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NASA marks Earth Day’s 50th anniversary.

“Give Earth a Chance”: Earth Day and the Politics of Modern Environmentalism

… emerged as a spokesperson for a diverse global movement to combat the climate crisis following a spate of … Germany. Although it might seem that there is little comparison between today’s climate crisis and the … Vladimir Lenin. One Georgia politician sent telegrams to officials across the state warning that Earth Day might be a …
Print depicting the USS Olympia firing on the Spanish fleet during the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898.

Top Ten Origins: Puerto Rico and the United States

… 2018, President Donald Trump made a set of disparaging comments about Puerto Rico. They underscored just how little … avenged, the Treaty of Paris—signed December 10, 1898—officially rid the Western Hemisphere of European powers and … and the Hill: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN) Site of the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN) …
cars on a highway

Sweet Fuel: The Remarkable Story of Brazilian Ethanol

… search for clean and affordable alternate energies has become an increasing priority in the twenty-first century. … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Welcome to "Sweet Fuel: The Remarkable Story of Brazilian … own national petroleum industry Petrobras. The Petrobras officials are going to increasingly say, we don't need this …
Group of women marching with signs: "GWU Women's Liberation," "I'm a second-class citizen," "Women demand equality"

A Slut from East Toledo (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 5)

… women's rights activism certainly continued, it did not compare to the widespread organization of the suffrage … as the men came back to take their jobs, and that minority communities would again settle on the fringes of American … in 1967, President Johnson issued Executive Order 11357, officially ordering the enforcement of the sex clause. NOW …

Viewpoint Iran: The Past and Present of the U.S.-Iran Standoff

… partnership.” Those conciliatory words, however, were accompanied on both sides with qualifications, skepticism, and … and to make Iran modern he sought support from American officials and advisors, encouraged American investment, … military achievements that appears on Fars News, a website affiliated with the IRGC, notes that Iran “launched an …
Mehmed VI, the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, leaving the country after the abolition of the Ottoman sultanate, 1922

The Long End of the Ottoman Empire

… Ottoman rule for centuries. The Balkan Wars saw atrocities committed against civilians on a massive scale. The … East.  However, the Treaty of Lausanne also marked the official end of long-lasting Ottoman co-existence. It … forcibly resettled in a “homeland” most had never even visited.  The overall perception of Lausanne’s bloodless …

Conflict Termination: How to End -- and Not to End -- Insurgencies

… over the trajectory of the on-going American military commitment in Iraq and Afghanistan has combined with … forces, communist forces rolled to victory. American officials on the spot, particularly Ambassador to Saigon … and the US in Indochina gets a D-, for exactly the opposite reasons, the French in Algeria get a solid F. The …
The Benin Bronzes in the African Gallery at the British Museum.

LOOT: Colonial Collections and African Restitution Debates

… North to share collections. Ironically, it was the shortcomings of a UNESCO convention that brought M’Bow to this … in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, suggested that in the coming five years “conditions be put in place for the … they continue to animate discussions today. Although official demands for repatriation of objects were few in the …

Colombia: On the Brink of Peace with the FARC?

… June 23, 2016, while most of the world was awaiting the outcome of the Brexit vote, another major historical event was … Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos and the supreme commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia … Seventh Conference led to a name change, with the group officially becoming the FARC-EP (EP for  Ejército Popular , …

Energy Policy and the Long Transition in America

… You can't read the newspapers or surf the web without coming face to face with the pivotal human problem of energy … had plenty of gas, but paid high prices. State and federal officials struggled to shift natural gas supplies to areas … interest groups are taking on "green" personas on their web sites. For the foreseeable future, however, the economics of …
The so-called "Elgin Marbles," on display in the British Museum

Classics and the Alt-Right Conundrum

… Brenna Miller   Welcome to History Talk, the podcast that brings together a … immigration changes existing culture for the worse is a common view among white nationalists in the US, and … the Director of Pharos: Doing Justice to the Classics , a site devoted to documenting and responding to appropriations …
NCAA Basketball championship banners.

The Big Business of “Amateur” Intercollegiate Sports

… but the game itself made no money. Men’s college basketball commenced with a similarly obscure contest.  In 1895 at … universities began to use “ringers” to win games. It was common practice for colleges to enroll baseball players, … that he could have kept even if he quit football.” School officials told Waldrep that “they recruited me as a student, …

Influenza Pandemics Now, Then, and Again

… prevent, the next pandemic. The viruses that affect humans come in many types, and their impact on human communities … was detected at Fort Dix Army Base in New Jersey, health officials sounded the alarm. The 1918 pandemic had been a … lacked the ability to produce the vaccine in the requisite quantities, and what it did produce appeared to cause …
Globe on a plate with knife and fork next to it

Diet for a Large Planet

… Nicholas Breyfogle: Welcome to Diet for a Large Planet by The Ohio State … begin with a recent document from 2019 by the EAT-Lancet commission on food, planet, and health. This report pulled … itself from within. This author who argued for js this posited that it was the cause of every disease to man. …
The World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001

The War on Terror

… questions facing American society and the international community in these uncertain times. ( Image Source ) … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … bridle at that term have being applied to US policy and the official justifications will never acknowledge that the …
Close-up of Indian couple's hands during wedding ceremony

Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India

… Nicholas Breyfogle: Hello, and welcome to Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern … all, many thanks to all of you who are making the time to come here today on what is at least in Columbus, Ohio, a … Nevertheless, in colonial India Malthusian ideas became the official explanation for famine. And moreover, following …
Crowds of people in Kyiv, Ukraine

The Fate of Crimea, the Future of Ukraine, Part I

… Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone … times that evolved into the Black Sea Fleet and this is a site that we all know is a very important strategic, warm … afterwards, we have German settlers, Mennonites, that was common there. We have Jews coming there and it was a …

Good Guys and Bad Guys with Guns: Gun Control in Canada and the U.S.

… Vickers, the man responsible for security at the House of Commons, with taking down the gunman. Commentators not completely caught up in Zehaf-Bibeau’s … War (1899-1902) in South Africa, which saw Canada’s first official dispatch of troops to an overseas war, and then the …
Statue and Ukrainian Flag

The Russian Invasion of Ukraine

… Angela Brintlinger: Hello, and welcome to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine brought to you by … type of political reforms. Whereas Ukraine sees the opposite, says get rid of these rebels with guns, take their … the, what they see on the news and what they hear from the official sources, and might get interested in gathering as …
Pope Leo XIV in the popemobile at his inauguration, 2025.

Faith, History, and the City of God in the 21st Century

… Rome . If  warnings of the imminent rise of superhuman AI come to pass, he may be the last pontiff crowned during the … the papacy of Leo XIV may herald the end of an era,  recent commentary celebrates several notable firsts.  Besides being … capitalism and godless socialism he envisioned a Christian commonweal combining natural rights of property with those …
People holding signs: "More Mental Health Care + Less Jail Time" and "Support Mental Health - It's the Right Thing to Do"

Mental Health and American Society

… Jessica Vinas-Nelson   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … information about the consent process, because there was no official informed consent that had to be documented, they … song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website
British Fleet Spanish Armada of 1588

1588: the Spanish Armada Still Loses

… finally clashed. Looking beyond the events of 1588 to the complex politics which made war between England and Spain … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Welcome to 1588: The Spanish Armada Still Loses, brought to you … but what really clinched it was the 1000 gold and silver coins, the 12 gold rings, the six gold chains and the 35 …
illustration of woman getting cow pox variolation

Top Ten Origins: Vaccination

… child as a man stands outside with a cow (from the Wellcome Trust). The term vaccination comes from variolae vaccinae , or “smallpox of the cow,” … The close relationship between smallpox and cowpox was common lore in the eighteenth century. We have accounts of …