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… United States’ southern border , the vast majority of whom are prevented from entering the country. In the fiscal year … were pressuring would-be migrants to rush the journey. They warned their clients that the border was about to open … they simply never made enough to do so. “Many Chinamen have come; few have returned. Why is this?” representatives of …

… Santorum, April 2021 Former Pennsylvania senator (and CNN commentator) Rick Santorum made those comments at a conservative student organization-hosted conference. They were given as part of a speech about the beginnings of … built out of nothing, and the fact that Indigenous cultures are not part of the dominant American “culture” is a …

… Brenna Miller   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, in an area that will threaten their water supply should the … Access Pipeline? Who are the protesters? What exactly are they protesting? And what's the background on the pipeline …

… staff, I am alarmed by this news. As their administrations come to a close, presidents establish foundations to raise … argued against a statute that singled out his records, but they lost in court. The law handed the National Archives and … integrity” to screen the tapes and files. Archivists are trained historians. They serve as honest brokers, roles …

… David Brakke , Tina Sessa , and Daniel Watkins as they discuss Pope Francis—the “people’s pope”—and how his actions fit into the Church's traditions and its commitment to social justice. Listen and explore hundreds of … Leticia Wiggins   Welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone by …

… the world wished Charles Darwin a happy 200th birthday. They did so through symposia and conferences, exhibits and … birthday and a sesquicentennial anniversary. If you are reading this in the United States, you can be forgiven … 2009, with events sponsored by national and state "Lincoln Commissions," and because of the remarkable presidential …

… back over the stories relating to China that have appeared on the front pages of newspapers in this country during … that have captured the attention of Americans, ranging as they have from the furor last summer triggered by comments about Beijing’s human rights record made by Bob …

… Revolution--and learn that women in America have never been completely united.  … will vote in a specific and similar way simply because they are women, has been a persistent narrative in American … Trump. Think pieces blossomed overnight, denouncing the complicity and betrayal of white women to the feminist …

… as a man who took personal responsibility — “the buck stops here” — by vetoing bills he considered either a threat … on Congress to fund pet projects and create tax loopholes. They look to their presidents to exercise their …

… For a while it was thought that William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) died, … simultaneously remains a coincidence full of symbolism. They were kindred spirits. And today it is impossible to … the rights of his novel to a printer. He was buried in a common grave. Most profoundly, our modern sensibility is …

… beyond their homes.” Not only did children move inside, but they also became “islanded,” “progressively separated from … Places, backyards, and basements filled with televisions, computers, and Playstations. Riney-Kehrberg describes how … was the fear that these processes produced in American parents. The Nature of Childhood is a story about play and …

… I’ve read about it, 1968 was quite a year. Writers have compared it to the most dramatic moments in modern history— 1789 … to Guatemala ( right ). Some events seem as though they ought to be memorable but don’t show up on anyone’s …

… 2016, Hillary Rodham Clinton secured enough delegates to become the Democratic nominee for president of the United … a few entered public life via their husbands’ political careers (though husbands have proven a vexed issue for most … Wall Street. Among the nation’s first female stock brokers, they quickly grew wealthy. In 1870, they began publishing a …

… in putting the nation on display on the global stage. And coming up, Brazil : about to host to the 2014 World Cup and … History Talk hosts Leticia Wiggins and Patrick Potyondy as they discuss the historical dimensions of this contentious topic with experts Russell Field , Marc Horger , and Steven …

… and Punishment" was serialized in 1866. The novel appeared monthly over the course of 1866, and it was a smash … it was being spoken about by fans of literature, who often complained about the stifling power of the novel and the … might embody the socialist principles radicals espoused, they expected further social changes and dreamed of a …

… wake of a mass shooting such as the one in Parkland, FL, commentators, pundits, and politicians all gather around to … U.S. from 1982 to 2016 ( right ). Their solutions, however, are few to none. Whether Nikolas Cruz’s mental illness was a … of charity, either because of genetic defects or because they should be curable and thus not under long-term care. …

… change in the blink of an eye if only we tried. But where are we now, twenty-five years later? Why should  1989 matter … Talk , hosts Patrick Potyondy and Leticia Wiggins welcome historians  Nicholas Breyfogle and  Theodora … and Slavic Studies Professor Angela Brintlinger as they consider these questions and more as we remember the …

… violence, malnutrition or disease. Ten million is hard to comprehend. Nor is it any easier if we break it down: thirty … or re-constitute families, to provide homes when birth parents could not or would not do so, to serve as slaves, on … workers insisted on placing children with families whom they most closely resembled: not merely in physical …

… Thanks for being on the show Professor Conklin and welcome.   Dr. Alice Conklin   Thank you for having me.   … think of it as being broken up into two large periods, what they call the 30 glorious years of economic growth and … citizens, which meant the creation of a very generous welfare state. And the fact that there was a consensus around …

… Barely three years after independence from British colonial … from the various cultural and territorial entities they had forcibly amalgamated into convenient colonial … and cultural challenges. The crisis that would become the Nigerian Civil War began on January 15, 1966 when a …

… Howard to take a longer and broader view of the matter. They discuss how modern policing problems are connected to a range of historical issues such as slave … Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone … between local law enforcement and the communities they protect.   Patrick Potyondy   Things are now coming to …

… questions facing American society and the international community in these uncertain times. ( Image Source ) … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … how would you say that public perceptions of terror, have they stayed more or less the same since 9/11? Or have those …

… vital questions like “What is the Maidan, and what made it top news around the world?”, “How and why did Russia annex … the reader.   The reviewer’s photos during the peaceful component of the pro-democracy EuroMaidan protests.  … talk of the plight of today’s Crimean Tartars, many people are not cognizant of the fascinating and repeatedly tragic …