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William Calley Jr. mugshot for charges involving the My Lai massacre.

Was William Calley a Scapegoat?

… After 40 years, 2nd Lt. William Calley is back in the news. For many years now the … who has been assigned blame for another’s actions. Calley committed murder at My Lai and ordered his men to do the … the massacre? There is a simple answer: a morally competent officer willing to tell his superiors that Army intelligence …

What We Talk About When We Talk About Confederate Monuments

… the violence had already begun. But the worst was yet to come. Saturday’s rally was scheduled to start at noon, but … counter-protesters who had formed a line to block off access. Protesters charged the line. Counter-protesters fought back. By 11:30, both the city of Charlottesville and Albemarle County …
Students in Mexico protest the PRI in 1968 with a sign that reads "Mexico '68: The Year of Repression."

Counterinsurgency and Drugs in Cold War Thailand and Mexico (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 5)

… Prologued … James Bradford The United States essentially becomes one of the major contributors to Afghanistan's … Drugs becomes a way—it’s not that widespread in the 20s and 30s. It’s not going to be the type of huge militarized drug … of the Global War on Drugs. Alexander Aviña But Mexican officials are also really clever in how to to use what they …
Moskvitch 3 vehicles roll off the assembly line at JSC Moscow Automobile Plant Moskvitch, 2022.

Sanctions on Russia: Impact and Efficacy

… damaging sanctions against the Russian state, its companies, and its citizens. The sanctions were intended to … In another instance, the engines of Bombardier light off-road vehicles were found in the Iranian Shahed drones … a defunct Soviet brand that produced vehicles from 1930 to 2002, is steeped in nostalgia for the Soviet Union.  …

Currency Wars, or Why You Should Care About the Global Struggle Over the Value of Money

… that these and other countries were entering into a competitive spiral of devaluations in an effort to export … in the Czech Republic and Slovakia ] Similarly, in the 1930s, many countries, in Europe and elsewhere, found … contained. Trade in East Asia was fueled in part by silver coins from Mexico. Prior to the Meiji Restoration of 1868 in …

Syria's Islamic Movement and the 2011-12 Uprising

… population walked out of the Istanbul meeting as well, complaining that the SNC had no intention of setting up a … of the Islamist Movement Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, a variety of nationalist movements struggled against … the livelihoods of the small-scale manufacturers and shopkeepers who had long backed the Muslim Brotherhood. …
Image of Shirley Chishorm, Hillary Clinton, Condaleeza Rice, and Kamala Harris

The New Normal (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 8)

… Last time, we ended our discussion of women in public office with an important question. As women's participation … my guests are historians. We look back and study what has come before and  this …this is a decidedly forward looking … Ashland university, that I believe Hillary Clinton's loss will be the change that has put more women into office than …

"Y'En A Marre!" (We're Fed Up!): Senegal in the Season of Discontent

… of the senate takes charge but must hold elections within 30 days. The second amendment would lower the requirement … starting. [Y'En A Marre] want change and their patience has come to an end. Prices are too high, the power fails all the … the building of new luxury hotels, high-end retail shops, and monumental architecture like the African …
Sign that reads, "You are either affected or infected with HIV/AIDS."

HIV/AIDS: Past, Present and Future

… Eric Michael Rhodes   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together … different diseases which normally our immune system fights off. These include a special form of pneumonia called … Since then, you know, I think there are about more than 30 different antiviral drugs that have been approved. These …
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?

… based on visions of apparitions and "touch tests.” Goldish offers some unexpected answers. Speaker's Note: Matt Goldish would like to add a more complete response to one of the questions asked him after … more typical. For example, I had a fight with Bridget Bishop because she was the first accused, wished to be hanged. …
George Holliday's footage of Rodney King being beaten by police in 1991

The 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion: “No Justice, No Peace”

… evidence of the LAPD’s excessive use of force and confirmed complaints of police brutality made by black and Latino … Fire fighters attempt to put out the burning La Mancha shopping center, 1992. (Photo by Gary Leonard, Los Angeles … police. Mired in controversy, chief Gates resigned on June 30, 1992. The Board of Police Commissioners appointed Willie …

Interracial Marriage in "Post-Racial" America

… fight racial prejudice through a celebration of multiracial community. The event takes its name from the 1967 Supreme … the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth,” they were offered one year imprisonment or a suspended sentence if … precedent set in the case Pace v. Alabama   (1883), but 300 years of legal code.   A chart depicting American …
A map of the US night sky, showing points of population density

Fault Lines: The Urban-Rural Divide in America

… urban and rural areas seem more distant than ever. Pitted against one another on a range of economic, political and social issues, many attributed the outcome of the 2016 election to the frustrations of just 15% of … end of the bypass. And now that's everywhere everybody's shopping. But of course, Walmart, built that empire on …
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 … Earth Day is, and its history. So what I'd like to start off with is the question, so what is Earth? What is its … independent thing out there, a farm, dry cleaner, a paint shop, we don't have that under control. And that's where …

Russia, America, and the Conspiratorial Worldview

… to undermine the attempt to build socialism. Soviet officials and propagandists stressed that the hidden hands … War I and after the 1917 Revolution and to signal their commitment to the new Bolshevik cause.   Mikhail, the elder … employed this theme more frequently than any other in the 1930s and it might have saved his life during the Stalinist …
Tanks and soldiers in parade in Pyongyang

North Korea: The Myth of a Hermit Kingdom

… Jessica Blissit   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … Korean defectors all around the world. There's probably 30,000 more than 30,000 in South Korea. So it's always the … on their way to school and he also had some images of pawn shops in Pyongyang, which is really new and stuff like that. …
Thomas Sankara

Politics, Cinema, and Liberation in Burkina Faso

… Captain Thomas Sankara led a coalition of radical military officers, communist activists, labor leaders, and militant students to … decolonization and the dawning of neoliberal capitalism. He will uncover one of the revolution’s most enduring and … on 22 September 1984, the CNR decreed men had to do all the shopping and tasks usually consigned to women, in what it …
Three 10th Mountain Division Ski troopers above Camp Hale in the Pando Valley, Colorado in February, 1944.

Skis, Samba, and Smoking Snakes: An Unlikely World War II Partnership

What happened when glacier-goggled American ski troops and samba-loving Brazilian soldiers fought side-by-side halfway across the world?
… in a stalemate with Axis troops north of Rome. With a commanding view of the narrow approach to the Po River … from several crucial peaks preparatory to the final spring offensive in Italy. The rest of the story is well-known. … to the two-week detail happened to be over six feet tall, good-looking, and heavily decorated for their service in …

The Roots of Venezuela's Failing State

… and Buicks, and the free-spending upper class jetted off on shopping sprees to Miami, where they were known as “ dame … spare parts for medical equipment , infant mortality rose 30 percent, maternal mortality 65 percent, and malaria 76 … in 2016. Diphtheria, once thought eradicated, has made a comeback . By some estimates, 2.5 million people have left …

Making Sense of the 'Hermit Kingdom': North Korea in the Nuclear Age

… might. This fall, much to the consternation of American officials, North Korea threatened to restart its nuclear … significant opposition, the Bush administration quickly complied with the terror-list demand (in return for certain … "Today," began one official radio broadcast in 1996, "I will introduce you to tasty and healthy ways to eat wild …

Erdoğan’s Presidential Dreams, Turkey’s Constitutional Politics

… of the Turkish Republic since its founding in 1923: the uncompromising secularism of the first Turkish president, … oppositional journalists, bureaucrats, and military officers on politicized charges. Even among intellectuals of … power to his prime minister, İsmet İnönü, and by the 1930s he often found himself “bored to tears” for lack of …

(Fore)Closing on the American Dream

… my joyful parents called to let me know that they had paid off the mortgage on the home they had owned since the late … lucky. Their ability to afford their monthly payments was compromised first by the falling market, then by mortgages … entire principal. Consequently, in the period before the 1930s, the prevailing form of mortgages was the adjustable …
1864 depiction of the Fort Pillow Massacre in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper

Ten Moments of White Supremacist Violence in U.S. History

… Battle of Fort Pillow in Tennessee, Confederates under the command of General Nathan Bedford Forrest fulfilled this order when they slaughtered an estimated 300 surrendering black soldiers, some even as they lay … late to stop the violence and although the mayor lost his office, no one faced charges for the massacre. The attackers …