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The Olympic flag flies at half-staff during a memorial service to the slain Israeli athletes, September 6, 1972.

The Munich Olympic Massacre

… goal of self-determination for Palestine. In 1970, Jordan’s King Hussein ruled more Palestinian refugees than … response to the tragedy led to the creation of an Israeli assassination campaign, known as Operation “Wrath of God.” Learn More: Klein, A. J. (2005).  Striking back: The 1972 Munich Olympics massacre and Israel's …
President JFK giving an address on civil rights in June, 1963.

A President Who Was Still Growing

… After forty years, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy continues to … order in federally financed housing. Instead of attacking segregation head-on by supporting congressional … pursue detente that provoked the CIA into engineering his assassination. There are also indications that the …
Albert Bierstadt, Mount Corcoran, c. 1876-1877, oil on canvas

Silent Spring Revolution, a Conversation with Douglas Brinkley

… Commoner (an environmental justice advocate), Coretta Scott King (an antinuclear activist), Stewart Udall (the secretary … testing movement scene with Norman Cousins who founded it. Martin Luther King Jr. said this, but he said it in many …

Right-Wing Politics in India

… doctors educated in the western style, often in the United Kingdom. They met regularly to air their grievances against … that goal. He promoted idealized versions of former Hindu kings, such as Shivaji, as enlightened rulers in contrast to … nuanced than Hedgewar’s in some ways. They agreed that taking an anti-British stance would endanger the existence of …

The Road to Same-Sex Marriage: Lesbian Mothers, Gay Fathers, and the American Family

… about “their role as husbands and fathers.” Likewise, Vera Martin, an African American lesbian mother who raised her … them and losing her job with Los Angeles County. In 1959, Martin and her lover Kay, who was also a lesbian mother, … time, and men and women who were a part of them began talking about the realities and politics of gay and lesbian …
We Are Our Mountains (Tatik u Papik) Monument, Stepanakert.

A Postcard from Nagorno-Karabakh

… Artsakh was a proudly independent principality within the Kingdom of Armenia for many centuries.  It enjoyed … principality of Syunik.  After the fall of the Bagratuni Kingdom of Armenia in 1045 and later the Georgian-sponsored Zakarid Armenian Kingdom, Syunik and Artsakh (by now known as Khachen) …
Undated photo of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany.

Democracy-Building Will Be Tougher This Time

… eventually formed Japan’s cabinets, much as in the United Kingdom, for example. The Japanese military usurped the … matter. That country has seen incessant military takeovers, assassinations, political executions, and factional and … prolonged total war, in a way we assume Iraq will not be, making them more prone to accept the Allies’ democratic …
Heroin bust.

Devising a Drug-Free World (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 3)

… World Brionna Mendoza Previously on Prologued … Miriam Kingsberg Kadia I would actually submit that the war on … get his legislation for some reason; he was very good at asking Congress for something and receiving it. Brionna … country where they don't have any real jurisdiction and making these relatively minor busts and then turning them into …
The Great Mosque of Djenne. This image illustrates the influence of Islam in the region and the building style of the region. Its origins are unknown but it shows the power of the emperors who built this structure that still stands today.

A New View of West African Empires

Review of African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa, by Michael A. Gomez (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018)
… region, which include the growth of the city of Gao and the Kingdom of Ghana. In this section, Gomez also introduces his … span of the Empire of Mali. Mali grew out of the Ghanaian Kingdom, and Gomez charts the emergence, development and …
Escobar: Paradise Lost, directed by Andrea Di Stefano

2/6/2015: At the Movies: Escobar

… formulaic: Nick enters the world of Colombian drug trafficking , gains the trust of the kingpin, and must choose whether being a part of that world … television and radio broadcasts to point out his tactics of assassination, employing child soldiers, and bankrolling …
“Aux amateurs de physique.” Likewise portraying the Tuileries flight, this cartoon mocks the unwashed masses who wished to see the spectacle without a ticket, but the scaling of the garden walls also illustrates how the balloon as a “people-machine” ignited the determination of the poorer, disempowered social strata to overcome restraints imposed on them by the authoritarian regime.

Public Perceptions: Ballooning and Political Culture

Review of The Imagined Empire: Balloon Enlightenments in Revolutionary Europe, by Mi Gyung Kim (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016)
… elaborate and closely monitored displays (the balloon as a “king-machine”). Yet for the masses, the balloon served as an … the disciplined spectators below portrays the craft as a “king-machine” that embodies the monarchy’s obligation to … but does not explicitly tie it into her analysis, making it particularly difficult for readers who do not have a …

What We Talk About When We Talk About Confederate Monuments

… ( bottom left ). Clergy and other counter-protesters linking arms against protesters during the rally ( bottom … the nation civil rights legislation, and the same year that Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his “I Have a Dream Speech” at …
Dynamiters' train in Indianapolis.

Of Bill Gates, Casey Jones, and the Search for Heroes

… to Duty." In fact, the tragedy was of the engineer's making, caused by his own arrogant risk-taking. But the legend … valiant heroes from the Casey Jones mold, figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Edmund Hillary or the first …

All Politics is Local: Understanding Boko Haram

… the Nigerian government. First Lady Michelle Obama making a plea for the return of the Chibok girls, 2014 “[We] … he said. “All those with turbans [Muslim rulers] looking for opportunities to smear us, they are all infidels.” … the 13 th century Kanem-Borno was one of the most extensive kingdoms in sub-Saharan Africa. During this time, Islamic …
Photo from 1890 of the first OSU football team

Taylor Branch on the Crisis of College Sports

… or NCAA. In addition to completing the monumental  King Era Trilogy , Branch has published  The Cartel: Inside … that it might cause. Very few people spoke directly to Martin Luther King and said, "I disagree with you on principle for …

The Hajj and Europe

… other major world pilgrimages, the hajj is obligatory. In making the pilgrimage to Islam’s holiest city—Muhammad’s … industry (hajj revenues are 3% of GDP) and a mass event the kingdom must oversee at enormous cost. Last year the Saudis … posts a consul in Jeddah to help French nationals making the hajj. The most recent consul, a convert named Lewis …
Cover of The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany by Susannah Heschel.

God for Nazis

Review of The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany , by Susannah Heschel (Princeton University Press, 2008)
… part of a Germanic tradition of anti Judaism that included Martin Luther, it is very clear that they were products of … tries to dance around these issues, implying things but making no hard claims. For example, she states: One cannot …
Perry speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.

Governor Perry’s Vice-Presidential Mistake

… Lyndon B. Johnson, became president following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. To be sure, Johnson often … Nixon and Humphrey and indeed every vice president after Martin Van Buren in 1836.  Dan Quayle met with Bush …

Tradition vs Charisma: The Sunni-Shi'i Divide in the Muslim World

… his kinship with Muhammad and his service to Islam. 'Ali's assassination in 661 represented the continuation of a … and in the following year arranged for the enthronement of King Faysal, the son of Sharif Husayn of Mecca, as King of Iraq. Not until 2003 did Iraqi Shi'i religious …
Crowd with sign: "Black Caucus for Chisholm"

"Earn Your Spurs" (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 7)

… became involved in the Civil Rights Movement while working at the YWCA in Harlem, New York. It was there that she … with Height joining historic demonstrations with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, including the 1963 March on Washington. In …
Protesters with signs in support of immigrants: "We are all here thanks to immigrants", "If you don't want immigrants, stop destabilizing their countries"; "Defend DACA"

Honduras, TPS, and U.S. Policy

… Katherine Borland , to learn why so many Hondurans are seeking refuge in the U.S., the political, economic, and social …   Brenna Miller  So why exactly now is the U.S. thinking about ending the temporary protected status?   … right now.   Professor Dana Frank  And a lot of those assassinations were committed by the Battalion 3-16, and …