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… activities, ensure that it doesn’t develop nuclear weapons, and thereby mitigate one of the most pressing international … of historically tense U.S.-Iranian relations was overcome and the nearly impossible realized in the form of the … diplomatic achievement fell victim to the regressive and reactionary foreign policies of the Trump presidency. …

… The end of the Roman empire is punctuated by important and well-known events: Alaric's sack of Rome in 410, which … end to the institution of the imperial office in the west; and the attacks of Attila the Hun, which terrorized the … the book begins its return to the east through Spain, Africa and Egypt. His final stop within the Roman world is …

… Russian police foiled an assassination attempt on Tsar Alexander III.  Three young members of the self-proclaimed … mark the sixth anniversary of the assassination of Tsar Alexander II by tossing bombs into the carriage of his … and Kamenev, taught a Party School for Bolsheviks in the south of Paris.  Then, in the summer of 1912, when an …

… fires of a democratic revolution to overturn monarchy and imperial control. Yet many American leaders and citizens … period of anti-colonial revolutions across Central and South America. One element at work here that's important to … fear from North Korea, be more fearful of North Korea than South Koreans? That's an interesting opening question that …

… During this presidential campaign, Barack Obama and John McCain have each spent a great deal of time talking about their dreams for the 21st century. And they have worked to persuade voters that the policies … at play in 1968 but the central one was foreign policy in Southeast Asia, and Richard Nixon was the narrow winner over …

… Caroline B. Shelton of Oregon for a weekend in 1909, and later New Mexico Secretary of State Soledad Chávez de … elected two women governors—Nellie Tayloe Ross in Wyoming and Miriam Amanda Ferguson in Texas. Each state claims …    Jefferson Walker, “Public Servant and Southern Lady: Public and Private Tensions in Lurleen …

… The Caucasus Mountains are one of history’s great transition and contact regions, crossroads of a dizzying array of civilizations, cultures, and belief systems. In the Late Antique and medieval eras, … the seventeenth century by Hindus—presumably merchants from South Asia—as a site for the worship of the god Shiva. …

… United States, the turmoil of ’68 probably compares to 1861 and 1919. There was an A-list of nearly monthly events, from the Tet Offensive for January and February to the triumph of Richard Nixon in November’s … of the establishment order. With the great exception of African American activism, the forces of change in the …

… Equal Rights Amendment. Today, we turn to Phyllis Schlafly and her fellow conservative women who saw what feminists' … sexist discrimination as privileges that they had earned and refused to relinquish.  … Mom and Apple Pie (Prologued, … Tom,” a reference to an Uncle Tom, a derogatory term for an African American seen as subservient to whites. But …

… away from the machine when I heard some Greek expletives and saw a commotion in front of me. The ATM ran out of … several hours scouring the city, but every bank was closed and every ATM was empty. A line at the National Bank of … when Britain and France employed a blockade of grain into southern Greece. When Greece did enter the war on the side …

… When our group of sixteen historians and geographers arrived on the banks of Russia’s Kama River … region, we followed a venerable tradition of Urals travel and exploration. Naturalist Johann Gmelin (1709-55) was so … in the ground as is this copper-rich former hill on its southern slope. Copper crater, seen from atop the High …

… excessive pesticide use ravaged birds, annihilated bees, and sickened the town’s inhabitants. Carson revealed to … suspected carcinogens, indiscriminately killed insects and plants, while also accumulating in water , soil, and the … Toxic Drift: Pesticides and Health in the Post-World War II South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2005.  …

… was developed, which produced the world's first poetry and prose and led, eventually, to the development of the Greek … cannot be quantified as objects can. Now, especially in the south, looting is well-organized. Gangs of hundreds of men …

… which advances in science, industrialization, urbanization, and novel ideas about human expression took hold. It also … connections, performed on the piano to an admiring public, and published several compositions. Among these were his … Carol A. Hess.  “The Symphony in Latin America.” Part 1 (South America), part 2 (Mexico, Central America, the …

… On the Season 1 Finale of Prologued, we look back and what we have learned over the last seven weeks and forward to what this means for the future of women in … of women's history who recently joined the University of Southern California's history department. And she found that …

… are beginning to give greater attention to this problem and, at times, to stand against misogynistic violence in all its forms. … interesting case in 1977 in Oakland, California, where four African American women brought one of these lawsuits against …

… For millennia, dams have played a central role in human life and natural systems.  They have served myriad uses for … from collecting water for irrigation, drinking, bathing, and leisure, to mitigating flooding, milling grain, stocking … and Xilodu dams, and the Itaipu and Belo Monte dams in South America). 8. Under Construction: Belo Monte Dam in …

… In my November 2011,  Origins  article,  Energy Policy and the Long Transition in America , I concluded that … the economics of alternative sources, sustainable fuels, and clean energy will hinge on the price of coal and … a large wind farm in Baja is supplying electricity to Southern California) or Australia (a nation not known for …

… On February 15, 2014, NFL star Ray Rice and Janay Palmer, who were then engaged, were both arrested … In late July 2014, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell also handed Rice a two game suspension. Many felt that the … with domestic matters focused on poor, immigrant, or African American households. They blamed individual failings …

… the Second World War often include indelible scenes, moods, and sounds. As we move further and further away from the actual events of the war, movies … a French-Algerian filmmaker, tells the story of North African colonial troops, the discrimination they faced, and …

… is often rooted in romanticized notions of ancient Greece and Rome, which alt-right groups have appropriated and promoted in recent propaganda. Why and how do … fascination with, especially Sparta, but also the American South, post reconstruction, sort of like the daughters and …

… more than 80 million forcibly displaced people in the world and another 260-plus million international migrants, humans … today seem to be on the move. Debates over immigration and refugee policy in the U.S., Europe, and across the world … rhetoric, you know, there'd be people who were very recent South Asian immigrants, or very recent Arab immigrants, who …