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From the 2011 UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa.

Top Ten Origins: Climate Change

… Climate change gradually gained attention as a major international issue. Since 1988, an Intergovernmental Panel on … climate change. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol set the first international greenhouse gas targets, but the United States … refugees. … Sam White … Top Ten Origins … Global/Transnational … Climate Change … Environment … Science & …
President Richard Nixon in 1969.

The Broken Scandal-Reform Cycle

… of political funds, and it sparked the formation of a national reform movement. Congress responded by prohibiting …
view looking up into treetops

Climate Change: Insights from History

… and surprisingly difficult to confront on an international level. So we are delighted to welcome two of the … see today? And I want to add into that, how important are national and global level agreements or collaborations and … is striking is how effective that was, when you had an international agreement that was more or less adhered to, the …
Engraving of Roman plague doctor, Schnabel c.1656.

Quarantino: Plague and the Origins of Social Distancing

… 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. … Sarah K. Douglas … …
The Dalai Lama during a visit to Boston, Massachusetts in 2017.

An Effective American Policy on Tibet?

… Party emerged victorious from their civil war against the Nationalists in 1949, they reasserted Chinese rule over … … A. Tom Grunfeld … History News Service … Diplomacy/International Relations … East Asia & Southeast Asia … China … …
An image of the castle in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando.

Banning Harry Potter

… Twain’s characters for using racist language.  With National Children’s Book Week just around the corner, even …
This 1952 illustration by Robert Thom of Sims' gynecological experiments involving enslaved women is part of a larger collection entitled Great Moments in Medicine.

Black Women, Medical Racism, and COVID-19

… 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. … Karen Flynn … …
KKK Rally

From Dixie to the Third Reich

Review of Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law, by James Q. Whitman (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017)
… the first two Nuremburg Laws and the American policy on nationalism and citizenry. In chapter two, Whitman …
British Fleet Spanish Armada of 1588

1588: the Spanish Armada Still Loses

… there, the French love holidays. May the first, International Labor Day, May 18, Ascension Day, May 29th, … on the market in 2020 and all 10 were purchased for the National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth for 600,000 …
The port of İzmir, pictured here in 1883, was an Ottoman quarantine station.

Pandemics in Ottoman History: Plague, Cholera, and Influenza

… (particularly those from Britain) regularly used international sanitary conferences as venues not only for airing … of placing Ottoman quarantine protocols under greater international scrutiny. Despite such challenges, however, the … measures by smuggling goods, exploiting loopholes in international sanitary agreements, and, in some cases, openly …
President Bush makes remarks in 2006 during a press conference in the Rose Garden about Iran's nuclear ambitions and discusses North Korea's nuclear test.

After 50 Years, a Great Military Debate Resumes

… could pretty well ignore their concerns. Today the European Union is an immense force to be reckoned with in every … News Service … Europe … United States … Diplomacy/International Relations … International Organizations … After 50 Years, a Great Military …
A traditional glass of Weissbier

Keeping Beer “Pure”: The 1516 Reinheitsgebot

… By the 1980s, the growing availability of large multinational beer brands like Heineken and Carlsberg began to … that the Reinheitsgebot was protectionist, the European Union struck down the law as an impediment to free trade in … styles of beer. Bavarian beers now compete on an international stage—one of the United States’ largest craft …
Photograph of a mock-up of the Little Boy nuclear weapon dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in August 1945. This was the first photograph of the Little Boy bomb casing to ever be released by the U.S. government (it was declassified in 1960).

Sowing Nuclear Seeds of Division

… did agree to nuclearize. But ultimately the United States national security establishment paid a very high cost, at … Bush program in money, proliferation and domestic and international harmony are already evident. Surely it makes sense … … Ira Chernus … History News Service … Diplomacy/International Relations … Nuclear Power & Weapons … Science & …
scene from the video game Valiant Hearts, The Great War

Top Ten Origins: Historically Themed Video Games

… one year of archival research, oral interviews, and international travel. The art team flew to Normandy, France, to … compared their notes against images from the United States National Archives to design digital environments that … factions with varying interests, and make use of U.S. or Soviet aid without alienating the other side. But the lack …