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… that followed the earthquake wiping out its business and commercial districts. Still the scope of the two disasters is comparable. The number of residents displaced by nature's … prior to Katrina, while expensive, would have been far cheaper both in terms of dollars and human misery. Congress …

… evidence of the LAPD’s excessive use of force and confirmed complaints of police brutality made by black and Latino … of the 1960s, this was a multiracial rebellion. Studies found that 50.6 percent of those arrested were Latino … such as the infamous intersection of Florence and Normandie, the uprising accelerated and the city spun out of …

… and Russia. It uses the Origins article “The collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the USSR brought … the Ohio American History standard, “The collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the USSR brought … that the Cold War never really ended and is in fact becoming more heated. This lesson is designed for a classroom …

… sixth series will debut in 2017) hundreds of novels and comic books, and countless toys, games, uniforms and other … remained dominated by variety shows, fluffy situation comedies, spy and police thrillers, and ubiquitous westerns. … the United States , Russia and China was mirrored in the uneasy peace between the United Federation of Planets and …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … and war. The podcast is available on the BBC World Service website and on iTunes . Fans can also connect with Witness …

… average citizens with no connection to crime have become victims of this policy —especially poor and young … According to testimonies after the massacre, the common soldiers’ saying “one dead child, one less guerrilla” was … down on gang members, the Salvadoran government sent soldiers to the streets.  Many scholars and activist groups …

… peaceful civilians in Punjab were shot by British soldiers under the command of the now infamous “Butcher of Amritsar.” British … subcontinent, led a group of Gurkha, Baluch, and Pathan soldiers towards the square. Dyer and his men faced a slight …

… mortifying and disgusting imperfections.”   Intersex bodies have always aroused suspicion. But many people’s … in authority have assumed that those born with atypical bodies were dishonest and fraudulent (say, in illegally voting … go either way. All it took was the parents’ unwavering commitment toward raising either a boy or a girl, and this …

… One hundred years ago this month, American movie-going audiences experienced a cinematic spectacular : D. W. … “helpless whites look on,” frozen in horror. Even Union soldiers in the film are shown recognizing the threat of the …

… foreign observers predicted that the days of the Chinese Communist Party were numbered. And yet, as we mark the 18th … and Yugoslavia's free-fall into chaos benefited the Chinese Communists. These phenomena allowed the party to say to the Chinese people, in effect: "You may be sick of Communism, but there seems to be something worse out there — …

… in the quality of American presidential leadership than comparison of John F. Kennedy’s handling of the Cuban … succeeded, Bush has failed. To avert nuclear exchanges, JFK compromised and limited their likelihood. To eliminate … might take a divided stand on the crisis. To avoid these outcomes, he sought support from prominent American and foreign …

… an uprising at New York’s Stonewall Inn. The event has become iconic in popular memory as the spark for a new radical … Stonewall’s wake, a Gay Liberation movement galvanized gay communities nationwide and its anniversary has become a cultural touchstone, as LGBT communities across the …

… of “a general association of nations,” what would become the League of Nations, to adjudicate international … Cold War — but only recently have we abandoned a broader commitment to a world governed by law instead of force. … the opportunity to revive the best in our tradition and recommit ourselves to those principles and ideals that once …

… some ten thousand years ago to the seventh century of the common era. They tell the stories of successive … known to us) with nearly 1,900 characters utilized for communication. Here, too, the first art-historical … 883-859) provides the first evidence we have for the pork dietary proscription in this region of the world. Among its …

… Places, backyards, and basements filled with televisions, computers, and Playstations. Riney-Kehrberg describes how … of newspapers, periodicals, television programs, films, websites, and published works to tell her story, but she … War Two. Fear is also a significant topic in cultural studies, sociology, and psychology. For the historian of modern …

… in Polish-Jewish history. After years of controversies and compromises, the final product represents the dedicated … Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, a professor of performance studies at New York University, who was appointed to as the … flourished for centuries and that it did not completely die after 1945. The Museum is part of the larger, historical …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … the section is to show what historians do. The page aims to combat the tendency to use history as "a tool to advance … . You can find contributions to Made by History on their website and learn about the project on their welcome page . …