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A COVID-19 anti-lockdown protestor in Vancouver, Canada, May 2020

Going Viral: COVID Conspiracies in Historical Perspective

… at the tail end of the First World War —a little-known history that can shed light on some of the causes and … Endowment for the Humanities. … Cameron Givens … Connecting History … Pandemics & COVID-19 … United States … Public …
Former President Jimmy Carter

Putting Ex-Presidents Back to Work

… the most productive presidential partnership in American history. He wrote a short note to Herbert Hoover in 1945 … in the Twentieth Century" (1997). … Timothy Walch … History News Service … United States … U.S. Politics … …
the monument of the Soviet army in Sofia, completed in 1954

11/4/2014: Empty Fountains: Communist-Era Monuments Revisited

… red-and-white Polish symbols for Katyn; and the “hands off  Crimea ” sign after the Russian occupation of the area . … hill. The site now also hosts a welcome center, a natural history museum, a medieval fortress, a restaurant, and … of their urban space. … Theodora Dragostinova … Connecting History … Europe … Bulgaria … Former Soviet Union … Soviet …
Republican Party Logo.

Republicans Should Look Back to the Future

… you would not hear of that party again in our political history.”   Eisenhower also rejected the laissez-faire … and modern Republicanism. … Robert Brent Toplin … History News Service … United States … U.S. Politics … …
President George Bush signing deregulation papers with gas company employees looking on

Texas, Enron, and Energy Monopolies

… pursue their own self-interests. … Gavin Benke … Connecting History … United States … Energy … Economics/Business/Trade …
A military reservist, called to service in the wake of the disaster, involved in the decontamination process.

Chernobyl and the Cost of Lies

… these lies in graphic detail, drawing stories from the oral history Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich (2015 … will catch up with you. … David P. Hadley … Connecting History … Europe … Ukraine … Soviet Union … Energy … Nuclear …
Liu Bang, or Emperor Gaozu of Han

Liu Bang, from Peasant Rebel to Emperor

… most far-sighted and influential political figures in the history of mankind,” wrote the British historian Arnold … “surface disturbances, crests of foam that the tides of history carry on their strong backs.” Liu-Bang , or Emperor … upbringings, the two men had much in common: both scorned books, learning and historical precedent, and both were …
A group of Kyiv civilians gather in a basement downtown to make Molotov Cocktails to be used against Russian troops in Kyiv, Ukraine, 2022.

Ukraine in War and Revolution

… of war and revolution not only shows us that Putin gets his history backwards, but also that there are other patterns … University Press, 2007. … Joshua A. Sanborn … Connecting History … Ukraine … Military/War/Peace … Russia … Former …
Hiroshima after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city.

Terrorism: A New Kind of War?

… of Predation and Balancing" (2003) and is a writer for History News Service. … Stacy Bergstrom Haldi … History News Service … Global/Transnational … Terrorism … …
1943 poster for the Allies of World War II--two years before the founding of the United Nations.

The UN Follows the League’s Long Trail to Impotence

… brought so little good. Dino E. Buenviaje writes for the History News Service and is a graduate student at the … dino.buenviaje@ email.ucr.edu . … Dino E. Buenviaje … History News Service … International Organizations … …
Karzai with former US President George W. Bush and wife Laura Bush at Camp David in 2007.

Keep Karzai in the Loop

… enemy. Matt Jacobs is a Ph.D. student studying diplomatic history at Ohio University. … Matt Jacobs … History News Service … United States … Vietnam … …
Zbigniew Brzezinski at Camp David in 1978.

Meddlers Hamstring Iraq Policy

… death are involved. Itai Sneh is an assistant professor of history for world civilizations, human rights and … Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York. … Itai Sneh … History News Service … United States … …
members of the Tea Party holding signs

The Great American Debate Recommences

… May it recommence! Louise W. Knight, who writes for the History News Service, is the author of "Jane Addams, … and "Jane Addams: Spirit in Action." … Louise W. Knight … History News Service … United States … U.S. Laws and …
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon in 1969 with the American flag behind them.

Thirty Years since Apollo 11

… Coopersmith is associate professor in the Department of History at Texas A & M University. … Jonathan Coopersmith … History News Service … Economics/Business/Trade … Outer …
STS-116 mission specialists, NASA astronaut Robert Curbeam and ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang perform extravehicular activity (EVA) during construction of the International Space Station.

Facing Opportunities and Obstacles in Space

… Coopersmith is associate professor in the Department of History at Texas A & M University. … Jonathan Coopersmith … History News Service … United States … Outer Space/Universe …
Portrait of Neville Chamberlain, who was the Prime Minister of United Kingdom during the early months of World War II.

Lessons of Munich

… "In Our Time: The Chamberlain-Hitler Collusion." He teaches history at Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada. … Alvin Finkel … History News Service … Europe … Diplomacy/International …
photo of FDR.

Picking Up Where FDR Left Off

… at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer for History News Service. … Ira Chernus … History News Service … United States … …