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The Shifting Terrain of Latin American Drug Trafficking

… In June 2011, the non-governmental organization Global Commission on Drug Policy published a report detailing the … These sharp critiques and proposed policy initiatives come after the billions of dollars invested in the … "war on drugs" has resulted in so few battles won and has come at such a great cost both in money and human lives. The …
German and Indian troops as part of the international coalition to put down the Boxer Rebellion

History Shadows U.S.-China Relations

… spy-plane crisis. And the Japanese Prime Minister’s plan to visit a shrine honoring soldiers who died for his country … of more than $30 million (then an astronomical amount) as compensation to foreign powers for the damage caused by the … have been censured, not paid, in 1901.  Foreign soldiers committed war crimes, critics of the Protocol argue, and …
The Lorraine Motel

Putting Race on Display: The National Civil Rights Museum

… Leticia Wiggins   This is your host Leticia Wiggins and welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone … host. In late spring of 2014, the finishing touches were completed on the redesign of the National Civil Rights … mission statement for the museum might be. And then they recommended me to contact the team that won the contract, …
Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon and Deng Xiaoping during the state dinner for the Vice Premier of China

The Nixon-Deng Comparison

… a famous politician dies, obituary writers and other commentators immediately start comparing the departed figure to other powerful people. As … not just because Nixon was the first American president to visit the People’s Republic of China and Deng was the first …
Nsala of Wala in the Nsongo District

1885: A European Colonial Dream and an African Nightmare

… Conference on West Africa was signed.  The conference has become known for “carving up  the African continent ” for the … so much as help enable the process in a way that managed competitive  European colonial desires .  The colonial … and often included the same African intermediary trading communities as the trade in enslaved people, a previous …
Dmitri Karakozov before his execution, graphite drawing by Ilya Repin in 1866

Crime and Punishment 150 Years Later

… it was being spoken about by fans of literature, who often complained about the stifling power of the novel and the … of pawnbroker Alyona Ivanovna and her sister Lizaveta committed by ex-student Rodion Raskolnikov were “the purest … Punishment was published, a student by the name of Danilov committed a similar crime: killing a moneylender and his …
Mary Mallon and other women sitting outside in chairs at a hospital. The women have blankets wrapped around them.

Who was Typhoid Mary?

In the early 1900s, Mary Mallon, a domestic cook, was unknowingly a healthy carrier of Typhoid fever.
… Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective , please visit origins.osu.edu . Learn More: Ashurst, John V., …
Rendering of the new National World War I Memorial in Washington DC

It’s Time for a National World War I Memorial

… the country, and many will be in Washington, D.C., to visit the national memorials dedicated to the wars in which … nearly 117,000 perished during the war — 53, 402 in combat — and another 204,000 were wounded. Many believe that … minute before the 11 a.m. armistice of Nov. 11, 1918. In comparison, roughly 34,000 Americans died in combat during …
The Mars explorer Curiosity's view back at its own tracks after crossing a sand dune in 2014.

Mariner 9: Opening The Martian Frontier

… in 2003. Mars, the red planet so close to Earth, has become a tantalizing target for humans to visit. Noted space entrepreneur Elon Musk recently released plans to colonize Mars in the coming decades, using a network of space hardware to get …
Obama wore Isabel Toledo clothes made of St. Gallen Embroidery to the 2009 presidential inauguration.

Is Michelle Obama the Ultimate Insider?

… begins to fade, there’s a race among critics to find a compelling Rasputin or a group of gray eminences pulling the … However anodyne Michelle Obama’s public image has become — with fashion magazine covers, visits to schools and tours of vegetable gardens — few …
The Beatles arrive in 1964 to meet their new fans in America.

50 Years Ago: the Beatles, Rock, and Race in America

… would help define American life for generations to come. In 1964, the relatively new musical genre of rock and … in race music and began to provide more of these records to complement the demand. Radio DJs like Alan Freed started … the opinions of the record executive, Mitch Miller, who complained in 1958, “Much of the juvenile stuff pumped over …
Six founders of the Algerian FLN: Rabah Bitat, Mostefa Ben Boulaïd, Didouche Mourad, Mohammed Boudiaf, Krim Belkacem and Larbi Ben M'Hidi, 1954

The Evian Accords: An Uncertain Peace

… Emmanuel Macron provoked controversy in France during a visit to Algeria. There, he pronounced French colonialism to … That paper, simply entitled “Declarations Drawn up in Common Agreement,” was signed in a town on the French side … anticolonial war for Algerian independence that has since become immortalized in popular imagination by such cinematic …
sign on bridge that states - hands up dont shoot

The “Wars” on Crime and Drugs: A Gateway to Mass Incarceration?

… ideas in an introductory activity, they will be able to visit stations of primary and secondary sources to further investigate this issue. At each station, they will complete a handout with guiding questions in small groups.  … and the “war on drugs”, a TED Talk by Michelle Alexander, a compelling performance by Kendrick Lamar at the Grammys, and …
1960s hippies dancing at a festival.

The Soundtrack of the Summer of Love

… of psychedelic exploration . The Summer of Love marked the coming out party for the counter-culture we now associate … later, as well as the music festivals we see today. In comparison to today’s bloated ticket prices, admission for … offer advice. The Beatles didn’t play there but they recommended the Who and Jimi Hendrix. Jefferson Airplane and …
Cover of Living I Was Your Plague: Martin Luther's World and Legacy by Lyndal Roper.

The Legacy of Luther

Review of Living I Was Your Plague: Martin Luther’s World and Legacy, by Lyndal Roper (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021)
Immigrant rights march for amnesty in downtown Los Angeles, California on May Day, 2006.

Make Residency, Not Just Working, Legal

… people are in the United States illegally. During the visit of Mexican President Vicente Fox, President George W. … about immigrants for the past thirty years. Of course they come from a long line of immigrant restrictionists. FAIR … letter to the editor, but the restrictionists focus more commonly on the costs to the environment, social services …
Official portrait of President Gerald R. Ford (February 25, 1976).

Will Vindication Elude Ford?

… evening, his well-deserved vindication will probably never come. Thrust into a difficult situation — one he handled … Nixon would not be prosecuted for any crimes he might have committed. Forever afterward, Ford was dogged by charges … for Ford’s reputation to rebound. The rebound has never come. Invariably, in every poll and book and study, he is …
Joseph Ambrose, an 86-year-old World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982. Wearing a doughboy uniform like the ones used during the war, he is holding an American flag. It covered the casket of his son Clement, who was killed in the Korean War.

Tributes of Silence, the Honor of Words

… This years Veterans Day comes in the wake of fierce political campaigning over which … drove this fall’s march of troops through dueling political commercials. But history and tradition both suggest more … opportunity to replace the noise of politics with unifying commemorative silences. This timing is part of why the day’s …
Sailors in formation at the Center for Information Warfare Training, Naval Air Station Pensacola Corry Station, 2019.

Will Women Join the Ranks of Esteemed Veterans?

… I say that? Because the outcry that many expected over the combat deaths of American women in Iraq has not taken place. … up to the Civil War saw military service as the ultimate outcome of the women’s rights movement — and as the ultimate … a sexual ambiguity and aggressiveness that seemed incompatible with traditional gender roles. As the debates …
MTA digital message campaign recognizes "Heroes moving Heroes," frontline employees who help other essential workers get to and from their jobs, 2020.

Work and Life after COVID-19

… city for Mount Vernon on September 10, 1793. He later visited the city before the official all clear on November … other business carried out virtually over Zoom. The theater company, Gemini CollisionWorks, gathers most of its 22 … working remotely as they were banded together in an office. Companies might therefore continue to allow employees to …
Pioneers Palace in Kiev, Ukraine

Ukrainian Architecture at War

Architecture is a way of understanding the world: recording its history, sharing its culture, and connecting with people.
… For more information about the Co-Haty Project, please visit https://www.metalab.space/co-haty-ukr Video production …
Bronze statue of Sir William Blackstone.

Back to the 17th Century: Money and Political Speech

… rather, he wrote, “[t]he electors themselves are becoming the oligarchy.” Mill’s fear, like that of today’s … scheme would, he hoped, “prevent the labouring class from becoming preponderant in Parliament.” Society has changed even …