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US Marines fight rebellious Boxers outside Beijing Legation Quarter, 1900 – copy of painting by Sergeant John Clymer

The Boxer Rebellion

… a particularly painful episode in what contemporary Chinese nationalists referred to as the broader  “century of … on for another decade before being overthrown by the Nationalists (Guomindang) in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution.  In … of North Carolina Press, 2001. Wang, Zheng.  Never Forget National Humiliation: Historical Memory in Chinese Politics …
Employees operating a testing center at the Walmart Supercenter in Elizabethville, PA, August, 2020.

Licenses to Ill: Health Passes and Surveillance

… an updated health passport may soon be required at international airports , workplaces, nursing homes , and other … Italy. Passports appeared alongside the emergence of national borders. While today we tend to think of it as a … checkpoints, confirmations, and valuations. A Hawaii National Guardsman screens departing passengers at the …
A portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

… Ronald Reagan signed the bill making his birthday a national holiday, the American prophet of nonviolence had … Obama and his family tour the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C. shortly before its …
President Biden, standing in front of a blue flag with an eagle emblem

First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Insights from History

… the Iraq War and is a frequent commentator in the media on national security affairs. R. Joseph Parrott is assistant … interested in the intersection f foreign policy, race, transnational activism, and domestic politics. One side of his … in the intersection of foreign policy, race, transnational activism, and domestic politics. One side of his …
President George W. Bush delivers his remarks on the global war on terror during a visit Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006, to Atlanta

War and “The Law of Unintended Consequences”

… would undermine rather than strengthen America’s international image. The admirable struggle in 1991 to defend … terrible disasters of Sept. 11. In the long run this international trust can prove more important than military … If the president’s actions unexpectedly destroy the international mood of good will toward America, the United States …

Original Origins

… Keeping the Peace: The U.N., Canada and the Quest for International Security   [PDF] The Many Faces of Islamic … A Profile of Egypt   (revised 2023) [PDF] American Internationalism in the Twentieth Century: The Search For a "New … Deficit and Canada's Public Sector [PDF] American Internationalism in hte Twentieth Century: The Search For a "New …
The Pride Flag being hoisted onto the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.

Hatred Aimed at Gays Hurts All

… hate-inspired murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998 garnered national attention, too many other offenses go largely … of the person’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity … bisexuals and transgender individuals. According to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, “Studies and surveys …
Group of women marching with signs: "GWU Women's Liberation," "I'm a second-class citizen," "Women demand equality"

A Slut from East Toledo (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 5)

… Amendment, Black women developed organizations like the National Council of Negro women. The NCNW was formed in 1935 … of the EEOC, quit in protest and Betty Friedan founded the National Organization of Women. NOW applied pressure to the … in all kinds of areas of public life. Sarah Paxton Like the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and the …
Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Election 2020: Insights from History

… elections. And so if you think about it, just at the national level, Clinton wins in a three way race and '92. … or modern elections in general, when we think about the national level has been the effort to suppress the vote. And … about a 6 million vote difference in the kind of overall national vote, at least as of today, depending on how the …
The hazards of an enclosed work environment – a typist with cloth mask during the influenza pandemic in 1918.

The Respirator and Cloth Mask

… member of the US Navy wearing an N95 respirator (left) . A National Guardsman sews a cloth face mask.  (right) . The … in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, … in this content do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. … James Esposito … …
Cover of Health, Healing and Illness in African History by Rebekah Lee.

Africa's Medical History Revealed

Review of Health, Healing and Illness in African History, by Rebekah Lee (London: Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2021)
… communities, traditional healers, healthcare workers, and national and international health organizations understood and managed these … in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, …

The Real Marriage Revolution

… intolerance toward same-sex relationships. In 2002, an international poll found that 42 percent of Americans believed … the past—were based upon the idea that marriage required a union between individuals who played very different … between husbands and wives. Marriage was redefined as a union of two people whose love was based on the fact that …
Carter’s “Crisis of Confidence” Speech.

How Carter’s “Crisis of Confidence” Speech Still Matters

… years ago, on July 15, 1979, President Jimmy Carter went on national television to give a jolting speech. Billed as an … that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will," he asserted. Today, we should listen to his …
An allotment delegation approaches the Nez Perce

The Dawes Act

The 1887 passage of the Dawes Act upended this system of communal land ownership and, in doing so, struck a historic blow at Native Americans’ political rights, economic sufficiency, and cultural heritage.
Poinsette

The Story of Poinsettia Day and U.S.-Mexico Relations

In the late 1820s, Joel Roberts Poinsett introduced the poinsettia plant to Americans, who marveled at its foliage.
… y Caribeña (Dec. 2015) Torcuato S. Di Tella, National Popular Politics in Early Independent Mexico, … Regele … United States … Mexico … Diplomacy/International Relations … U.S. Politics … South & Central America …
Detail from the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.

Common Good and Common Evil in American Religion

Review of America’s Religious Wars: The Embattled Heart of Our Public Life, by Kathleen M. Sands (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2019)
… on visions, solutions, and resolutions, for the future of national life. Through the three sections of her book, Sands …
Book Cover of The Great War and the Origins of Humanitarianism, 1918–1924 By: Bruno Cabanes

10/13/2014: Hot off the Presses: War and Humanitarianism

… Jebb from Britain - understood that a new type of transnational organization was needed to face problems that respected no national boundaries or rivalries. Bruno Cabanes, a pioneer … website .]  … Connecting History … Europe … Global/Transnational … World War I / WWI … International Organizations … …
Top view of engineer at desk with laptop, hardhat, and blueprints

Origins interviews the American Society of Civil Engineers

…   So to start off, your organization, the ASCE produces a national report card every four years. Can you briefly … The concept for that actually started in 1988 with the National Council on Public Works Improvement, they issued a …