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… of the 1913 march had their organizational act together. Communicating via a federated national organization called … suffragists made themselves heard to elected officials using methods that seem quaint and exhausting today—methods … about women voting. The organizers of the 1913 parade accomplished all this in the face of obstacles that those of …

… political and social issues, many attributed the outcome of the 2016 election to the frustrations of just 15% of … Jessica Blissit   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … or Stephen would and that in the sense that they're focusing on cultural things, what defines people and say, how …

… Several bomb blasts accompanied Hillary Clinton’s recent trip to Pakistan. This … was a wake-up call in more ways than one. The moment had come for Clinton to act more boldly as the nation’s top … Shultz established himself as the most successful secretary since Acheson. It was no accident that the Cold War ended …

… with fervor among the Sioux bands would incite an uprising, Royer called for military assistance. As winter … asked Big Foot, leader of the Minneconjou Teton Sioux, to come to Pine Ridge Reservation with his followers in hopes … could restore the peace. Intercepted by the Seventh Cavalry commanded by Colonel James W. Forysth on December 28, Big …

… the story goes. In January 1918, after forty-one months of combat, Allied troops were ready for a ceasefire, but they certainly didn’t expect that it would be forthcoming. The Russian Revolution , French mutinies, Italy’s … in April but the initial impact was negligible—the Army was comprised of just 120,000 men. After the exhaustion of …

… What is the afterlife of an old communist statue? Just what to do with all the Soviet-era … striking in the post-socialist reincarnation of these imposing structures is the seeming randomness of how the … Take, for example, Bulgaria. The Bulgarian communist leader Todor Zhivkov was removed from power on 10 November 1989, a …

… to expand NATO is based on an outdated crusade against communism, a crusade launched against the Soviet Union in … collapsed in 1991 just as the Austro-Hungarian empire disintegrated in 1919, at the end of World War I. Expansion of … not only unnecessary, it is based on devotion to past anti-communist cliches. In addition, based on the experience of …

… giving a speech in Moscow. This government had ruled Russia since Tsar Nicholas II’s abdication the preceding February, … Over the next three years, the Bolsheviks (soon renamed Communists) would have to win power in a bloody civil war … liberal democracy and capitalism. But many on the left welcomed the Revolution as the start of a new era, with harmony …

… and the Equal Rights Amendment being well on its way to becoming the newest tenant of the US Constitution. But it was … to the post war baby boom, which made more space for increasing family sizes desirable, and veteran benefits like low … Depression and big families could live on dad's single income in the new suburbs, most women didn't have to work. …

… economic distress wrought by swashbuckling capitalism. As Commanders-in-Chief and liberal Protestants, the … overthrow dictator Muammar Qaddafi themselves. Libya's uprising began in February 2011. It was a byproduct of the Arab … idea of the American sacred-secular world mission, combined in Obama's case with the influence of …

… they have souls? Could Europeans lawfully take their lands since they were not Christians? European intellectuals fell … ), the notorious document that the Spanish read to the uncomprehending Indians before seizing their land. These … and the gradual Spanish subjugation of the islands (not completed until 1496) prepared Europeans for their encounter …

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to The Global War on Drugs brought to you by the … are 50 years old. President Nixon had created a national commission to study marijuana and he even chose the nine of … was afoot. State-run cannabis eradication campaigns, increasingly, we're employing herbicides such as Roundup, here in …

… December 25, 1848, brought an unwelcome gift to the Queen City. That Christmas Day, a dying man … global pandemic reflected new routes of transportation, commerce, and migration that allowed the disease to move … West,” but also nicknamed “Porkopolis” after its meat processing industry. By the mid-19 th century, Cincinnati …

… of China’s greatest imperial dynasty was, like Mao, a commoner. As with many dynastic founders, it is difficult to … born a peasant. Thus few details about his life before becoming emperor exist. Whereas his great rival for the … province is a watery coastal region, famed for its canals since ancient times. This photograph shows the historic town …

… forcing politicians to make hard choices and progressive commitments. Democratic candidates have recently been … more intransigent than legal desegregation: unemployment, income inequality, poverty, voter disaffection, and racial apartheid in housing and education. King’s “shattered dreams” remain our …

… many eating lunch or napping, were crushed by collapsing earthen walls and rolling detritus. Others drowned. … structures made from this earthen material were common throughout the Andes, and they were generally … But they had to be constantly monitored and maintained by communal work parties. More importantly, “champería” dams …

… Sankara led a coalition of radical military officers, communist activists, labor leaders, and militant students to … aspects: its promotion of film as a vehicle for raising the people’s consciousness, inspiring their efforts at … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and Welcome to Politics, Cinema, and Liberation in Burkina Faso, …

… the aristocracy-based patronage system, which had sustained composers for generations.  Now, middle-class audiences … on the piano to an admiring public, and published several compositions. Among these were his four-movement piano trios … ways.  Critics reacted cordially to the new work. But since that night in 1800, several have reevaluated the First …

… out in parts of South America in 1991-1994 and in Yemen since 2016. As of 2019, according to the World Health … the poor’s living conditions. In Great Britain, Poor Law Commissioner Edwin Chadwick, from the miasma school, began … sewer design for stopping the spread. One point had become especially clear: sanitation was key to creating a …

… spirit and with a large gesture invite an enemy to become an angel without further preparation or a flying … made this assertion in response to a Serbian political assassination in 1903 supposed the “reason must be sought in the … in vodka, brandy and other fire waters with the concomitant excitement of thrusting an opponent through the …

… DDT were among the most important. But without the will and commitment on the part of governments, health care … “largest mass action the world has ever known against one single disease.” In 1953, the doctor who carried out the … By making formerly sick people well they could then become productive citizens. They would learn the benefits of …

… had yet to spread to many parts of the world, and 24-hour businesses were virtually unheard of. Much of the world … of a satellite” to the world. Pravda put a distinctively communist spin on the news, arguing that “artificial … appeared) would be used for legitimate research and not for competition in what he called “an outer-space basketball …

… international race for the arctic . He tells us about the complex and perhaps explosive historical dimensions of … Jeffrey Dunifon. Thanks for being on the show, Nick and welcome.   Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Thank you so much, Patrick. … they were trying to prove that you could in fact, in a single season, take a boat all the way through the northern …