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… Winter Olympics are now officially in full swing. Historian and  Origins  contributor, David R. Stone, recently … on  All Sides with Ann Fisher to discuss Russia's political and social history in light of the recent games. The podcast … " Clash in the Caucuses: Georgia, Russia, and the Fate of South Ossetia ," by Stephen Jones 2) The Olympics " Playing …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… U.S. relations with key states of the Middle East, and resulted in territorial and political changes that remain consequential on this … Israel, in collusion with Britain and France, to secure its southeastern border by invading Egypt and causing the …

… has caused a stir in California, Minnesota, North Carolina and South Carolina by unveiling plans to put up anti-immigrant … immigration in the name of reform goes back centuries and relies upon two time-tested formulas, both of which are …

… involving Hubert H. Humphrey, the incumbent vice president, and Richard Nixon, his Republican opponent. This prospect … the October Surprise. The Nixon team beseeched the South Vietnamese to await a Republican victory and promised an ample reward. Talk of a conclusion to the …

… The movie centers on an M-4 Sherman tank nicknamed “Fury” and its crew of battle-hardened soldiers during the waning … driver; Trini “Gordo” Garcia, the Spanish-speaking gunner; and Grady “Coon-Ass” Travis, a bestial mechanic with a southern drawl. Their fifth crewmember, the assistant …

… 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 …

… arrived to Greece as refugees , fleeing war, destruction, and persecution in their homelands. As the already beleaguered Greek state, bolstered by … that more than a million refugees had traversed through southern and Eastern Europe towards wealthier and presumably …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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, …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …