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Evo Morales in 2006.

Once More, Bolivians Seek Independence

… Bolivians don’t trust their politicians to do anything with national resources that will benefit the country. Bolivians … populism and a defense of the coca leaf as a sacred national plant. One of this movement’s leaders, Evo Morales, …
Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson (by Rembrandt Peale, 1800).

Jefferson: Founding Father and Connoisseur

… executive, he fought bitterly with Congress to cut the national debt. He famously disliked pomp and circumstance, … only his dressing gown and slippers. It caused an international incident.   Yet Jefferson himself couldn’t resist … pursuit of happiness,” embodied in nothing so much as our national pursuit of real estate, .   We can recognize …
An influenza hospital at Camp Funston

The 1918 Flu Pandemic

… residents about the current status of a quarantine ( National Park Service ). The gauze mask was another … Harris … Milestones … Pandemics & COVID-19 … Global/Transnational … World War I / WWI … Military/War/Peace … The 1918 …
Photo of Tiananmen Square from 2007.

Bombings, Blood Debts, and Mutual Suspicion

… a sense that China is under subtle threat from hostile international forces, and that patriotism means defending the … in 1991 the first and greatest of the Communist powers, the Soviet Union, astonishingly annulled itself. The eagerness of …
A U.S. FBI agent sorts through rubble. (Photo by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation)

The 1998 East African Embassy Bombings

… on behalf of a coalition of militant groups called The International Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders. … In early 2001, when the Bush administration took office national security officials were slow to realize how … Bombings: The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United …
Barry Goldwater in 1964.

The History of the “Right Wing Conspiracy”

… a difficult first year in office. But Kennedy shifted the national debate by attacking the John Birch Society and its … label. William F. Buckley Jr. and his magazine, “The National Review,” in a 1965 special issue, read the John …
Cover of War is All Hell: The Nature of Evil and the Civil War by Edward J. Blum and John Matsui.

Forces of Good and Evil

Review of War is All Hell: The Nature of Evil and the Civil War by Edward J. Blum and John Matsui (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021)
… a striking resemblance to his “southern children.” Other Unionists followed in a similar vein portraying the Confederates and their cause as one of “disunion,” influenced and directed by the devil, while African …

The American Dream after COVID-19

… so long for one of these massive disruptions to erupt on a national scale. A poster from 1942 made by The … more of it. Fixation on growth has been hard-wired into our national policies and personal expectations. Presidential … wonder Americans rarely question this design feature of our national self-perception. During the signing ceremony of S. …
The other side of The Shore, depicting the Maritime House, third from the left. The former headquarters of the National Seamen’s Union are now flats.

A Postcard from Leith, Scotland

… highest drug-related death rate in Europe. According to the National Records of Scotland, 1,187 people in Scotland died … House, third from the left. The former headquarters of the National Seamen’s Union are now flats. Although this project diversified the …
Cover of Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present by Christopher I. Beckwith.

Between the East and the West

Review of Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present, by Christopher I. Beckwith (Princeton University Press 2009)
… proliferated; millions of Central Eurasians suffered under Soviet and Chinese regimes. To Beckwith, the conquest of … with the collapse of the USSR, and the rise of the European Union as a new peripheral power. In this new period of … an enlightened, liberal confederation like the European Union" (313). In Empires of the Silk Road , Beckwith writes …
Free speech march at Ohio State University in the mid-20th century

Politics and Protest on College Campuses

… speakers. The controversy today seems to be over white nationalists and some of the ultra, right people, and the … consulting with the campus president and ordered the National Guard to restore order. There was a peaceful … be Monday, May 4, at about noon, students did gather, the National Guard told him that the protest was unlawful under …

Cops and Robbers? The Roots of Anti-Doping Policies in Olympic Sport

… entire Russian athletic federation be suspended from international competition – including, potentially, the 2016  … Russia also to recommend serious action against the International Association of Athletics Federations, which … and the team’s physician John Ziegler were convinced that Soviet weightlifters were gaining an advantage from steroid …
Vaccination team member giving a cholera vaccine in Cerca Carvajal, 2013.

Cholera and the Roots of Public Health

… in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, … in this content do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. … Jim Harris … Connecting History … Europe … Global/Transnational … Public Health, Disease, and Medicine … Pandemics …
Cover of Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North by Thomas J. Sugrue.

Movement North

Review of Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North, by Thomas J. Sugrue (New York: Random House, 2008)
… to fight for economic security, especially through unionization. In the 1940s, the fight against fascism abroad … freedom struggle as civil rights activists adopted an international focus, linking the black American experience to … from radical to moderate and from integrationists to nationalists, often disagreed with one another about goals …
The Statue of Liberty during the June 10, 2021 solar eclipse.

Solar Eclipses in American History

… the New Englander nevertheless depicted it “as an emblem of national judgments,” foretelling “political darkness” on a … four billion global citizens are set to vote in over 50 national elections, including a divisive U.S. presidential …
American soldier conducting patrol with an Iraqi soldier.

What the Vietnam War Tells Us About Iraq

… of all for President Bush. Citizen troops — reservists and National Guard personnel — form a significant share of … Iraq. Until now, President Bush has shunned international administration there because it might require … attitude in the White House may prevent meaningful international help now. Still, assistance from the UN would allow …