fought here at home. The advocates of containing communism clearly defeated those led by General Douglas … stayed on their own side of the global dividing line, the “free world” would consider itself at peace. U.S. foreign …