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… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to The Global War on Drugs brought to you by the … some states in the Midwest named cannabis a noxious weed so officials could uproot it and poison it. West Virginia is … that cannabis is a weed. In reality, it's the opposite. Its one species name, Cannabis sativa, literally means "fiber …

… in American politics, and what has caused and what can be done about the growing cultural and political divide … Brenna Miller  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … where we may be going from here.   Jessica Blissit  Via phone from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, we have Dr. …

… Episode 1: The "Modern" War on Drugs   Denise Schiavone The weapon that was used to educate young people and to … we could, you know, leave the house and not really have to come back until it was time for dinner. We could ride our … its economic and political sovereignty. Despite Mexican officials’ professed disinterest in escalating drug control …

… a Fatimid Caliphate ruler in 1009 CE, the church serves as one of many major pilgrimage points. The interior of the … A narrow stairway leads to Dier Es-Sultan, a contentious site atop the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. It now houses an … Residents of Silwan gather for a celebration at their community center. This is the same question the Palestinian …

… One of the most remarkable things a human being can say is … 13.77 billion years ago, our entire observable universe was compressed into the size of a peach and had a temperature of … same set of properties (mass, spin, the usual) but opposite charge: antimatter. These days we can easily make …

… the amendment restored voting rights to ex-felons who had completed their prison sentence and been released from … agree with voters in Florida that those who have "done their time" should no longer be punished with … occurred in other southern states . Reconstruction officials were able to protect black voting rights for a few …

… the practice. War, Eric Edwards sought and obtained official ep1~e.,. were both symbolic andboth mundane. … were symbolic munYou would the announcement over the intercom: .. Youhear would hear the announcement sentiment was … It involved a pool cue in half and brandished it at anyone lack of courage nor dii.respect for the kept. follow-up …

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone. I'm Patrick Potyondy.   Leticia Wiggins   And I'm …   Dr. Mytheli Sreenivas   Well, I think that, so India is officially according to its constitution, a secular …

… Eric Michael Rhodes: Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together … way you framed that. I guess as a political scientist as one who thinks about dynamics of political violence, I would … Rhodes. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website, …

… already been showing up in recent history. Millennials have come of age hearing they are the first generation in … that the traditional American social dynamics for improving one’s station in life applied to “any and every class.” … and enslaved African Americans lived with the cruelest opposite of the American Dream. Their abilities brought sneers …

… had preached the Christian gospel to more people than anyone else in history. But as a number of people pointed out, … influenced preaching in the decades since. Three important components of Graham’s outreach in particular were … markets her conference presentations, books, and internet sites as resources for women. And, in one of those ironic …

… Sankara led a coalition of radical military officers, communist activists, labor leaders, and militant students to … and the dawning of neoliberal capitalism. He will uncover one of the revolution’s most enduring and significant … and I'll be your host and moderator today. Welcome, everyone, and thank you for joining us. On August 4th 1983, …

… my guests are historians. We look back and study what has come before and  this …this is a decidedly forward looking … of in the, I think was like in the late 90s. Like you saw one of these. And then 20 years later, now, you see another … important work along with a number of other Latina elected officials throughout the country, either holding some type …

… Soviet Union’s approach to HIV/AIDS in the late 1980s—how officials initially blamed foreign nations for the virus and denied the possibility of extensive community spread among the Soviet population—offers a … the USA, the notion spread that only homosexual men were prone to infection through sexual contact. Specific to the …

… Department of History hold a conversation about the first one hundred days of the Biden administration. Host: Margaret … Margaret Newell: Welcome! Thank you for joining us today for the “First 100 Days … at the 100-day mark? What things still need to be done? What can we learn from history to help us make sense of …

… Agency (WADA) Dick Pound presented “The Independent Commission Report #1” to the press corps. The 323-page … investigations, the report followed arrests in France only one week earlier. By most accounts, the Independent … the 1904 and 1908 Olympic marathons respectively. While officials knew that both of them ingested strychnine along …

… of discrimination. The modern Klan re-emerged in 1915 at Stone Mountain, GA and grew into a national organization in … Battle of Fort Pillow in Tennessee, Confederates under the command of General Nathan Bedford Forrest fulfilled this … insurrectionists against the city’s legitimately elected officials, attacked black homes and businesses, and …

… independence. But liberation in Africa was more than this one moment in the global process of decolonization. The 1960 … After touring British colonies in Africa, Macmillan had become increasingly convinced that “national consciousness” … and an inability to enforce decisions without an official armed force, the OAU remains an important component …

… by their fleeing owners. Although the town was mostly abandoned, the nation and the world saw the blast on television. … by the specter of our nuclear past. And given Japan's complicated past with nuclear issues, it is especially … accepted. The Choice for Nuclear Power Why would Japanese officials accept new nuclear technology in the middle of a …