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… The news media today are full of stories about efforts across the United States to draw new state and federal … thereby over-ruling earlier decisions that courts were not competent to decide such political questions. Two years … culture, which is partly the result of a fairly equal division of the statewide electorate between Democrats and …

… 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 …

… On July 1, 2011, the United Nations welcomed its newest member. South Sudan's January referendum on … from Sudan following years of violence marked a high point for U.N. peacekeeping, which had maintained the armistice … the various nationalist leaders and the charges of ethnic division. [Read Origins for more on the conflict in the …

… of the New Deal exception, populism as the primary driving force of change in American politics, immigration as a key … to stop bad trade deals and global special interests, we welcome you with open arms, perhaps sensing an opportunity with … very, you know, very much based on a traditional domestic division of labor, where women would go out into the …

… manager who had a career with the Park Service of more than forty years, has eloquently described their deeper meaning: … the intellect with emotion and place. You can follow our common fight for independence and creating and keeping a … (and the only one outside of Alaska) that truly demands visitors be self-reliant. It also demands something more …

… though it was the country launching an invasion, stood for the heroic Soviet Union during the “sacred” Great … and Neo-Nazis” who, backed by their NATO allies, were committing “genocide” against Russians.  In justifying the … of the Estonian veterans of the 20 th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS a few months later, tarring Estonians as …

… member states of the European Union in their ongoing search for safety. By extension, it describes the response of … face an uncertain future in the sprawling Dadaab camp complex in Kenya barely register on the radar of the global … An image widely used to raise funds for the Armenian Relief Committee. The widowed Amenian woman and her children walked …

… broke out between the  paramilitary militia Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in 2023.  … RSF as terrorists. Yasir al-Atta, the Sudanese army deputy commander, said in an interview on August 3, 2024, that the … Arab tribes at the time were camel-nomads; subsequent arrivals traveled southward into present-day southern Kordofan …

… her opponent. The general election also included contests for all 513 members of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies, … and Russia, and with nearly two times the per-capita income of China, Brazil is on track to become a major force in the global economy. How Things Change …

… In 1985, it seemed the Soviet Union would last forever. Its Communist Party rulers held a monopoly on … the Communist Party itself. Mikhail Gorbachev speaking at a news conference after a Soviet-American summit in Reykjavik, …

… Bakken oil-shale region in western North Dakota to a tank complex in Illinois. Its route crosses the Missouri River … belonged to the Great Sioux Nation under the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie. Other indigenous-rights activists observe that … like the American Fourth of July, a time to dress up, visit friends and relatives, socialize, and feast. …

… with desperately needed energy assistance, advocated for the smaller nation within the EU, and pledged to stand … Anderson famously defined nationalism as an “imagined community” binding together a widespread group of people … was both the first foreign leader to congratulate Sandu and visit her in Chișinău.  The two presidents have held at …

… Patrick Potyondy   This is your host Patrick Potyondy and welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone produced by Origins .   Leticia Wiggins   And … and to God knows what else. The vast majority of places, division three places and so on and running in the red, it …

… and what it can tell us about  changing conceptions of the common good. In addition, host Patrick Potyondy interviews … Mark Sokolsky  Welcome to History Talk , where we bring together a panel of … that has the ability to bridge those kinds of competitive divisions?   Dr. Bernadette Hanlon  Yeah, I mean, some of …

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Welcome to Leaving Zion: Jewish Emigration from Palestine and … professor of history and director of the Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching, and will be your host and … those statements was an account by an Israeli journalist visited one of the German camps in which migrants from …

… United States. The press, the government, and the medical community claim, often and loudly, that these numbers augur … are proving that chronological age is not biologically uniform. In the United States the so-called “geriatric crisis” … Dr. Francis E. Townsend arrived prepared to push his latest pension plan, $150 a month for everyone over sixty. …

… who decided to accept these accusations and move the trials forward. Historians have long wondered why the judges … Speaker's Note: Matt Goldish would like to add a more complete response to one of the questions asked him after … Nicholas Breyfogle:   Hello and welcome to “What was wrong with the judges at the Salem Witch …

… not obscure the fact that this conflict, with all its complexity and tragedy, belongs firmly to the present. This … La Vie des Idées on March 23, 2022 (we are thankful for permission to republish the interview here in English, … his strategy was based on the anticipation of internal divisions and the absence of an energetic reaction on the …

… experience hyperinflation . Despite the government’s best efforts to continue payments, a crippling debt default also … in 2016. Diphtheria, once thought eradicated, has made a comeback . By some estimates, 2.5 million people have left … from a hybrid regime—a type of political system that combines democratic traits with autocratic ones— into pure …

… You can't read the newspapers or surf the web without coming face to face with the pivotal human problem of energy … were neither everyday news items nor were they significant forces within American energy policy-making. In the 1960s, … This emphasis on the environment clearly distinguishes the latest period of the long transition from earlier times when …

… eugenicists, feminists, and family planners all aimed to reform reproduction to transform both individual bodies and the body politic. Across the … national sovereignty, normative heterosexuality and drives for economic development. This podcast is brought to you by …

… the amendment restored voting rights to ex-felons who had completed their prison sentence and been released from parole or probation, except for those convicted of murder or felony sex crimes. A … Mass Incarceration and Mass Disfranchisement A St. Louis newspaper described the election-day arrests and harassment …

… a majority of members of the legislative assembly voted for the extension, average citizens with no connection to crime have become victims of this policy —especially poor and young … Rights Ombudsman. Family members have not been able to visit their loved ones, despite pleading with the …

… supply global agriculture with one of its most important commodities: synthetic fertilizer. In the process, the … however, complaints by farmers and ranchers eventually forced reluctant manufacturers to invest in pollution … Treasury Secretary from 1921-1932, when the PHS was still a division of the Treasury Department. It was therefore …