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… Leticia Wiggins   Welcome to History Talk produced by Origins , a project of the … of Syria," which can be found on the origins osu.edu website. Thanks for joining us, Ayse. Ayse Baltacioglu-Brammer … And he rose to the ranks of high military officer, officials. And then through several coups, he basically …

… the violence had already begun. But the worst was yet to come. Saturday’s rally was scheduled to start at noon, but … Law center showing when schools, monuments, and other sites honoring the Confederacy or Confederates were built. … in mythmaking, precisely because they are public and are officially sanctioned (even when they lose popular support). …

… into law on April 3, 1948. The Marshall Plan, as it’s more commonly known, was intended to revive the economies of … Policy Planning Staff, and the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee reported on the continent’s dire economic state, … by harsh winters and dismal supply of food and fuel.  Officials soon realized that loans from newly-minted …

… the second largest military contingent in Iraq, after the (official) U.S. military force. Mercenaries are being hired … phenomenon. This is why Congress should examine the recommendations made in a 2002 British government Green Paper … British-based mercenary firm, has contracts with major oil companies such as Texaco and Chevron to protect their assets …

… Brenna Miller   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … was approved several years ago and in early 2016, the officials of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation began to … Rock who organized a walk, a relay race actually from the site to Nebraska in May of 2016, and really energized the …

… who demanded economic and political equality, on a day officially dedicated to “the female workers’ causes.” The … break with socialist tradition. Though ideologically committed to human equality, socialists had long argued that … On March 18, 1911, the fortieth anniversary of the Paris Commune, International Women’s Day was marked for the first …

… Lyndon Johnson ordered a task force, the Gilpatric Committee (named after its chairman, former deputy defense … to stop nuclear proliferation. According to the Gilpatric Committee, “Energetic and comprehensive steps must be taken … danger of nuclear confrontation. Today, Bush administration officials are fearing a similar domino effect. South Korea, …

… (Madras) in India. Madras was born in 1636, when East India Company official Francis Day signed a treaty with the Nayaka ruler … visit her frequently. Nearly four centuries later, the EIC site and the surrounding villages have merged into one of …

… an app (maybe Skype, maybe FaceTime) to unlock portals of communication. Apple’s original iPhone, released in 2007. … two anniversaries this month—the opening of the first commercial transatlantic telephone service on January 7, … . (An effective transatlantic telegraph system would not officially emerge until the 1860s when cables were improved …

… of well-publicized workplace raids to terrorize immigrant communities. Although immigrants bear the brunt of these … we can expect a record of more than 7,000 arrests at worksites by the end of 2007. The history of immigrant … of workers' rights. The recent increase in worksite raids comes, not coincidentally, at a moment when, despite a …

… March 3, 1857 marked the unofficial beginning of the so-called Second Opium War … of Qing laws prohibiting the drug. After one Chinese trade commissioner captured and publicly destroyed British opium … ship seized by China on suspicion of piracy—reducing its complex causes to only its precipitating event. …

… WWII, the United States began to boldly pursue a global community modeled upon American political, economic, and … menace seeking to snuff out America’s light. The godless Communists, American logic went, would stop at nothing to … a tension between those two goals. And the rhetoric of U.S. officials suggests that they were trying to use the U.S. …

… Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund and others had already commenced litigation. As summarized by the United States in … an alien's unauthorized attempt to solicit work, and the commercial transportation of unlawfully present aliens. And … Court considered a California statute that permitted state officials to examine new immigrants arriving at its ports, …

… Bakken oil-shale region in western North Dakota to a tank complex in Illinois. Its route crosses the Missouri River … the annuity, an annual payment of cash and/or goods that officials first paid to national chiefs and then (after the … The thousands of protesters encamped near the DAPL site use sweat lodges and burning sage to purify themselves …

… became the top trending hashtag on Twitter after the combination of smoke from Amazon forest fires, a weather … to clear forest for cattle ranching and agriculture. Official Brazilian government data indicated that 73,000 … a predictable fire in a church that is a World Heritage Site and wants to teach us what exactly?” The Bolsonaro …

… But how does political engagement on campuses today compare to the history of American campus activism, … protests can teach campus activists, administrators, and communities today. For more on OSU campus protests in the … Brenna Miller    Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a …

… collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Central Asia has become an increasingly important pivot in international … threats as well as important possibilities. They are sites for a potential rise in radical Islam; for a freer … of nomadic peoples, waves of ruthless destruction of official Islam, arrests and banishment as a tool of …

… farmed no longer exist. Four centuries later, we have come to depend increasingly on only a handful of commercial … today. More than nine out of ten of the varieties in the official U.S. Department of Agriculture seed list of 1903 … and serve as safety deposit boxes. Other similar off-site conservation mechanisms include botanical gardens, DNA …

… the U.S. Congress and with the president’s signature will become law. While a new law represents a positive step for … — ongoing enforcement and oversight. The legislation comes in response to a horrific year for mine safety. All of … incident (362 dead miners). Federal regulators and mine officials like to point to the broad trend toward improved …

… as taking up arms against the government or giving aid and comfort to its enemies. The offense is extremely serious and … constitute treason. Under Marshall’s standards, Walker has committed no treason. Of course Walker is wrong in the eyes … have been a French Legionnaire, because the cause — despite official neutrality — was popular. The filibusters in the …