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Pro Sports Can Run, But They Can’t Hide

… The chair of the House Government Reform Committee, Tom Davis, House Democrat Henry Waxman and Senate … Sosa have caused many legislators to doubt that sports officials can crack down effectively on steroid abuse. Yet, … only 22 percent of Americans believe that Congress should become involved in the problems of baseball. According to one …

Taiwan's 2008 Elections: A New Direction for the 'Other China'?

… is not quite as large as Massachusetts and Rhode Island combined. It is also the second-most densely populated … Born in Hong Kong in 1951, the son of a well-placed KMT official who soon migrated to Taiwan (where Ma grew up and went to college), Ma has never visited the Chinese mainland. After graduating at the top of …

NATO's New Order: The Alliance After the Cold War

… and dangerous, amplifying the sense of tension and competition across Europe and strengthening the sense of … initial years after the fall of the Soviet Union , it has become more assertive on its borders and less willing to … of Germany a year later. However, American and West German officials soon realized it would not be possible for Germany …

Russia, America, and the Conspiratorial Worldview

… to undermine the attempt to build socialism. Soviet officials and propagandists stressed that the hidden hands … War I and after the 1917 Revolution and to signal their commitment to the new Bolshevik cause.   Mikhail, the elder … people wanted it to be that way, that we should be the opposite of the West. It just happened that way. I should say …
U.S. National Archives building

New Laws Needed to Stop Bullying of National Archives

… In 1988, Woodward looked at how in 1971 Nixon White House officials had examined the number of Jewish employees at the … he was alive. Two years after Nixon died in 1994, Archives’ officials finally released the directive about Jews that … honorably may struggle with his past. Governance is complex and politics messy. Laws demand disclosure of what …
A Uyghur hunter in Kashgar, 2005.

Xinjiang: From Autonomy to Dystopia

… more recently, of settler colonialism. It is also based on competing visions of history and of who belongs to the land. … ( Uyghur diyari ) if they were allowed to do so. Western commentators often suggest that Uyghurs are closer to … rule in 1949. A Different Chronology of Uyghur History The official Chinese claim is teleological and deeply …

Time It Was: 1968 Around the World

… I’ve read about it, 1968 was quite a year. Writers have compared it to the most dramatic moments in modern history— … , 1989 . In the United States, the turmoil of ’68 probably compares to 1861 and 1919. There was an A-list of nearly … skirmish provoked by disgruntled students. According to the official story, the demonstration was a ploy to sabotage the …
Israeli troops during the battle for the Sinai

The Suez Crisis (1956)

… the international order was disrupted by the Suez Crisis, a complicated imbroglio marked by the intersection of European … Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal Company after the United States and Britain refused to … ultimatums and launched air strikes against Egypt. U.S. officials failed to anticipate the collusion scheme before …
Buildings along a waterfront in China

China and Africa: Historical Perspectives on a Rising Power

… presence over the last decade much to the concern of U.S. officials. Africa is a major recipient of this new … first forged during an earlier era of Sino-American competition. Yet looking at Chinese engagement in Africa … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Hello, and welcome to China and Africa: Historical Perspectives on a …
lab tech with vaccine

Vaccines and Responsible Parenthood

Review of Vaccine Nation: America’s Changing Relationship with Immunization, by Elena Conis (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014)
Three former directors of the Global Smallpox Eradication Programme read the news that smallpox had been globally eradicated, 1980.

The WHO and the Eradication of Smallpox

… of  public health , when the  World Health Organization officially declared the disease eradicated. This was the … was the result of a decades-long global program involving complex geopolitical cooperation, human ingenuity, and … States and the Soviet Union worked together towards a common purpose: combating smallpox in 43 countries with a …
Judge Charles W. Pickering, Sr.

Ghosts of Mississippi Haunt Pickering’s Nomination

… The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will vote early in March on the Bush … to the 5th Circuit of Appeals, based in New Orleans. The committee should stop this nomination in its tracks.   Why … government." The commission was essentially the state's official arm in a campaign of "massive resistance" to the …
Haze obscuring image of rooftops in China

The Greening of China?

… great paradox. With its fast-growing economy, China has become the leading producer of CO2 (though not on a per-capita basis). Simultaneously, it has become the world's leading producer of green and renewable … environment, and what global role China might play in the coming years in confronting climate change. ( Image Source ) …
On the first day of the uprising, protesters assembled around the fountain outside the Jeollanam-do Provincial Office, a site that would become central to the struggle against military oppression. Courtesy of the 5.18 Foundation.

Gwangju Isn’t Over

… in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Gwangju was officially designated as the nation’s “sacred space of … as a “city of peace and human rights,” emphasizing the community’s legacy of peaceful organization and solidarity, … the event continues to resist any singular description. Its complexity is reflected in the many names used to describe …
Suffragettes protest for the right to vote

Prologued Podcast celebrating the 19th Amendment Centennial

… Welcome to Prologued ! Prologued is a serial podcast from … important work along with a number of other Latina elected officials throughout the country. They also I think are … Oranjudio. Song and Band information can be found on our website and we encourage our listeners to visit episode …

WikiLeaks, and the Past and Present of American Foreign Relations

… Arabic, European, and Persian architectural styles, the complex embodied purposefully Egypt's place at the … not the great men and women of Washington but the mid-level officials who work in U.S. outposts around the world. These … Little was known of the man beyond the fact that he had visited a website associated with radical Islam—but his name …
Nancy Reagan speaking at a "Just Say No" Rally.

The “Modern” War on Drugs (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 1)

… we could, you know, leave the house and not really have to come back until it was time for dinner. We could ride our … its economic and political sovereignty. Despite Mexican officials’ professed disinterest in escalating drug control … for Harry Anslinger was that the truth was exactly the opposite: it was Chiang Kai-Shek’s allies who were trafficking …

Making Sense of the 'Hermit Kingdom': North Korea in the Nuclear Age

… might. This fall, much to the consternation of American officials, North Korea threatened to restart its nuclear … significant opposition, the Bush administration quickly complied with the terror-list demand (in return for certain … dispute was now resolved. "I am profoundly disappointed," complained Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. "By …
The Senate's side of the U.S. Capitol Building.

The Framers vs. Sen. Frist

… needed for decisions we’re stuck with. The Framers weren’t comfortable with slender majorities when the nation’s … extended period. The longer the duration of the democratic commitment, the greater the degree of consensus they … before taking effect. Impeaching a duly chosen public official also has enduring impact. Impeachment overturns …

Down and Out (Again): America’s Long Struggle with Mass Unemployment

… gathered in Independence Square demanding that public officials do something to help the jobless. During the … Accurate employment statistics for the period are hard to come by, but according to some accounts, the national … harsh winter of 1893-94, many cities organized emergency committees to coordinate local campaigns on behalf of the …

The Soccer World Goes to South Africa: Sport and the Making of Modern Africa

… of the re-admittance of South Africa to the international community. To many, winning a rugby tournament might seem to … laws that institutionalized apartheid—which lasted officially from 1948 to 1994—that brought the issue of … visitors to co-host South Korea, the identical number who visited the country in the same period during the preceding …