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Eight women in US politics

Women in American Politics

… Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … I'm an Associate Professor of History and American Studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. I specialize in … Sokolsky. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website
General Edmund Allenby entering Jerusalem on December 11, 1917. Allenby dismounted as a sign of respect for the holy city.

The Collapse of Ottoman Power

Review of The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, by Eugene Rogan (New York: Basic Books, 2015)
… of two Russian ships by a German taskforce under the command of a German admiral improbably marked the entry of … in the Middle East is relatively well-known. Movie-going audiences are familiar with the dashing exploits of T. E. … Arab rebels commanded by Emir Faysal (Hussein’s son and the future king of Iraq), stormed northwards, occupying Damascus …
Statue and Ukrainian Flag

The Russian Invasion of Ukraine

… Director, Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, The Ohio State University •    Shawn Conroy, PhD … Student, Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, The Ohio State University •    Myroslava Mudrak, … you by the Center for Slavic East European and Eurasian Studies, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Goldberg …
DC Police Car in the snow

A Long View of Policing in America

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone … workers, this was about maintaining a workforce that was obedient and you know, disciplining them and keeping them in … Wiggins. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website
Thy Neighbor: A History of Usury and Debt, by Charles R. Geisst Philadelphia By Spencer Tyce Book Cover.

Natural Laws and Predatory Lending for 3000 Years

Review of Beggar Thy Neighbor: A History of Usury and Debt, by Charles R. Geisst Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013
… key periods of global history, including the Roman era, Medieval Europe, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, as well … law, for instance, usury is now accepted as a standard accompaniment to the modern market economy. Indeed, one of … Professor Geisst does not seem optimistic about the future of usury in the United States. Despite the success of …
Inside the National Veteran's Museum and Memorial - The NVMM's exhibits chronicle the stages of a veteran's experience.

The National Veterans Museum and Memorial

… and architect seem to have forgotten their potential audience. Inside, the museum distinguishes itself from a … experience. Chosen with the help of a veterans advisory committee from a pool of 250 potential candidates, the 25 … culture. To plan a visit, start with the museum’s excellent website . The entrance to the National Veterans Museum and …
Cartoon from Puck: The Bosses of the Senate

Buying American Elections?

… national politics as much as many fear? The answer is more complicated than you might think. Check out a lesson plan … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , produced by Origins: Current Events … Wiggins. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, …
From left to right, Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller in 2001.

Attorneys General Who Cry Wolf

… of immigrants were rounded up on vague suspicion of communist or anarchist sympathies. Ashcroft and his aides have indicated, commendably, that they want to avoid the civil liberties … Nov. 9, Ashcroft commented, “When terrorism threatens our future, we cannot afford to live in the past.” Ashcroft, for …
Dynamiters' train in Indianapolis.

Of Bill Gates, Casey Jones, and the Search for Heroes

… whole cloth. A hundred years later, letters to the editor commenting on the anti-trust suit against Microsoft suggest … first astronauts. The World War II generation honored the Audie Murphys and George Pattons because of their courage and … is a professor of African American history at San Diego State University. His most recent book is "Seeing Red: …
A group of children in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … intersection of culture and politics. In the past, I've studied the relationship between nationalism and ethnic group … Sokolsky. Song and band information can be be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, …

WikiLeaks, and the Past and Present of American Foreign Relations

… European, and Persian architectural styles, the complex embodied purposefully Egypt's place at the crossroads of the … officials promised not to punish him personally for future terrorist acts and recognized his domestic enemies as … was known of the man beyond the fact that he had visited a website associated with radical Islam—but his name was …
El 5 de julio por S. Davies, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

What’s Really At Stake in the Venezuelan Election

… will be no grounds for the United States to reject its outcome. Both U.S. presidential candidates have made … What’s at stake in this referendum is not only the future of Chavez, but the integrity of American foreign … of history and director of Latin American and Ethnic Studies at Lewis & Clark College. …

Tradition vs Charisma: The Sunni-Shi'i Divide in the Muslim World

… in the Islamic world and the reasons why they have become so explosive in Iraq, it is hardly surprising that … individuals accepted the authority of scripture as embodied in the Quran and the hadith , and recognized the … both Shi'I sects assert that their last Imam did not die, but disappeared into a kind of spiritual concealment to …

The Other Half of the African Sky: Women’s Struggles in Zimbabwe

… Mugabe has dominated Zimbabwean politics since 1980, having come to power on a wave of popular support developed during … lice-infested cells with their children strapped to their bodies. After describing the courageous acts of WOZA activists … the nation, longing for the award of dignity, and a bright future for our children." For his part, Obama recited an old …
The National Crest of Transnistria.

Transnistria: The History Behind the Russian-backed Region

… five to ten individuals planted 12 anti-tank mines at a telecommunications complex, destroying two large radio antennas. … on orders from Moscow. In all likelihood, the Russian soldiers themselves decided to intervene because they had … a frightening reminder that Moldova is Putin’s most likely future target. It will be up to the Transnistrians to decide …
Crowd with sign: "Black Caucus for Chisholm"

"Earn Your Spurs" (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 7)

… as president of the NCN,W the organization deepened its commitment to the Civil Rights Movement, with Height joining … joined John McCain on the 2008 Republican ticket, famously coined the line “what's the difference between a hockey mom … nominee of a major US political party? What does the future of women's political involvement look like? We'll …

Requiem: Detroit and the Fate of Urban America

… the phalanx of government programs that made our world comfortable: the labor laws that gave our fathers the … that in time we'd have similar, agreeable choices to make; futures to shape however we saw fit. We were remarkably … Race We knew about race, of course. Though we lived in a completely white neighborhood, there was no way to avoid …
Mary Mallon in a hospital bed in 1907.

Who Was Typhoid Mary?

… tested and found to be full of typhoid bacilli.  Mallon had committed no crime. She had been unaware of her carrier … public support for Mallon’s plight.  When a new health commissioner took office in 1910, he decided to release her … controversial. While other topics now occupy the headlines, future outbreaks of infectious disease are likely to once …
The Favorites of Emperor Honorius by John William Waterhouse depicts the emperor's court in the 5th century CE.

Financing Salvation in Late Antiquity

Review of The Ransom of the Soul: Afterlife and Wealth in Early Western Christianity, by Peter Brown (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2015.)
… of the living, and that the property of the church had come to be thought of as being held as a trust with which to … Western Christianity.  This, in my opinion, impedes his audience from considering the true centrality of the issues of … of The Ransom of the Soul will provide inspiration to future scholars and father a new vein of historiography in …