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Cover of Wounded Knee Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre by Heather Cox Richardson

Where Our Hearts Are Still Buried

Review of Wounded Knee: Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre, by Heather Cox Richardson (New York: Basic Books, 2010)
… Pine Ridge Reservation, one of six Sioux Reservations in South Dakota, fell to Republican agent Daniel Royer. Fearful … the whites— that was spreading with fervor among the Sioux bands would incite an uprising, Royer called for military … As winter approached troops flooded across the Dakotas and on December 15 Sitting Bull, the famed leader of the …
A plume of smoke rising from a neighborhood in Beirut following an Israeli strike in 2006.

Why Israel’s Campaign Will Likely Fail

… a justifiable military response — harbored ambitious goals and expanded a local conflict into something larger. It didn’t work … from spiraling out of control. In 1982, Israel invaded southern Lebanon in order to raze Palestinian Liberation …
Pope Francis holding Bible

The People's Pope and the Changing Face of Catholicism

… Join hosts Patrick Potyondy and Leticia Wiggins and their guests, historians David Brakke , Tina Sessa , and Daniel Watkins as they discuss Pope Francis—the … first Jesuit to fill the job and the first pope from the southern hemisphere and the first from Latin America and the …
migrants walking down a road

Defining Refugees: 1921 and 1951

… formats—it might seem like refugees are everywhere. Syrian and Eritrean refugees cross the Mediterranean, bound for … Rohingya refugees from Myanmar occupy camps in Bangladesh; and Honduran and Guatemalan refugees seek asylum along the southern border of the United States, to name just a few …
View of the Solovetskii Monastery.

A Postcard from Solovki

… I stand at the bow of the ferry as the water of the White Sea … up on the coiled ropes lying on the deck, my feet stay dry and I look out with excitement at the outstretched sea in … about 100 smaller ones) in the White Sea not far to the south of the Arctic Circle. A center of Russian Orthodoxy …
We Are Our Mountains (Tatik u Papik) Monument, Stepanakert.

A Postcard from Nagorno-Karabakh

… recently been scarred by violence and remains trapped in a frozen conflict.  Tucked away in the South Caucasus near the frontiers of Russia, Iran, and Turkey, this gorgeous mountain land boasts stunning …
Schools often have dedicated computer labs which different classes share for studying and research.

The Fifth Wave?

… it mean three-to-five-year lturists watched the heavens and built monuments to mark the vernal equinox, the first … a time of rejuvenated hope. The puebloans of the American Southwest marked the beginning of spring, and the other three seasons, by tracking the path of the …
A group of Kyiv civilians gather in a basement downtown to make Molotov Cocktails to be used against Russian troops in Kyiv, Ukraine, 2022.

Ukraine in War and Revolution

… Instead, there were simply “the people living in the south-west of what has historically been Russian land [who] have called themselves Russian .” In his eyes, … States effectively took control of the Ukrainian government and economy after 1991, to the detriment of regional …
Portrait of General Winfield Scott.

When “Sensitivity” Has Opened the Road to Victory

… In a critique of John Kerry’s presidential candidacy, Vice President Dick Cheney invoked historical … of America’s wartime leadership: Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Generals U.S. Grant, Dwight D. … issued for the protection of civilian property in the South, but Lincoln, always “sensitive” to the knowledge that …
A traditional glass of Weissbier

Keeping Beer “Pure”: The 1516 Reinheitsgebot

… is today lauded as an early food safety regulation. And, as beer-making elsewhere has taken off in all sorts of … shape new tastes and different interpretations of beer. In Africa, major beer brands like SABMiller and their … Zambia, and Zimbabwe . In countries such as Mozambique and Southern Sudan , adopting cassava in the brewing process …
The military cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II in Nettuno, Italy.

A Day for Remembering — and Accepting Responsibility

… On Memorial Day, Americans pause during picnics, parades, and softball games to remember those who died fighting our … jeopardized our security, diminished our international standing, thrown Iraq into chaos, and, not incidentally, … at the Italian seaside town of Nettuno, which lies just south of the Anzio beachhead. Anzio was a poorly planned and

Treaties and Sovereign Performances, from Westphalia to Standing Rock

… Its route crosses the Missouri River directly adjacent to and upstream of the Standing Rock Reservation, one of … late 1820s, the Potawatomis and Ho-Chunks (Winnebagos) of southern Michigan and Wisconsin awarded dozens of land … obliged them in their peace treaties to emancipate their African-American slaves and grant the freedpeople …
The colorful buildings of Tirana, viewed from the steps of the National Museum.

A Postcard from Tirana: Overcoming the Past

… Tirana is Albania’s capital and, with a population of nearly 1 million, over one-third … past that began under the oppressive rule of Enver Hoxha and continued into the post-socialist era with political … in 1920, replacing Vlora in the country’s still-turbulent south. In 1939 the city succumbed to fascist forces and
The remains of the crash of TWA Flight 5 in 1931 [Photo from the Kansas Historical Society]

Top Ten Origins: Aviation Disasters that Improved Safety

… We take off our shoes and coats and send them through the X-ray machine with our … a bright and sunny day while flying over the desert of the Southwest. Neither aircraft’s crew were in contact with air … Security measures at Columbia Metropolitan Airport in South Carolina in the early 1970s. King Hussain of Jordan, …
Marchers for LGBTQ rights

The Debate Over Same-Sex Marriage and LGBTQ Rights

… memory. But with these changes have come many questions and tensions. Is the focus on the politics of marriage … Levi’s jeans commercials changed the public’s perceptions, and has it always been for the better? How has the study and teaching of gay and lesbian history changed? What is the …
This 1878 engraving shows the chaos at the scene of the Boston Massacre

The Boston Massacre

… On the night of March 5, 1770, a man and a British sentry exchanged heated words in Boston, … While little about him is known, he was probably of mixed African-Native descent. Far from unusual, Attucks’s … in the French and Indian War. Crispus Attucks, of mixed African and Native descent, was one of the five victims of …
Courtesans such as Lilly Langtry (in this 1885 photograph) are claimed to have started utilizing underwear as tool of seduction.

Where’s that Sexy History Under There?

Review of Exposed: A History of Lingerie, by Colleen Hill (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Yale University Press, 2014)
… of seduction. Given the vast number of people , both men and women, who watch the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show … same time the Shelly Easy Rider Bra and panty designed in South Africa was described as “practically nothing to wear under …

Energy Policy and the Long Transition in America

… problem of energy resources: what sources we should produce and consume, the environmental impacts, and who should … during the Suez Crisis.By the 1960s, Middle Eastern and African oil producers began to work among themselves and … plagued the Midwest and Northeast while consumers in the Southwest had plenty of gas, but paid high prices. State and
Scene from the 11th century Bayeaux Tapestry depicting Norman cavalry attacking Anglo-Saxon soldiers.

The Norman Conquest of England, 1066

… English Channel resulted in the conquest of Anglo-Saxon England by William, the French Duke of Normandy. It is a reminder that the complicated, ambivalent, and … later, William, Duke of Normandy, landed his fleet in the south of England at Pevensey, which forced Harold to rush …
book cover of Empire of Cotton - A Global History

Top Ten Origins: Summer 2018 Must Reads

… while you stay out of the heat? I can help you. Analyzing and teaching books are large components of my job, and, … Arc of Justice follows the murder trial of Ossian Sweet, an African American doctor who bought a house in an all-white … an African American teenager named Latasha Harlins in South Central Los Angeles. A jury later convicted Du of …
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Joseph Smith Discovers the Gold Plates

… York.  Smith traveled to the hill in question the next day and uncovered gold plates on which he claimed were written … scripture by over 17 million worldwide members of the faith and has been translated into more than 100 languages. Even … skewered in popular culture, e.g., the television show South Park . But 200 years later, the story of how the Book …
Sir Christopher Wren

The Society That Started It All: The Origins of Modern Science

Review of The Royal Society and the Invention of Modern Science, by Adrian Tinniswood (New York: Basic Books, 2019.)
… Adrian Tinniswood begins The Royal Society and the Invention of Modern Science by describing … in for concentrated scrutiny. For example, Sir Robert Southwell brought his unicorn horn to a meeting in 1661. An … scathing ridicule from clergymen-scientists, such as Robert South, and even from contemporary authors, like Jonathan …