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Pope Francis smiling from inside a car as he leaves the White House in 2015.

Embracing the Pope–Selectively

… have been unheard of among most evangelicals. Consider that Martin Luther and John Calvin, the two most influential leaders of … and the pope at the center of the resistance to God’s kingdom. Carl McIntire, one of the most outspoken …
"The Magnet Citizenship" March 1917 cartoon by Henry Mayer - Moving Picture Weekly (1915-1920)

U.S. Citizenship Is Based on Principles, Not Heritage

… or Roman Catholics settle amongst us; whether subjects of Kings, or citizens of free States . . .  they will find it … and self-rule — that the act was based on.  And in our time Martin Luther King would refer to these same principles to advance …
The new Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador, which opened in February 2023, was built to detain thousands suspected gang members.

Marching Back to the Past: Militarism in El Salvador

… policies that have long exposed young and poor/working-class communities to violence and human rights abuses. … up against local governments to demand better living and working conditions. Armed with machetes, sticks, and rocks, the … de Brazos Caídos (Fallen Arms Strike). Workers stopped working, and teachers and students stayed home from school …
A woman holds Palestinian and Iranian flags alongside portraits of the Ayatollah during a funeral for victims of the June 2025 Israeli strikes on Iran.

The Long Road to War with Iran

… Israeli escalation—whether through sanctions, sabotage, or assassinations—has hardened rather than undermined Iran’s … Iran’s oil company, attempted to limit the power of King Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, and threatened Western … imposed escalating economic penalties targeting Iran’s banking system, energy sector, and military procurement …
Black Panther

Searching for Wakanda: The African Roots of the Black Panther Story

… Black America.” The Black Panther himself is T’challa, the king of Wakanda, a mythical African nation that also happens … he was influenced in part by his trip to Lesotho. The small kingdom, surrounded on all sides by South Africa, avoided … death. Lee and Kirby had both served in World War II. Working in 1966 they were steeped in the science and technology …
Demonstrators protest the judicial proceedings against suspected White Power activists following the Greensboro massacre of 1979.

"Lone Wolves" No More

Review of Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America, by Kathleen Belew (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018)
… war in the Gulf A soldier named Tim McVeigh . . . ―Charlie King, The War is Coming Home , 1996 On April 19, 1995, a … carried out by a U.S. citizen on American soil. Charlie King’s antiwar anthem highlighted the connections between … called for undermining the state through bombings and assassinations. Over the next decade, they engaged in Turner …
Wartime poster. Canada. The Bureau of Public Information was created in September 1939 to disseminate information about Canada’s war policies.

Can the New Administration Keep Canada as an Ally in Afghanistan?

… cooperation in foreign and defense policy.   Working with the governments in Great Britain, Australia, New … Canadian nationalists, most of whom lived in French-speaking Quebec and had no familial ties to Britain, were … centrist Liberal prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, denounced the ambassador’s ideas. Ottawa made its own …
bowl of pills with a black background

The Past and Future of the Global War on Drugs (Prologued, Season 2, Finale)

… have the time to examine and address: charges of trafficking against communist Cuba, for example, or the long … War and Japan in the aftermath of the Opium Wars.   Miriam Kingsberg Kadia  I think it's also really important to note … than we are. And we really need to spend some time  unpacking the biases that come into these terms, particularly in …

What's All Happening at the Zoo?

… status, imperial ambition, and military might. When Hittite kings displayed lions, tigers, wolves, leopards and bears; … from faraway lands appeared luxurious and spectacular. No king would be worthy of his crown without an elephant or a … gave sixty parrots and a macaw to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand, setting a precedent for stocking European …
Photo of A. Mitchell Palmer, a congressman from Pennsylvania who later became the U.S. Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson.

Cracking Down on Dissent

… issued a gag order preventing Drake officials from speaking about the subpoena. When word of this order spread, … War I. Other “scares” followed. From 1938 to 1945 Rep. Martin Dies of Texas, no defender of civil liberties, … communists were behind the great civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and anti-Vietnam war protesters. With …
DC Police Car in the snow

A Long View of Policing in America

… most of the news media covering the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner and other black men doesn't usually … the interests of capital. So anyone who was you know, striking or protesting or advocating radical political ideas, … the exception of the riots that took place after Martin Luther King's assassination. Most of the riots that took …

The Secular Roots of a Religious Divide in Contemporary Iraq

… government consisting of both Shi'is and Sunnis, thereby making a deliberate effort to draw support from the Sunni … history) by Balami.   The defining crisis stemmed from the assassination of Ali (r. 656-661), son-in-law of the Prophet … father’s death 19 years later. Yazid proclaimed himself a king of the new Islamic empire by virtue of family ties. And …
Cover of Catholic Pirates and Greek Merchants: A Maritime History of the Early Modern Mediterranean by Molly Greene.

Pirates, Pirates Everywhere but Not Enough of Them in This Book

Review of Catholic Pirates and Greek Merchants, by Molly Greene (Princeton University Press 2010)
… move the spotlight from the center to the periphery, from kings and popes to merchants and midwives, from inquisitors … crusade to take back Constantinople and the Holy Land. Kings such as Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and … against him contrary to the wishes of their "master" the king of France.  The further irony with this pirating …
The graves of Ōuchi Yoshitaka and his valet in the grounds of Tainei-ji, Nagato, Yamaguchi. Ōuchi Yoshitaka in foreground.

Remembering the 1551 Taineiji Incident

… court had already begun to gather in Yamaguchi. Even low-ranking craftsmen responsible for building temporary structures … Yoshitaka’s time they were thought to be Buddhist monks seeking to restore the Dharma—knowledge of Christianity would come later. Xavier, too, regarded Yoshitaka as a king, whose authority and patronage would be essential for …