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College Green, Ohio University, 1973.

Our Gilded Bronze Age of Higher Education

… dining services, and athletic facilities . Public favor for the some 3,300 degree-granting, non-profit colleges and … universities to yield an annual, independent source of income. Endowment size has served as a proxy for academic … Elected officials nationwide are thus scoring political points by denigrating the crown jewels of American higher …
Lydia Walker

Postwar Decolonization and its Discontents

… a recognized international norm, yet it only extended to former colonies. Groups within postcolonial states that made … awaiting recognition. The book is available Open Access for free download on the Cambridge website .  The Moderator … Professor of History and Director, Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching at The Ohio State University. …
Artist representation of data security and privacy. Large eye peeks through an open window.

These Machines Know Too Damn Much

… scare you. The part where, like other privacy scholars, I inform or at least remind you, with a sweep of bleak Orwellian … narrative says technology is to blame—that after mainframe computers burst onto the scene in the middle of the … starting to become a commodity. Modern consumers want the latest tech, but they’re also concerned about how their data …
Illustration of global public health by Giovanni Maki, 2004.

The WHO and International Public Health

… could be reached—this meeting laid an important foundation for future international cooperation.  Subsequent … epidemiological data on infectious diseases, and offer recommendations on sanitation. The OIPH would later become a … the year.  And, of course, in 2020,  COVID-19  became the latest PHEIC. While the response to the COVID-19 pandemic …
A promotional still from the 1951 Broadway production of The King and I

Top Ten Origins: Historical Musicals

… Musicals are the quintessential American dramatic art form, combining spoken dialogue with music, song, and dance. … Jackson administration’s expulsion of Native Americans. 10. Newsies (2012) Young children picking up their newspapers to …

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

… Three days before Americans gathered around their tables to carve their … Mugabe has dominated Zimbabwean politics since 1980, having come to power on a wave of popular support developed during … The Political Ends of Human Rights Awards WOZA's second visit to Washington in November 2009 was more than just …

The Summer of ’10: Federal Power, Local Autonomy, and the Struggle over Immigration Policy

… that the intent of this act is to make attrition through enforcement the public policy of all state and local … Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund and others had already commenced litigation. As summarized by the United States in … of the current undocumented population; 2) expanded but not unlimited opportunities for future, lawful immigration, both …

Las raíces del estado de fallido venezolano

… y Buicks y la clase alta famosamente se lanzaba de compras a Miami donde eran conocidos como los del “dame dos.” En términos políticos, el país era … y desarrollo y pueden desestabilizar los regímenes al reforzar los intereses petroleros y debilitar la capacidad …

From Karl Marx to Karl Rove: “Class Warfare” in American Politics

… Class is back. Whatever its other accomplishments, the Occupy Wall Street movement that sprouted … to talk about President Obama's plans to raise tax rates for wealthy Americans. They frequently use it as an … to George W. Bush and now political commentator for Fox News and the Wall Street Journal , Rove is renowned for his …

How Public and Private Enterprise Have Built American Infrastructure

… expenditures dropped precipitously and remained low for several decades. Even though the nation’s population … ongoing capital campaign. Workers survey the damage after a commuter train crashed into a passenger car near Valhalla, … ATC system and to improve airports. Installation of the latest technology has made the airlines safer and more …