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… lives or the devastation it has brought on families and communities across the nation. The historical origins of … to build a Great Society based on equal opportunity for all. And so he took steps that would culminate in 1965 … were unable to restore calm, revealing a deep and widening division within the black community. When civil rights …

… opposite sides of the battle between the Hong Kong Police Force and the criminal Triads. For the movie’s two leads, … returned home but evaded murder charges because he committed the crime outside of Hong Kong’s jurisdiction. He … between the Chinese Communist Party and their nationalist rivals forced over a million Chinese to migrate to Hong Kong …

… on Prologued...   Alexander Aviña  So it's a really, like, complex, messy matrix, right? So I don't want to say that there was no drug interdiction effort in Guerrero - there was. But it wasn't the primary … As any good historian should, we encourage our listeners to visit the episode descriptions for citations to background …

… selected. Weird things still happen from time to time, but for the most part conventions now function primarily as … on how you score the Democrats in 1860) at which the outcome wasn’t clear at the outset. Anti-Masons 1831 William … around the world. Delegates arrived in Chicago riven by divisions over the Vietnam War, civil rights, and how to …

… On June 23, 2011, I arrived for a morning of research in Senegal's national archives, in … starting. [Y'En A Marre] want change and their patience has come to an end. Prices are too high, the power fails all the … toward the U.S. President George W. Bush made a celebrated visit to the country in July 2003 in the wake of the Iraq …

… After deliberating for sixteen hours, the jurors in  State of Florida v. George … Tallahassee hours earlier. Waiting for the verdict had become unbearable. On the charge of second-degree murder, the … in the sleepy town a few days when he and several buddies visited a convenience store to purchase candy and cold …

… Crimea was absorbed into Russia, and what the future holds for Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula. ( Image Source ) … Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone produced by Origins: Current Events in …

… the collapse of the Soviet Union. In Russia, they even form part of the Kremlin’s public diplomacy. Russian media … War I and after the 1917 Revolution and to signal their commitment to the new Bolshevik cause.   Mikhail, the elder … up, Efimov turned to familiar themes in his cartoons. The division of Germany and American support for Konrad …

… violence, malnutrition or disease. Ten million is hard to comprehend. Nor is it any easier if we break it down: thirty … and perhaps even to flourish. The fact that many of those efforts fail does not subtract from the need to remain … countries in question: orphanages, and the street. I have visited orphanages in several Asian countries; no child …

… 29, 2012, newly appointed General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Xi Jinping gave a speech that would … Although the term had already entered popular use before Xi’s speech, “China Dream” has since become a lynchpin … if couched in the language of censure—could prompt visitors to the exhibit today to reflect on the injustice …

… For millennia, dams have played a central role in human life … are being built in Brazil and China, while campaigns to decommission dams are gaining traction in the United States … the barrier pictured is not Usoi Dam, but rather an earthen division between the larger Sarez Lake, and a smaller body …

… dynasty ended. Eight months later in October, Bolshevik forces led by Vladimir Lenin seized power, establishing the … Jessica Vinas-Nelson  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … the way in which the Bolsheviks were just one socialist division at the time. And we often think that whatever came …

… Rome . If  warnings of the imminent rise of superhuman AI come to pass, he may be the last pontiff crowned during the … confessed to reporters. These times “present a challenge for all of us but it is one that we should not run away … respect for natural order and human limitations is worth revisiting.  As AI datacenters threaten to surpass the  energy …

… in Europe and the World Health Organization recently called for increased vaccination campaigns in the region. In the … 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 public intellectual in today’s world. (And don’t forgot to pop over to our Connecting History blog to read … Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone, … right.   Jessica Adler    I'm Jessica Adler , currently a visiting researcher at Tufts University and I'll be starting …

… than our entire population," Bush argued that the demand for "better nutrition and better food" among this massive … the early nineteenth century, when the British East India Company controlled an increasing swath of territory across … People eating, people washing, people sleeping. People visiting, arguing, and screaming. People thrusting their …

… home is the single greatest expense in most people’s lives. For non-homeowners, rent usually takes up the largest share … in Silicon Valley (where even people with six-figure incomes may qualify for housing subsidies) have attracted … of Homeowners: Ciudad Kennedy President John F. Kennedy visits El Techo housing project, Bogotá, Colombia, 1961 On …

… , and Katherine Marino . Find out why it stalled and how for nearly a century the ERA has garnered both passionate … Brenna Miller  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … happen legislatively and congressionally if we do have to revisit this 35 state versus 38 state timeframe. I agree, of …

… I saw the ad on a real estate web site a week ago. For sale: 3952 Chatsworth Street, Detroit, Michigan. A five … the phalanx of government programs that made our world comfortable: the labor laws that gave our fathers the … crying. We'll still talk, we tell each other. We'll come to visit. Nothing will change. And we believe what we're …

… of U.S. entry into World War I. But, as the world commemorates the centennial of the war, U.S. events have … versus the United States, and what legacies might we be forgetting? In this episode of History Talk, we speak to … us to learn why World War I is remembered so differently in combatant countries, what the war's most important …

… especially in Tibet, make Beijing an unworthy host for the celebration of human athletic prowess in the Games … other hand, speak piously of keeping politics out of sports competition. I am frequently asked, "Must politics be a part … to win this place at the center of world affairs, where news media breathlessly await the official judgment whether …

… plans to reduce the staff of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to 15 people and move … in the beginning of 2025, still working in the name of the commitment that President John F. Kennedy had made in 1961 … address, “for whatever period is required—not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, …

… over the trajectory of the on-going American military commitment in Iraq and Afghanistan has combined with … after a war? How best do we create a successful outcome? For us? For the country we leave? Given the problems now … as mounting evidence suggests, is now viewed as simply the latest colonial occupier, at least by some sectors of Iraqi …

… dense with history. It could hardly have been otherwise, for it is impossible to assess what December 17 portends … without understanding what preceded it. “There is a complicated history between the United States and Cuba,” … Shortly after becoming Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro visits the Lincoln Memorial during a trip to the United …