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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.
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 …
People wearing masks

The Respirator and Cloth Mask

Germ theory helped to usher in the widespread use of cloth masks.
… 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.   …
Kosovo is located to the south of Serbia.

The Perils of Breaking Away

… in the next several months, Kosovo is going to receive international approval for its quest to become an independent … independence provided the impetus for creating a new international consensus for handling separatist conflicts. Today, the international community is supposed to respect existing states’ …
Hiroshima after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city.

Terrorism: A New Kind of War?

… strategy during the Cold War was designed to deter the Soviet Union from attacking the United States and its allies by … on New York City and Washington were committed by a transnational organization. But it is hard to imagine that such a … Global/Transnational …
Flag of the Republic of Venezuela (1930-2006)

An End to Interventionism in Venezuela

… money to the opposition through the U.S. taxpayer-funded National Endowment for Democracy. Chavez has accused his … Diplomacy/International Relations …
Hospital workers

Corona in context: Lessons from the SARS Pandemic of 2003

Soon after SARS was discovered, labs around the world shared information in search of a cure.
… 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.   … Global/Transnational … International Organizations …
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, … Diplomacy/International Relations …
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 …
Two women in masks in 1918

The 1918 Flu Pandemic

Estimates suggest that this flu claimed as many as 50 million lives around the world between 1918 and 1919.
… 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. … Global/Transnational …
An HIV AIDS patient in Mozambique

What HIV Teaches Us: The Need for Affordable Health Care

HIV and COVID-19 have both laid bare that stark racial disparities exist in population health and in access to quality medical care in the US.
… 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.       … Global/Transnational … International Organizations …