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… it is time to take off the gloves. ‘Time to get mean,’ as one Chicago columnist puts it. ‘Democratic War!’ screams the … as you have seemed. It goes beyond politics to policy. One of Jimmy Carter’s biggest mistakes as president came … in Nicaragua and destabilized its politics. George Bush is one tough honcho and showed us how tough he is when he …

… Union. Nearly three years, later, however, the final outcome of Brexit remains uncertain. And issues that affect the … changed? What were the political and economic forces that compelled the UK to join the EU in the first place? What … Dream? , Treating the Symptoms: Northern Ireland’s Incomplete Peace , and The EU: Past, Present, and Future . ( …

… not experience "unemployment" in the same way as industrial ones do. As the nation's first factories developed, … gathered in Independence Square demanding that public officials do something to help the jobless. During the … Accurate employment statistics for the period are hard to come by, but according to some accounts, the national …

… what they believe, they ought at least be faithful to one of the Framers’ core principles. But they aren’t doing … needed for decisions we’re stuck with. The Framers weren’t comfortable with slender majorities when the nation’s … before taking effect. Impeaching a duly chosen public official also has enduring impact. Impeachment overturns …

… Mao Zedong to Martin Luther King Jr., China has a long and complex history of interaction with African American … James Watson-Krips  Hello, everyone. Welcome to this discussion with Melvin Barnes, PhD candidates …

… of 2013. Thanks to the explosion of electronic forms of communication, even since the election of Benedict in 2005, … of medieval ritual and pageantry with flashing cell phones and papal tweets provided the backdrop for Francis’s … like-minded believers, whether or not they share the same official creeds or denominations. Agreement on matters like …

… stand at the bow of the ferry as the water of the White Sea comes in wave after wave through the hole in the gunwale for … archipelago of six major islands (and about 100 smaller ones) in the White Sea not far to the south of the Arctic … Russian national park and have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992 . Map of the White Sea and Solovetskii …

… new and unprecedented originalist constitution being fashioned by the current court is a not rooted in history and has … about this theory. What is originalism? Where did it come from? Is it a good or workable theory of constitutional … Massachusetts put down the rebellion suggests that the Shaysites’ views were not universally admired or emulated, …

… simultaneously attempting to force down the value of their money in order to reduce the price of their products sold in … that these and other countries were entering into a competitive spiral of devaluations in an effort to export … contained. Trade in East Asia was fueled in part by silver coins from Mexico. Prior to the Meiji Restoration of 1868 in …

… Violence against women has a long history in human communities. Yet, we live in a time when people across the … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk from Origins: Current Events in … of The Fall in the United Kingdom , a series focused on one female detective's attempt to find a male serial killer …

… for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Hello, and welcome to Ideas of Race and Racism in History brought to you … anti-racism between 1945 and 1965. Let me hand the microphone over to you, Alice.   Dr. Alice Conklin  Thank you, …

… forty years, has eloquently described their deeper meaning: One way to look at the national park system is as an … the intellect with emotion and place. You can follow our common fight for independence and creating and keeping a … into the control capsule for a 24-hour shift. Off came the official jumpsuits and on went sweats, shorts, even …

… rebellion and the response of law enforcement and political officials offers important lessons for how to understand and … evidence of the LAPD’s excessive use of force and confirmed complaints of police brutality made by black and Latino … more accountable to the mayor and Board of Police Commissioners. In early June 1992, voters overwhelmingly passed …

… as “multinational, to make clear that an attack against one ally is an attack against all allies, and that the … and dangerous, amplifying the sense of tension and competition across Europe and strengthening the sense of … of Germany a year later. However, American and West German officials soon realized it would not be possible for Germany …

… an emblem of the very apartheid regime that had imprisoned him—and also of the re-admittance of South Africa to the international community. To many, winning a rugby tournament might seem to … laws that institutionalized apartheid—which lasted officially from 1948 to 1994—that brought the issue of …

…   Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone from Origins at Ohio State. I'm your host, Leticia … power and control in Cuban affairs up until, at least officially, up until 1934, when President Roosevelt finally …

… Bakken oil-shale region in western North Dakota to a tank complex in Illinois. Its route crosses the Missouri River … adjacent to and upstream of the Standing Rock Reservation, one of several belonging to the Dakota and Lakota Sioux. A … the annuity, an annual payment of cash and/or goods that officials first paid to national chiefs and then (after the …

… first time since Mexico's modern revolution in the 1920s, one party will replace the Institutional Revolutionary Party … of age when put to the transition test. As a result, no one knew whether the infant American system could survive … taking power.  What ought to be changes of government become changes of regime. Putsches and revolutions substitute …

… in a stalemate with Axis troops north of Rome. With a commanding view of the narrow approach to the Po River … between these two units in Italy.  On June 29, 1945, an official directive arrived at 10th Mountain Division … as an honor guard for homebound Brazilian soldiers. One participant recalled how each American called to the …