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Justice Denied: The Killing of Trayvon Martin in Historical Perspective

… Tallahassee hours earlier. Waiting for the verdict had become unbearable. On the charge of second-degree murder, the … their noses cut off, the flesh cut from their jaws, their bodies scraped and their privates cut out. The blood flowed in … been in the sleepy town a few days when he and several buddies visited a convenience store to purchase candy and cold …

Are Women People? The Equal Rights Amendment Then and Now

… victory signals that the ERA has a renewed chance to become the 28 th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. To be … conditions, and physical tasks too arduous for pregnant bodies. In the years leading up to the introduction of the … of NOW, insisted that big business was to blame. “We’re the cheap labor pool,” explained Smeal. If an ERA were to be …
glass vaccine vials with labels that read "vaccine"

You Might Feel a Pinch: Vaccination Laws in the Era of COVID-19

What is the purpose of vaccinations in ensuring public health and the safety of our students? What types of vaccinations are required for public school students, and which individuals ensure all students meet these requirements?
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US History since 1877

Interracial Marriage in "Post-Racial" America

… fight racial prejudice through a celebration of multiracial community. The event takes its name from the 1967 Supreme … as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth,” they were offered one year imprisonment or a … means to raise funds for the Virginia Company’s colony. She died in England soon thereafter and the peace brokered with …
The flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

A European Future for NATO?

… France is rejoining military NATO, the United States is becoming more distant. This may be the best way the United … France would no longer participate in NATO’s integrated command and that NATO military headquarters and U.S. … is pushing to reintegrate France into NATO’s military command. Sarkozy has accurately pointed out that it makes no …
American soldier conducting patrol with an Iraqi soldier.

What the Vietnam War Tells Us About Iraq

… But for President Bush to escape Iraq undamaged will not be easy. His first priority must be to continue bringing U.S. … led Americans to expect never occurred. Nor have U.S. soldiers or those of America’s allies been hailed as liberators … attempted the same kind of program in Vietnam. It failed completely. The second measure calls for an Iraqi government …
Shells of burnt-out busses after a suicide bombing

The Terrors of Suicide Bombing

… Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone, … . I'm a lecturer in the undergraduate International Studies Program here at Ohio State University. I'm the author … , and Leticia Wiggins . Find our podcasts and more at our website Origins.osu.edu and you can find us on Twitter, …
Taliban fighters patrol the streets of Kabul in August, 2021.

Who are the Taliban?

… the Taliban now confront the challenge of governing this complex country and establishing a stable government. Since … to everyday and intimate forms of violence. Their foot soldiers have asserted the right to assault men and women whom … apparatus was a crucial step. They published a website in the late 1990s but soon abandoned it, preferring …
Stamp of Salvador Allende, the former Chilean president overthrown in 1973.

Regime Change: New Name, Dangerous Old Policy

… in Iran (1953), Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala (1954), Ngo Dinh Diem in Vietnam (1963) and Salvador Allende in Chile (1973). … support for opponents of the local regime. The overthrow of Diem began our descent into the hellish quagmire of the … property, the rule of law, a willingness to make political compromises and to accept the outcome of free elections. In …
Emperor Süleyman

Süleyman the Magnificent

… his empire. When Süleyman was made sultan, his kingdom encompassed the peoples and territories of the Balkans, … to come under Ottoman rule. Years later, Süleyman himself died “peacefully” in his command tent while leading his last … reign, lasts forever. Want to Learn More? Uriel Heyd's Studies in Old Ottoman Criminal Law (Oxford: Clarendon Press, …
President George W. Bush in 2004.

When the Axis Was Truly Evil

… peace than Bush’s “axis of evil.” The president’s comments have led to denunciations from the three nations he … the president is issuing a legitimate warning to the world community or defining global enemies unilaterally and writing a blank check for the Pentagon. A comparison between the Axis that the United States and its …
Illustration of the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr (1887)

The Hamilton-Burr Duel

… in American history. Burr fatally wounded Hamilton, who died the next day. Hamilton’s premature death transformed … of Lin Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton , he has also become a pop culture icon. Meanwhile, as the character of … puts it in Hamilton: “He may have been the first one to die / But I’m the one who paid for it.” The duel effectively …
Generals Eisenhower and Patton at the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp

On the Liberation of the Concentration Camps

… War II in Europe. This year as in previous ones, Europeans commemorated VE (Victory in Europe) Day with a combination … Allied forces began liberating the concentration camps. Soldiers of the Soviet Union’s Red Army were actually the first … at Lublin-Majdanek. During the following year, Allied soldiers liberated the largest and most infamous concentration …
Nancy Reagan speaking at a "Just Say No" Rally.

The “Modern” War on Drugs (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 1)

… we could, you know, leave the house and not really have to come back until it was time for dinner. We could ride our … she decides to give in and have some fun and does drugs and dies. Brionna Mendoza (laughing) Oh my god. What kind of … in the United States in the mid-1980s, offering its users a cheap, highly addictive trip. As emergency room admissions …
US Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., signing the UN Charter on 26 June 1945. President Truman stands by at left (UN Photo/Yould).

The Signing of the United Nations Charter

… Wilson bitterly called “a sullen and selfish isolation,” becoming an observer in the League but never a full member. As … and reformed Isolationist Arthur Vandenberg, the party committed to supporting a postwar cooperative peace … Roosevelt planned to open the conference himself, but he died shortly before it began on April 25, 1945. The 16th …
Marchers for LGBTQ rights

The Debate Over Same-Sex Marriage and LGBTQ Rights

… in recent memory. But with these changes have come many questions and tensions. Is the focus on the … in Modern Family , crime procedurals, or even Levi’s jeans commercials changed the public’s perceptions, and has it … watch a clip of it. And I asked my students like who the audience for this ad is? And the answer, of course, is men. …

The Illegalization of Marijuana: A Brief History

… recreational use. Across the state, celebratory stoners welcomed the New Year by lining up at licensed retailers to buy … in the realm of alternative medicine, and few clinical studies have been conducted to confirm specific claims. After … Cannabis sativa , as well as potions, baked goods, and candies made from its extracts. With the current state-level …

Two Popes and a Primate: The Changing Face of Global Christianity

… of 2013. Thanks to the explosion of electronic forms of communication, even since the election of Benedict in 2005, … regal manner of Benedict. The dizzying combination of medieval ritual and pageantry with flashing cell phones and … Tawadros (Theodoros) II, to succeed Shenouda III, who had died seven months earlier. And only five days later in the …

Killing the Arctic

… or the shrinking of the Aral Sea? These, too, rank as tragedies of the highest order. The Arctic, defined as the lowest … patterns in the south, Arctic meteorology has increasingly come to affect them. The Arctic’s terminal decline, then, … infused by 19th-century nationalism and flooded with cheap newsprint. The Euro-American imperative to ransack …

Requiem: Detroit and the Fate of Urban America

… $17,900. $17,900. That house—that home—for the price of a cheap car. Pick up a paper these days and you almost … the phalanx of government programs that made our world comfortable: the labor laws that gave our fathers the … Race We knew about race, of course. Though we lived in a completely white neighborhood, there was no way to avoid …
Greek troops with a machine gun during the war

The Greco-Turkish War

… Greco-Turkish war erupted. The war resulted in the largest compulsory population exchange in history up to that time (2 … warfare slowed the Greek Army’s progression, and Greek soldiers’ acts of violence against Muslim villagers created … of Sangarios River (or Battle of Sakarya) in 1921. Greek soldiers retreating in 1922. The military operation lasted 24 …