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… educational documentary about water affordability in Ohio. The film aims to amplify the voices of those who work toward … with water affordability in other places. This project was made possible by the support of the School of … time can be a considerable burden. But what do people mean when they talk about water being affordable? The answer is …

… socialist fellow travelers. The two-year struggle of 1905 was the product of an autocratic state which failed to … that Bolsheviks saw “ civil war as the path to triumph .” Lenin returned to Russia in April, and in October, the … wove violence into the fabric of politics and stood unified when other socialist camps fragmented. Engelstein provides a …

… Over the last two decades, the Catholic Church has been buffeted by a series of sexual … Henry and Eric Michael Rhodes speak with two experts on the Church  — Professors Wietse de Boer  and Alexander … could no longer count on the same degree of impunity, when things like this happen. And so families that in the …

… The Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq , centered in the central … Sunni stronghold and the former hometown of Saddam Hussein. When ISIS forces drove through villages surrounding Kirkuk, … Caliphs were chosen by a consensus of the community. This was not a democracy; it was instead a participatory …

… On July 1, 2017, as a crowd gathered to celebrate Canada’s 150 th birthday on Parliament … made this action a reoccupation of a traditional homeland. When the tepee went up the police had attempted to remove … means. We must move beyond the false notion that Canada was founded by the French and the English, recognizing that …

… study of a family’s story of survival through the Native American boarding school system. Although this project was in a part an academic exercise, it was also an effort to reclaim pieces of a family’s … And this is a point in our history, about the mid 1800s, when the United States government decided that it would be …

… Over the last year, we have come to know a good deal about Umar … now to the world as "The Underpants Bomber." Luckily, he was an amateur. The only one he hurt was himself. The more … The concept gained even more persuasive power in the 1960s, when a generation of young people who had enjoyed …

… 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 rural … So our first question, Clay, we'd like to direct to you. When we think of rural versus urban, we tend to think of …

… If Sonia Sotomayer, President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, joins the court she will turn its five … Perhaps the time has come to ask them to recuse themselves when cases come before their court on which their church has taken positions binding on its communicants.   There was little concern about religious affiliation when all the …

… The region of western Ukraine makes up just a small … 20 th century struggles for control of eastern Europe.  It was here that the collapsing Habsburg and Romanov empires … the 20 th century. In the 19 th and early 20 th centuries, when Ukrainians from this region were attempting to build a …

… Tanenbaum , Origins editor Steven Conn , and Tamara Mann as they discuss the contentious history of healthcare policy in the United … pejoratively and positively as "Obamacare." Is the label "socialist" a kiss of death? Does the ACA move away from the …

… 5, bonfires blaze across Britain as fireworks light the sky and effigies burn. The celebration commemorates an event from 1605, when authorities discovered Guido “Guy” Fawkes (1570-1606) … and possessed crucial expertise in explosives. Their plan was bold: they would rent a cellar beneath the House of …

… to respond to the Chernobyl disaster . The tragedy began when Reactor #4 at the V.I. Lenin Atomic Energy Station exploded during a safety test in … acted with recklessness, continuing the test even when it was clear that serious issues had developed. The fifth …

… The United States was a nation forged in the ideological fires of a democratic revolution to overturn … the history of U.S. foreign relations appear differently when viewed through the lens of ideology? In short, how has … does the history of US foreign relations appear differently when viewed through the lens of ideology? In short, how has …

… The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been described as a “a … World War II. It is an attack that is sure to restructure the international order along with the lives of all Ukrainian citizens. Our panelists assist us … The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: A Roundtable Discussion …

… The Clinton administration is poised to begin a war with … a CIA-crafted Cuban-exile invasion of Castro’s Cuba. When John Kennedy came to office, with the exiles still … Their trainers encouraged that belief, and even top-level Washington planners assumed that if the exiles faced defeat, …

… In 1990, the landmark release of Nelson Mandela from prison began the … the home squad provided just the opportunity he was hoping for. South Africa's "Springboks" defeated the … reconciliation in South Africa—most stunningly symbolized when Mandela appeared at the final match wearing a …

… Are we barging into another Cold War–this time with China? Great powers, like male … your dog isn’t the top dog. But it’s a bad idea, especially when you’re dealing with great nations, not pooches. At the … countries’ domestic affairs. When the American republic was young, we assumed that simply the example of our …

… four gold medals in front of Adolf Hitler in 1936 Berlin. The 1942 Dynamo Kyiv soccer team which went on to defeat … die.” Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising gloved hands in the Black Power salute in 1968. Gay rights and Vladimir Putin’s Russia at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. The role of sport in dismantling …