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… about a block north of New Orleans’s famed French Quarter. Completely walled in, the cemetery is unwelcoming. The Roman … the victims of the slave trade. Whitney tour guides escort visitors through the grounds of this once-profitable sugar … slavery. The Whitney is a devastating experience to visit, as informative as it is evocative. Statues of …

… a century ago. Today, the EU faces an unprecedented combination of challenges, including a lingering economic … Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … World War with something called the European Coal and Steel community, an attempt to bring six countries together in an …

… from viewers and readers and more than 6,000 entries in comment books from exhibitions—Gilburd gives voice to Soviet … "Foreign Literature" which published foreign authors. Visitors to the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts “queued for five … during the Thaw, noting that one of the most important outcomes of the new policy of cultural exchange was “a constant …

… Jessica Blissit   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … it originates from those the western diplomats when they visit or scout around East Asia in 19th century and 18th … and it certainly appears that the tighter sanctions are visited upon North Korea, the more they concentrate their …

… French scholar Jean Bauberot. Bauberot sees three essential components to a secular society: 1) the separation of … tumult of French politics in the 19th century, the French commitment to what they call laïcité remained. By the Third Republic (1870-1940) it had become “a defining ideology of the state.” It has become …

… of effort. Profits became less assured for many fishing companies beginning in the 1970s and accelerating in later … fishing internationally. However, little was really accomplished until the 1970s, when many nations declared … called the EEZs "the most profound change in the world's commercial ocean fisheries." By 2000, EEZs had brought about …

… of actors, including African patients themselves, families, communities, traditional healers, healthcare workers, and … providers over causation and therapeutic approaches to combat particular diseases. Coercive and racialized health … South Africa . These ailments were categorized into communicable (tuberculosis) and non-communicable diseases …

… its efforts to build atomic bombs after a series of shortcomings and failures convinced its government to focus on a … though he was predominantly focused on American lives. His commanders predicted upwards of half a million American … and demonstrate for peace. This historic torii welcomes visitors to Istukushima Shrine which is both a UNESCO "World …

… too frequently heard, “if only you were white,” as a compliment to their skills, but also as a reality check that … At a young age, to make money for his family, Paige carried visitors’ bags at the train station. As the story goes, he … him “one of the greatest pitchers of all time.”  The compliments were great, but they might as well have said, …

… the global war on terror is the central event of our time, comparable to the great struggles of the last century … generation to confront and defeat global terror. This has become Americas mission to defend the peace through the … as if it didn’t exist. Pass through a major airport, visit a mall or grocery store, shop for a new car do …

… put the entire  global economy in disarray and for years to come. Estimates of possible losses differ, but they are in … The split opened the door for Richard Nixon’s historic visit to the PRC in late February 1972, a trip facilitated … by Nixon’s National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger. The visit began the convoluted process of Washington and Beijing …

… An estimate compiled by the nation’s intelligence services reaches the … Khrushchev and Chinese leader Mao Zedong during a 1958 visit in China ( left ). Captioned “We use the skill of the … Republic of China in 1949 ( left ). President Nixon visited China in 1972, but the U.S. did not formally …

… Congress to honor the passing of Paul Ecke, Jr., who helped commercialize the plant in the United States in the middle … to  Mexican-U.S. relations . The date itself was chosen to commemorate the 1851 death of Joel Roberts Poinsett, the … outcome of Spain’s surrender, he set the tone.  Next, he visited the estate of a wealthy Philadelphia merchant to …

… kingdom were convinced that the United States had become a base for terrorists. No one then actually used the … of Granada and Nicaragua. Foreign diplomats repeatedly complained to the State Department that their countries were … assaults. Just as the U.S. news media suggest Saudi complicity in the attacks of September 2001, so foreign …

… your right, you will encounter the upscale whiskey house, complete with nineteenth-century stone walls that feature … maritime, industrial, and working-class culture, when you visit the neighborhood today, the only reminders of that … room and a popular hangout amongst Leith dwellers. Anyone visiting Edinburgh should make a note of the contrasts found …

… I’ve read about it, 1968 was quite a year. Writers have compared it to the most dramatic moments in modern history— … , 1989 . In the United States, the turmoil of ’68 probably compares to 1861 and 1919. There was an A-list of nearly … oil interests, and his third wife made an official state visit to West Berlin. A 1967 state reception for the Shah of …

… of the military later found expression in the Posse Comitatus law of 1878, still in force. Archaic as the title … we are to block this new threat to our republic. The Posse Comitatus law was carefully observed for nearly 80 years, … the local constable. Sometimes the sheriff needed a posse comitatus, or just posse, as they say in Western movies. …