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… U.S. Power, Humanitarianism, and the World’s Dispossessed comes at a time that many observers of U.S. domestic … has had a murky, even “schizophrenic,” view of its commitment to the world’s dispossessed. Although the United … aid into what historians have identified as the “increasingly public, hierarchical, and institutionalized” …

… suffering a "bad case of footnote paranoia" (291).  While completing a last minute source review before sending her … having impersonated the son of Sir James Colquhoun and using the prestige this noble title carried to swindle a … calls the "Age of Liberty," Europeans writhed over the fallout of the French Revolution, peoples of the Americas …

… Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … for the presidency by one of the major parties and come November she may well be elected America's first female … to divide, you know, pretty evenly between the parties. But single women really vote heavily democratic.   Patrick …

… procedure — is counter-productive. It's impossible to completely humanize an execution. There's always suffering … insufficient doses of the first chemical, the anesthesia. Since the second chemical causes paralysis, attendants at … anesthetized or not. A prisoner could be unable to move and communicate but still be conscious during an agonizing …

… expands our list of enemies and defines any potential competitor as a mortal threat. The national insecurity state … As president, Eisenhower urged the nation to expect the communist enemy to be around for 20, 50 or 60 years. In … This seemed to justify a permanent national security state. Since the enemy would always loom beyond our borders, …

… too frequently heard, “if only you were white,” as a compliment to their skills, but also as a reality check that … him “one of the greatest pitchers of all time.”  The compliments were great, but they might as well have said, … Mark Ribowsky, A Complete History of the Negro Leagues. Kensington Publishing Corp. Larry Tye, Satchel Paige: The Life …

… After years of low unemployment , the initial economic fallout from the virus increased jobless claims in the … already been showing up in recent history. Millennials have come of age hearing they are the first generation in … infrastructure, nuclear war, and terrorist strikes to rising sea levels, decimation of fisheries, reduced arable …

… understand how India shaped and was shaped by the war, using military history, diplomacy, economics, and domestic … 1939 to over two million in 1945 (64). This process was accompanied by considerable growing pains. Indian troops … it could be made to produce wartime goods without unduly competing with Britain (89). Early in the war, India’s …

… licenses to gay couples represents an example of the often complex relationship between government officials and … and political trends. In his book Hoover’s War on Gays: Exposing the FBI’s “Sex Deviates” Program , Douglas M. Charles … president, and political considerations, like the potential fallout of a prominent official being openly identified as …

… across the United States owned their reservation lands as a community: families could settle, plant their crops, and own … colloquially known as the Dawes Act, upended this system of communal land ownership and, in doing so, struck a historic … the act’s architect, certainly thought so. Addressing a meeting of white progressive reformers at the Mohonk …

… is, on average, hotter and drier than in earlier decades. Since the mid-1980s these conditions have led to an increase … are offering time, money and supplies. Inter-agency communication is decidedly better. And the city owns a …

… the global war on terror is the central event of our time, comparable to the great struggles of the last century … generation to confront and defeat global terror. This has become Americas mission to defend the peace through the … Thus, for most Americans, the global war on terror has become a little like global warming; we sense dimly that we …

… the debate over what historians have called the failed, incomplete, and even the forgotten revolution has been revived … was “remarkably bloodless,” at least initially, as compared to other revolutionary regime changes that occurred … revolution stating “I don’t want it. . . I hate it like sin.” Gerwarth’s ability to put the November Revolution into …

… Yemen’s internationally recognized government is sitting comfortably in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 900 miles away from … or dispel warnings of impending mass starvation. The increasing amounts of humanitarian aid, calculated at more than … northern highlands have been united for centuries by common religious beliefs, tribal alliances, and a history of …

… and legacy. Women, on the other hand, struggled to comes to terms with their infertility in large part because … addressed in the medical literature correlated to ‘mortal sins’ like lust and gluttony. In one illuminating example … activity” would hinder conception. His views were not uncommon, either. Nicholas Culpeper in his 1651 A Directory …

… you do not discuss religion, sex, or politics in polite company. Sex to one side, in America’s Religious Wars, … lives, such as equality, freedom, limited government, community, dignity, and the distribution of resources. … issues, and we’ve been trying to square that circle ever since. Detail from the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. The …

… stretched to unprecedented limits, one of the most pressing questions in the presidential campaign will be the … of reservists and Guard troops for fear of the political fallout. Americans accustomed to the draft as a seemingly … a result, thousands of men openly defied draft laws and welcomed prosecution. And tens of thousands evaded the draft by …

… War to defend their position. Then and now they argue, the commander-in-chief during wartime has an obligation to place … his. Indeed, both presidents faced similar situations as commanders-in-chief during wartime. Lincoln, confronted with … were illegal on two counts: (1) “there was no war” since only Congress can declare war and had not done so; and …

… Brenna Miller  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … in which things turned ugly. So how does this election compare to past elections as far as personal tax and … create, of course, any of these tendencies, but by exposing them and even stirring them up, it's led to a …