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… Speaker's Note: Matt Goldish would like to add a more complete response to one of the questions asked him after … Nicholas Breyfogle:   Hello and welcome to “What was wrong with the judges at the Salem Witch … there was criticism of the evidence that the court was using to arrest and to trying to convict people especially …

… power production — will likely represent one of the most complicated dilemmas of the twenty-first century. Speaker: … Dr. Bart Elmore   Welcome, welcome, everyone. This is so great to see everyone … A Human History.” This is going to be a big opus piece. Since 2007, Breyfogle has worked as co-editor of the online …

… nation must choose between alternative ways of life, “communist or free,” Truman declared. Truman shook off fears … Many of the grievances that brought them together were fallout from the U.S. effort to keep Soviet influence out of … the limitations and frustrations of an ongoing cold war. Since the early Cold War years, our real national goal has …

… body-scan. Airline passengers in the United States have come to expect these kinds of security measures as a … FAA is sometimes called a “tombstone agency”: change only comes after a death —and usually only after a large number … building and crashed into a nearby field, narrowly missing an orphanage. Twenty-nine of the 63 persons aboard died …

… Guernica was not the first strategically insignificant, non-combatant town ever to be targeted for aerial bombardment, … in collaboration with the Spanish Nationalists under the command of General Francisco Franco , left little doubt that … were apt in the context of a civil war. In the years since its painting, Guernica has frequently been regarded as …

… because of stereotypes of effeminacy. Military men caught committing sodomy faced courts-martial. During World War II, … Anti-war groups even counseled young, straight men to become “hoaxosexuals” as a way of avoiding service. … and Farsi translators (dozens of whom have been discharged since 9/11), and the rising number of troops (73 percent in …

… 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, …

… to act decisively, during World War I President Wilson took command of telegraph and telephone systems, issued executive … oil and gas refineries, chemical plants, crops, food-processing plants and livestock. Patriotic citizens assembled armed patrols to guard their communities. What is proposed now is a shadow of those …

… to the cost saving measures of the FDLP, especially when compared to the money funneled to private banks through … few decades, the task of making school affordable has become an ever more important social and economic policy goal … a year for the past 70 years. The cost of attending college since World War II, in real terms, has nearly tripled. The …

… details of domestic issues, the most eye-opening comments on foreign policy have stemmed from Gov. George W. … The stark differences between the two candidates' comments tend to obscure the fact that Republicans, as well … and Clinton officials were too quick to equate Boris Yeltsin with reform and democracy — the deeper problem stems …

… protection for gays?  Perhaps the same impulse — the same combination of religious fervor and fear of social collapse … has been replaced by a crusade against demonized sex.  This comparison is not as far-fetched as it might seem. In a 1998 … life, and economic stagnation replaced moral decay as a pressing political issue.  Something similar may happen to …

… behind-the-scenes may have been as important to the outcome of events as the men’s on the battlefield. In Blood … and Yorks were descended from Edward III and therefore cousins to one another, which explains why participants called … is the temptation to make claims that, unless more sources come to light, historians cannot prove. For example, in …

… threaten the cultural makeup of Europe due to the alleged incompatibility of the Islamic faith of the majority of new … migrations can be more accurately described as ethnic cleansing and, in the case of the removal and ultimate … very well define the 21 st century. As globalization has become the rule, and as the West has generally benefitted …

… Tallahassee hours earlier. Waiting for the verdict had become unbearable. On the charge of second-degree murder, the … was announced, Martin’s parents let their voices be heard. Using social media, they expressed their disappointment in the trial’s outcome, pain over the loss of their child, appreciation for …

… officers as presidential contenders. Generals who have become president (there were ten, six of them notable as commanders) have usually succeeded by presenting themselves … of America’s global leadership role. Whether Clark sinks or soars on the campaign trail will hinge on many …

… Jessica Vinas-Nelson   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … American attention to mental health, and examining the shortcomings and successes of the mental health system. It seems … hospitals. So there were systems of community care. Every single community in the colonies in colonial America had the …

… in February 1989—twenty-five years ago—the Soviet Union completed withdrawal of its combat forces across the Friendship Bridge from the Afghan … bitter engagement because in the context of the Cold War, losing Afghanistan, in the words of the Soviet foreign …

… no precedent in American history, has provoked a steadily rising public outcry. Many critics, including Michael Barone … in fact a country whose military has been roaming the globe since the Revolutionary War. Even a brief survey of American … the Soviet Union, the United States was not a preemptive combatant. It was Joseph Stalins Soviet Union that blockaded …

… As of 2022, France has held 7 races solely in France since 1947.] Written by Darcy Benson. Narration by Nicholas …

… drawing to a close, the ghosts of Southern history have become important players in national politics. The fallout from Trent Lott’s tribute to Strom Thurmond’s 1948 … emotional support of Virginia’s ban on cross-burning. The incoming governor of Georgia meanwhile ponders whether to …

… united in a struggle for civil and political rights, they comprise various tribal affiliations and speak different … are adherents of the Yazidi faith, a religion that shares common elements with Christianity, Islam, and … brought it into contact with different Kurdish tribes. Since then, Moscow has maintained relations with Kurds both …

… Civil Rights Movement. This is the first major renovation since the museum's opening, and two of our department's …

… th century—the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism throughout Eastern Europe . The opening of the … were able to travel to West Berlin for the first time since the Wall was constructed in 1961. The world looked on … The events in Germany were part of a larger wave of anti-communist revolutions throughout Eastern Europe. The year …