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… Oslo, Norway. Host Patrick Potyondy interviews her about one of the most contentious topics today— abortion —as well … in the United States. Patrick Potyondy   Great. You mentioned the difference between Europe and the United States and … because there have been a number of women who have died because they were not able to get access to legal …

… was even in Puritan New England) is a civil contract. Thus, superior courts in California, Massachusetts and Connecticut … civil rights of gays and lesbians. This is precisely why opponents of gay marriage place the issue on a referendum, in … religiously intolerant regimes in the world today.   The outcome of the recent referendum in California shows us that …

… During the early years of the Cold War, Dean Acheson, one of the architects of American foreign policy, concluded … today as American leaders assess Osama bin Laden’s latest communication. Bin Laden’s audio-taped message offered both … when bin Laden goes, as the Soviet Union did after Stalin died. Acheson had developed a plan based on long-range …

… plants, while also accumulating in water , soil, and the bodies of fish, birds, and people.  Rachel Carson devoted her … for their own survival.  The chemicals that Carson questioned—DDT, 2,4-D, Heptachlor, among others—gained widespread … on chemical over-use. While the public, USDA, chemical companies , and farmers embraced pesticides with a fervor …

… but tallawah island (“small but mighty” in Jamaican ) was one triumph in the long history of Black sovereignty and … Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and African Communities League in Kingston in 1914. Though Garvey was … Depression increased labor unrest across the British West Indies in the 1930s. Workplace strikes and riots took place in …

… but sometimes they converge to produce disasters like the one we’re experiencing. In 1776 Adam Smith used the law of … consequences to explain how individual ambition served the common good. It’s not from the benevolence of the butcher, … year-end bonuses, they intended to reward and encourage superior performance. Totally unintended was the creation of …

… Welcome aboard the train, British History ! In preparation for … is in tip-top condition and bravely chugging into World War One . The taste of victory is especially sweet, considering … are rather uneven; maps utilizing zoomorphic imagery are superbly interrogated, while gender and race are treated too …

… will be no grounds for the United States to reject its outcome. Both U.S. presidential candidates have made … feed this sort of anachronistic anti-communism with one-sided coverage. Yet the more relevant historical analogy … of history and director of Latin American and Ethnic Studies at Lewis & Clark College. …

… United States has abused its position as the world’s sole superpower. One result has been the reinvigoration of balance of power … of “a general association of nations,” what would become the League of Nations, to adjudicate international …

… over the last four years.  The reasons for that are many, complex, and subject to change in the near and far future.  … have on the long transition? Why has the price of oil gone so low? The petroleum industry has survived numerous … Let’s remove one false idea right now:  Public subsidies support both carbon-based and alternative energy …

… What is the afterlife of an old communist statue? Just what to do with all the Soviet-era … when citizens gathered in public squares to demand reforms, one of the main targets of popular wrath was the Communist … 2011, residents of Sofia woke up to find the Soviet army soldiers reincarnated into American comic and pop art figures ( …

… over the trajectory of the on-going American military commitment in Iraq and Afghanistan has combined with … about conflict termination are outnumbered a thousand to one by works on the manner in which wars are waged and won. … in the Philippines. So let us turn to several case studies to explore these issues more closely. Vietnam The story …

… When U.S. senators voted to reject the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, they took a giant step … even in an international climate far more hostile than the one we face today, American leaders took important steps to … over Russian territory, those hopes faded. But they did not die. Long before President Clinton signed the Comprehensive …

… the surrender of tens of thousands of U.S. and Filipino soldiers to the Japanese in the Philippines stunned the … Philippines was problematic at best. With the exception of one division of American regulars and a few capable Filipino … the mercurial personality of General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the U.S. and Filipino forces. Overconfident …

… on brains. Undead and not quite living, where do zombies come from and why are they here? The story of our … placed on corporal punishment. The zombie developed as one way to represent the anxieties and fears of Haitians … macoutes “behaved with the complete immorality and obedience of the undead, and were sometimes assumed to be …

… remain determined, said Bush; if we waiver, Iraq will become another Vietnam. No one should be surprised that Bush or anyone else invokes the … in the departments of history and interdisciplinary studies at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., and a …

… our mess won’t solve our own. The causes of any panic are complex. Who we choose to blame determines the solutions we … panics of 1837 and 2008 share an element of surprise. No one believed in business cycles in 1837. Today, our faith in … unites these events.   Today’s panic is much like the one in 1837. Van Buren’s predecessor, Andrew Jackson, had …

… mountain views, Oaxaca City also offers vistas of Mexico's complex history. In 1521, Hernán Cortés sent Captain José … Domingo de Guzmán. Some two hundred years later, the last stone was laid on this stunning example of architectural … its indigenous people on local culture. Along with Spanish, one can still hear Mixtec and Zapotec dialects spoken on its …

… “Bollywood” is the name that the Anglophone press in India gave to Hindi-language cinema in the … were Bollywood films. In recent decades, Bollywood has become popular across the world with sizeable audiences in East Asia, North America, Africa, and the Middle …

… seats in parliament. Morsi was the winner of Egypt’s first competitive presidential election, but his government was … (Photo by journalist Sarah Carr) On February 24, 2011, one such alliance came together to protect and support … Family Development, and “Nazra” Association for Feminist Studies. The coalition was effective in organizing against the …

… views throughout the global South, Ho Chi Minh remains one of the most important figures of the twentieth century. … at the fringes of European and Asian societies, Ho's complex experiences have been canonized at home and abroad, … his virtues, illusions, weaknesses, and faults like everyone else; as he once said to his friends, 'I am a normal …

… sphere of influence. In this context Flavius Dionysius, commander of Rome's eastern military forces and a native of … personalities of this region of the Roman world. In one of the most rewarding chapters of the book, Traina … book that is unique for the field of late antique studies. The book's great strength (and its focus) is its …

… states and empires in human history, and also witnessed pioneering developments in mathematics, astronomy and law. In … some ten thousand years ago to the seventh century of the common era. They tell the stories of successive … 883-859) provides the first evidence we have for the pork dietary proscription in this region of the world. Among its …

… you do not discuss religion, sex, or politics in polite company. Sex to one side, in America’s Religious Wars, Kathleen M. Sands … or through its opposite, secularism. Conflict between these one-or-the-other conceptions is woven into the nation’s … Common Good and Common Evil in American Religion …