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Best in History Online: The Bowery Boys Podcast

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … of 1888. They also produced thematic programs exploring topics like New York’s television history, famous ghost … Boys Podcast also maintains a blog at boweryboyshistory.com , which serves as an additional resource for listeners, …
The BBC World Service podcast Witness brings listeners daily podcast shorts on key events in history, described first-hand by the individuals who lived through them.

Best in History Online: BBC's Witness Podcast

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … them. Each episode covers a single moment, person, or topic in history, using interviews and audio from the BBC … and war. The podcast is available on the BBC World Service website and on iTunes . Fans can also connect with Witness …
The flag of Ethiopia under the rule of the Derg, 1975-1987

Blind Aid: Lessons (Not Learned) from the Ethiopian Famine

… be thousands, hundreds [of] thousands of people who will die.” Vasset’s comments encapsulated the international response to the … the global conscience with his images of emaciated bodies, dying children, and throngs of desperate refugees …
fire at plant in Bhopal in background people lost in the fire

Remembering Bhopal: The World's Worst Industrial Disaster

… This presentation commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Disaster … in their homes nearby. It is estimated that 10,000 people died instantly, and survivor organizations estimate that … all this in details, and you can also go to our Bhopal website, and I'll give you that information to see more …
President Clinton and President-Elect Bush in December 2000.

Leadership and the New Bush Administration

… dimples, chads and absentee ballots has raised the ire of diehard partisans who will try to weaken the president by … otherwise, is a dynamic process that revolves around three complex elements — the leader, the followers and the … has varied and vast sources of power, which can be wielded in different ways to influence followers and the …
The view of Dresden and the Elbe River from the very top of the Frauenkirche.

A Postcard from Dresden, Germany: Living in the Shadow of World War II

… The view of Dresden and the Elbe River from the very top of the Frauenkirche. This beautiful city is located in … or “Old Town,” is relatively new. This area had to be completely rebuilt after its destruction during  World War … it is estimated that anywhere from 18,000 to 25,000 people died during this attack. The Fürstenzug, or Procession of …

America's Long-Suffering Mental Health System

… wake of a mass shooting such as the one in Parkland, FL, commentators, pundits, and politicians all gather around to … ill. Darren Rainey, who suffered from schizophrenia, died in 2012 from burns to over ninety percent of his body … oldest continuously operated hospitals on the West Coast ( top left ). Oregon State Hospital was both the setting for …
American Flag with 15 stars

Best in History Online: The Washington Post's "Made By History"

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … who hold diverse perspectives and differing viewpoints on topics ranging from the history of democracy and free … the section is to show what historians do. The page aims to combat the tendency to use history as "a tool to advance …
U.S. National Archives building

New Laws Needed to Stop Bullying of National Archives

… often waited for controversies surrounding a President to die down before opening contentious documents. A federal … blocked documents while he was alive. Two years after Nixon died in 1994, Archives’ officials finally released the … honorably may struggle with his past. Governance is complex and politics messy. Laws demand disclosure of what …
Isaac W. Williams (front) in a file photo from the 1960s.

Still Fighting the Civil War in South Carolina

… "has nothing to do with slavery."  He proposes that it is a commemoration of South Carolinians who "stood up for their … Americans in Charleston also built a cemetery for Union soldiers who had died as prisoners of war, and they came by the … the original statue was replaced by a second, which stood atop an enormous column, it continued to be vandalized.    …
School Lunch Politics: The Surprising History of America's Favorite Welfare Program, by Susan Levine Book Cover

Playing Politics with Our Children's Health

Review of School Lunch Politics: The Surprising History of America's Favorite Welfare Program, by Susan Levine (Princeton University Press, 2008)
… The result, according to Goldstein: "I think the healthy diet is in jeopardy." In this context, historian Susan … early twentieth century to the present, highlighting the complex interaction of politics, economics, nutrition, and … designed to feed hungry children while also improving the diets of middle- and upper-class children. Part of …
Women from Guadalupe photographed at Ellis Island on their way to Montreal to take on domestic positions, April 6th , 1911.

Black Canadians and Pandemics

… It is possible that in choosing to volunteer in the Black community, Francis was aware of its marginalization. Being … Evening News headline for October 26, 1918 in Halifax. Studies of pandemics have repeatedly illustrated the … his certification before returning to the Caribbean. If he stopped in Sydney, he would have met Caribbean migrant …

Another Silent Spring

… future when “some evil spell” had settled on our communities, when “mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep … it has become a truly deafening silence, the kind that stops all rational thought. Speaking of irrationality, some …
Cover of A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty by Kirsten McKenzie.

What's in a Name?

Review of A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty , by Kirsten McKenzie (Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2010)
… suffering a "bad case of footnote paranoia" (291).  While completing a last minute source review before sending her … The swindler—now called John Dow—was exiled to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) for his crime.  But before his ship … as by provisioning the imperial armed forces of the West Indies.  As the century wore on, the Lascelles shifted their …

Policing the Police: A Civil Rights Story

… hallways. Teachers gave lessons to help young students comprehend an American past with racial segregation, and how … movement —how it extends beyond the brief period she studied in elementary school, into both the past and the … to the states respectively, or to the people.” In actually wielding these un-enumerated powers, state governments drew …
a corpse rising from the grave

Revenants, Vampires, and Ghosts, Oh My! European Folklore and the Supernatural

… sometimes glitteringly attractive, creatures come from? While not an exact replica, the myths and legends of revenants, ghosts, and vampires of the late medieval and early modern periods present amazing parallels to … them a “flushed” appearance The revenant could only be stopped with proper disposal methods, including staking, …
Tank in Syria

The Syrian Civil War: Alawites, Women's Rights, and the Arab Spring

… Leticia Wiggins   Welcome to History Talk produced by Origins , a project of the … Fate of Syria," which can be found on the origins osu.edu website. Thanks for joining us, Ayse. Ayse … involvement." What do we mean by that? If we mean, soldiers on foot, Patrick Scharfe  Ground forces. Ayse …
Haze obscuring image of rooftops in China

The Greening of China?

… great paradox. With its fast-growing economy, China has become the leading producer of CO2 (though not on a per-capita basis). Simultaneously, it has become the world's leading producer of green and renewable … environment, and what global role China might play in the coming years in confronting climate change. ( Image Source ) …
Cartoon by Ali Delim in honor of 20th anniversary of Said Mekbel’s killing. The cartoon reads: “Said Mekbel in Heaven for journalists. Here it is not the quills that are missing.” (Cartoon used with permission)

1/30/2015: The Dangers of Being a Humorist: Charlie Hebdo Is Not Alone

… cartoonists’ drawings that they decided to take up arms to stop the satire. What many analysts have missed, however, is … have been levelling their ire with deadly consequences at comedians whose work they have deemed to be blasphemous or … was kidnapped and murdered in September 1995, while Dorbane died when a bomb that militants had placed near the offices …
American Jewish Loss after the Holocaust, by Laura Levitt Book Cover

American Jewish Loss after the Holocaust

Review of American Jewish Loss after the Holocaust, by Laura Levitt (New York: New York University Press, 2007)
… to describe the legacy of loss. Although the Holocaust has come to be widely commemorated in the United States, and … the tale of her father's mysterious birth mother, who died tragically when he was very young. Levitt had not known … she sees these individuals for how they lived, not how they died. Suddenly, she catches herself. She remembers her …
McCain formally announces his candidacy for president in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 2007.

Why McCain and His Running Mate Demand Special Scrutiny

… had better think again. Of the eight presidents who have died in office, four were killed by assassins. Youth and a … mates of even young and vigorous presidents should be completely qualified to take over all presidential duties in … then World War II — that it's hard to believe that when he died in office of a cerebral hemorrhage he was only 63.   …

A Pact with the Devil? The United States and the Fate of Modern Haiti

… dying lay beneath the rubble and remains of their homes and communities, American televangelist Pat Robertson stated … Boukman's revolt quickly blossomed into the largest, bloodiest slave uprising in history. By the end of September, … conflicts, in 1802, the French captured Louverture who died in 1803 while in French custody. Naturally, the French …
a woman at a witch trial. she is wearing white and has her arms up in air with lightening bolts coming out of them. A judge, lawyer and an audience of people look on.

What was Wrong with the Judges at the Salem Witch Trials?

… Speaker's Note: Matt Goldish would like to add a more complete response to one of the questions asked him after … Nicholas Breyfogle:   Hello and welcome to “What was wrong with the judges at the Salem Witch … Jewish-Christian intellectual relations and Sephardic studies. Matt has a B.A. from the University of California Los …
Earth covered in trees and water

"Pale Blue Dot": History of Our Environment

… boys, River and Blue. Folks, you can unveil yourselves and come on to the screen if you'd like. Welcome thank you for … we'd want to think about and some of them may be in the audience today are young people, especially associated with … this will be my last comment on this, is to go check out a website, and we'll send out a link in a second, I'll see if …