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… On April 24, 2015, much of the world will commemorate the centennial of one of the most highly … communities that had lived in the Anatolian peninsula for more than 2500 years. Yet, although  Pope Francis … to render the Armenian Genocide controversial. Their latest efforts are centered at the University of Utah and …

… 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 …

… conferences, and publications that in turn disseminated information and ideas. New Zealand suffragists at a London … Ida B. Wells-Barnett with her four children in 1909. The complex international connections and strategies that … they embarrassed President Woodrow Wilson in front of a visiting Russian delegation, whose wartime cooperation he …

… Espionage produces information. Its analysis generates intelligence. The process … spy. Since then, as this list shows, espionage became more complex and increasingly valuable. The times change, but … in a forward hospital. French officials let Mata Hari visit him in exchange for her agreement to spy on Germans. …

… and elections are necessary but not sufficient conditions for Iraq's ultimate success. Winning hearts and minds is … own independence from tyranny. But before 9/11, astute commentators warned about grandiose calls for democracy to … of Texas of the Permian Basin and a writer for the History News Service. He is the author of "Freedom's Main Line: The …

… America’s right to bear arms. For many who keep a romantic image of America’s past, gun … to bear arms, but the record puts them behind “moderate, common-sense measures” for gun control — the very kind … “no shooting in the streets.” The editor of that town’s newspaper, The Bad Lands Cow Boy of Medora, demanded that …

… only does one never show weakness, but one never talks to foreign potentates you don’t like unless you know from the … most hated nation. Or close to it. This is the challenge for our new president, and you’re the one most likely to … the Great Migration' (1989) and a writer for the History News Service. …

… the world agrees: Saddam Hussein should be held accountable for his crimes. But who should Saddam answer to — a domestic … former leaders have been brought to account for misdeeds committed while in office. But there are obstacles to trying … The Nixon Center in Washington and a writer for the History News Service. …

… Charter helped to win World War II and, later, to defeat communism. But that unique alliance is in trouble now … into postwar arrangements. He also wanted to define a role for the United States in international affairs while … who are more receptive to industrial, business and military points of view in using natural resources and handling …

… have shown that the virus has been active in humans for about a century. A biography of the disease would show a … human immune systems, HIV has also allowed tuberculosis to come thundering back as a global health threat and has … Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), in September 1982. A newspaper clipping from 1981 ( left ). Ryan White, a boy …

… Chances are that in a few months Hurricane Sandy will be forgotten.   Politicians are already talking about … owners and land developers, and in the process have become increasingly vulnerable. They have become the hard edge … the Japanese erected tsunami stones at the high-level points of sea surges, but in recent decades even they have …

… Here's why.   The Great Depression was the result of the combination of the 1929 financial crisis and serious … or investments based on them, short. Enormous losses for investment firms and banks followed. Despite government … and economic history and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… Quakers, led by Francis Daniel Pastorius, made the first efforts to discourage slavery. Those protests gathered … it difficult to break free from the constraints of their communities, for many churches, political parties and laws … at the University of Alabama and a writer for the History News Service. His book on the Tulsa race riot of 1921 will …

… Alice in Wonderland, the little girl created by Oxford mathematician and logician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson … our own purposes as well. Zombie Alice at 2014 New York ComicCon. Cosplaying is one way people have taken ownership … narrative tone of Alice , dry and ironic, creates complicity with the reader. Once drawn into collusion by the …

… I am sure I am not the only foreigner to have ended up in an emergency room after … was his only advice, citing a famous and beloved Russian comedy about excessive drinking, Eldar Ryazanov’s 1975 film … health and wellness spheres continue to come true. Schrad points to taxation policies as the prime reason Russians …

… the debate over what historians have called the failed, incomplete, and even the forgotten revolution has been revived in recent years. … of important political leaders with the extensive use of newspapers, memoirs, and letters—effectively giving those … 1918: The German Revolution , by Robert Gerwarth (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020) …

… April 24, 2015 marks the commemoration of the 100 th anniversary of the Armenian … The result was the physical annihilation of the Armenian communities that had lived in the Anatolian peninsula for more than 2500 years. But labeling it as a “genocide” … Leticia Wiggins   Welcome to History Talk from Origins: Current Events and …

… the Dominican capital, to stop what it believed was a communist insurgency there. The action was heavily … hundreds of U.S. paratroopers landed quickly to protect foreigners. A few days later, tens of thousands more joined … spot and focused all its might there. It then set up checkpoints and searched houses one by one. Weeks after the …

… Vietnam analogy is not so much the difficulty of drawing comparisons between two different situations. The problem is … withdraw from Iraq, as we should have done in Vietnam, before American power is irreparably damaged.Because the Bush … By the early 1970s, American involvement in Vietnam had become a strategic disaster. The war was sucking U.S. economic …

… stomachs." Marshall's words ring true today as a lesson for the fledgling democracy of Afghanistan, where over eight … wise to heed Marshall's warning and rally the international community to increase food aid to the Afghan government. … appeal has not been fully answered by the international community. Another tragedy is unfolding in the isolated …

… Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the countries formerly designated as the “ East European communist bloc ” displayed a remarkable solidarity in … territories and population, rendering them proponents of revisiting the postwar treaties. There was little trust …

… Within a matter of months, events in Ukraine have transformed the global political order that emerged after the … of Ukraine: Russia cannot be an empire without Ukraine and coming to terms with Ukraine’s separate nationhood is a … his domestic popularity, but in so doing he exploited complexities and confusions about Ukrainian identity …