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… Both politically and culturally, Romania and the Republic of Moldova have … The Dacians, a Thracian people who inhabited what is today southern and eastern Romania, were conquered by the Roman … Moldova—particularly in Gagauzia and Transnistria.  The southern Gagauzia region is home to the Gagauz people, a …

… told from the perspective of Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel. In this presentation, Ori Yehudai turns this … its head, focusing on Jewish out-migration from Palestine and Israel between 1945 and the late 1950s. Based on previously unexamined primary … numbers emigrated to countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Emigration to Europe, and to the Middle East, and …

… Halprin (1916-2009), one of the most celebrated American landscape architects, would have turned 100 years old this month. Born to a Jewish family in the Bronx and raised in Brooklyn, with an upbringing he referred to as … and Levenworth streets  would  have intersected, just South of the Tenderloin District. The “TL” as the Tenderloin …

… “You have created a new Taliban and a new al-Qaeda in Egypt,” a protestor shook with fury as … saved the country from the Ikhwān ’s clutches, some North African analysts are wondering out loud whether the Egyptian … Algeria—the first then-legal Islamist association in North Africa to assume widespread control of a nation, even if …

… the Mediterranean Sea to the remote northern reach of Finland in the Arctic Circle and from Ireland’s emerald perch on the Atlantic wall to the … Greece’s financial meltdown, stagnating economies in southern and western Europe, and the United Kingdom’s … European Disunion: The Rise and Fall of a Post-War Dream? …

… For the first time, Latinos and Latinas were adequately represented on the national … parties. At their recent national conventions, Democrats and Republicans finally acknowledged that Hispanics are … does the good-old-boy network today. In recent decades, the Southwest Voter Registration Project, founded in San …

… than actual, it has mobilized important religious leaders and politicians to question the separation of church and state. In a recent debate in Delaware, Christine … of state-supported churches in New England and the South, every colony had multiple denominations. In …

… John F. Kennedy, our boundless fascination with his life and death remains as strong as ever. And the way that Jackie and Jack continue to captivate … Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013), a historical drama about an African American butler working in the White House, and the …

… Saddam Husseins conventional military forces, but a slow and agonizing struggle to return peace to a tyrannized and traumatized people. This experiment, with little or no … attack against North Korea in 1950; North Korea attacked South Korea, and America reacted to overt aggression, as did …

… facing our digitally-driven world is identity theft and the mounting costs it inflicts.  If new in its scope, … she had, in short, was a "sprawling saga of opportunism and imposture which reached right across the British empire … sentence and, after his 1832 release, moved to New South Wales and resumed his swindling.  In addition to …

… role in determining Native American political status and personhood. Blood discourse can be added to the long … put alongside boarding schools, forbidden language and culture, land loss, and poverty. During the assimilation … their authenticity as a Native American. that Indians with African American heritage constitute the third trope which …

… increasingly viewed as politically necessary as political candidates strive to forge constituencies in preparation for … Catholic backlash. House Speaker Dennis Hastert's refusal and subsequent capitulation over the appointment of the … the institution or its positions until after he had won the South Carolina primary.   Such a double standard by the …

… the United States. Learn with us how, during the 1930s and 1940s, the U.S. began to establish a global model for pursuing drug prohibition both at home and abroad. … force for the richest man in town. The police in the South used to be called in to assist with lynching.  And …

… Across human history and throughout this very diverse planet, water has defined … every aspect of human life: from the molecular, biological and ecological to the cultural, religious, economic and political. Water stands at the foundation of most of … Nile, Mesopotamia, around the Tigris-Euphrates, the kind of South Asia around the Indus and Ganges, and the Yellow River …

… the U.S. Supreme Court struck down desegregation in the landmark decision Brown v. Board of Education, America’s schools and universities are struggling with the challenge of … heard in Alabama, where disproportionately high numbers of African- American students are placed in special education …

… but a truly universal draft — without college exemptions and, yes, with a provision for drafting young women as well … short as a national policy. The draft system of the 1960s and 1970s failed because it was not universal. Women, of … rights. This is why we have seen high service rates by African Americans, from the Buffalo Soldiers of the …

… of Ukraine has been described as a “a crime against peace” and “Europe’s Darkest Hour” since World War II. It is an … all Ukrainian citizens. Our panelists assist us in understanding these tragic and world-changing events. This webinar addresses the … strike. We were talking about the East of Ukraine or southeast of Ukraine. Last Thursday, multiple locations in …

… authority offers a president considerable running room, and the 535 members of Congress find it exceedingly … policy, sending military expeditions to Mexico in 1916 and Russia in 1918, and leading a reluctant United States … midst of the Civil Rights Movement and an expanding war in southeast Asia. Johnson also had an extremely ambitious …

… In March 2022, the EU and the U.S. unilaterally condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and voiced strong support of Ukrainian independence in the … the Whites, and Nestor Makhno’s anarchists in the east and south. The ZUNR fought a Polish invasion in the west until …

… 1972. That’s when antiwar forces took control of the party and nominated Sen. George McGovern. Richard Nixon won re-election in a landslide. If the Democrats hope to win in 2008, they have to … candidate in 1972. But in fact such large numbers of white Southerners, labor union members and moderate Democrats …

… where we’ve been in our past can direct us in our present and future. … The Past and Future of the Global War on Drugs (Prologued, Season 2, … Brionna Mendoza  Previously, on Prologued...   Alexander Aviña  So it's a really, like, complex, messy matrix, … marijuana with the influx of Mexican immigrants into the southwest and California. And so prejudice against Mexican …

… tape, released last week through Al-Jazeera, blew both hot and cold. He threatened the United States and its allies yet hinted at conciliation. Which part of his … thousands were injured, the overwhelming majority of them Africans. Then there were the never-to-be forgotten attacks …

… founded the First Albanian Republic on January 31, 1925, and elected Ahmet Zog to the position of President to govern over parliament and uphold the newly crafted constitution.  It was a … throughout the duration of WWI. Italy occupied the south, France the east, and Austria the north.  Once WWI …