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… first state to permit marijuana dispensaries to sell pot for recreational use. Across the state, celebratory stoners welcomed the New Year by lining up at licensed retailers to buy … purchasing medical marijuana requires a perfunctory visit to a “pot doc”—licensed physicians who specialize in …

… Vladimir Putin has gone to extraordinary lengths to commemorate the Second World War. Even though the war ended … Professor of History and Director, Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching, The Ohio State University … think partly, once again, because it sort of shows internal divisions within Russia. Instead, you know, World War II is …

… •    Angela Brintlinger (Moderator), Director, Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, The Ohio … University •    Philip Kopatz, Graduate Student, Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, The Ohio … once the Ukrainian Patriarchate was founded, you have a division in the population. The Moscow Patriarchate was part …

… and I were fortunate enough to be granted permission to visit northern Afghanistan. We were an unlikely group to be … had very recently joined forces with the celebrated Tajik commander Ahmad Shah Massoud to establish the "Northern … the despotic measures he used to subjugate his many rivals and put down numerous rebellions. In the process, he …

… Ohio State University Dr. Sarah Brady Siff , Drug Enforcement & Policy Center, Moritz College of Law; Ohio State … Professor of History and Director of the Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching, Ohio State University … holds a PhD in history from Ohio State and is currently visiting assistant professor at the Moritz College of Law in …

… dining services, and athletic facilities . Public favor for the some 3,300 degree-granting, non-profit colleges and … universities to yield an annual, independent source of income. Endowment size has served as a proxy for academic … causes. Endowments are also targeted because they have become steeply stratified over the past century. Merely …

… and persuaded her to lie about it had not been public for an hour before many observers were uttering sentences … at the Democratic national headquarters at the Watergate complex in 1972. An abbreviated list of what came to be … and infiltrating and sabotaging the campaigns of political rivals. While obstruction of justice can be viewed as an …

… “elected” president of Syria. The unrest resulted from a combination of socio-economic and political problems that had been building for years and that affect especially Syria’s large rural … according to them, was above any sectarian and ethnic division and dispute. In an unusual show of solidarity, in …

… border deal as “the toughest set of border security reforms we've ever seen.” Urging Congress to pass the bill, … also proposed deploying advanced drug detection machines to combat the influx of fentanyl, which he claimed was … under specific provisions. These cards enable Mexican visitors to stay in the United States up to 72 hours for …

… concerns. Whether subduing Iraq and Afghanistan, combating sex trafficking, restricting nuclear weaponry or … for Chile’s former dictator Augusto Pinochet, who was visiting London for medical attention. Now a foreign … a global system based on autonomous nations and militarized rivals. Yet in a world where power still trumps authority …

… peace. At his inaugural ceremony in 2018, he counseled a complete break with the past forms of governance that were … Mengistu took a rigid stance against any ethnic or regional divisions as threats to Ethiopian unity and interests. … tensions on four fronts. First, Abiy had to contend with rivals and even some former allies in his home state of …

… Erdoğan has entered a new phase, and the same could be true for the “New Turkey” he has proclaimed. After 11 years as … of the Turkish Republic since its founding in 1923: the uncompromising secularism of the first Turkish president, … in the National Assembly rather than the presidency. This division of powers favoring the Parliament may come as a …

… Your veterans’ healthcare is safe.” A few months before his signature Affordable Care Act (ACA) was scheduled … His remarks made it clear that the ACA was only the latest iteration of government involvement in the health … be neglected by state and local health systems, or become—in World War I-era parlance—“public charges.” Alongside …

… replaces it. The wealthy Georgian facades of New Town transform into charity shops, pubs, Indian restaurants, and the … your right, you will encounter the upscale whiskey house, complete with nineteenth-century stone walls that feature … maritime, industrial, and working-class culture, when you visit the neighborhood today, the only reminders of that …

… decided this month that the state’s constitution does not forbid same-sex civil marriages. It therefore paved the way … before all slaves in Massachusetts would be set free, the Commonwealth v. Jennison case of 1783 ensured that slaves … of Independence and the federal Constitution, citing the latest scientific and social research and making claims …

… Zoos are some of the world’s most visited attractions. Yet they often make headlines for controversial reasons such as in 2016 when the … or in 2017 when poachers killed a rhinoceros at a Paris Zoo for its horns. While schoolchildren and adults alike may … to think with, you know. Over 600 million people a year visit a zoo. So they're, you know, significant institutions …

… Hornet pilots defied the orders of their American commanding officers. These pilots independently aborted 40 … pilots mistook a four vehicle British reconnaissance patrol for the enemy, even though the vehicles were decorated with … of familiarity with one another's commanders and staff, visits, the creation of liaison teams, multinational …

… China, colonial Mexico, and turn-of-the-century California. Ultimately, a international perspective helps us to … drugs, we find that stories of drug wars are actually quite commonplace. Ultimately, these drug wars, waged across … As any good historian should, we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… Seventy years later, public memory of the battle for Manila includes a mixture of gratitude toward the … history of a city that has long sat at the crossroads of competing powers, and it still looms large in the … 1945. Fearing the execution of prisoners, the 1 st Cavalry Division broke through Japanese lines and rushed to Manila, …

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Welcome to "Election 2020: Insights from History" coming to you … political history from the history department at Ohio State for a conversation about the elections. We'll explore … of like 40 years total, in that span of time. And where the divisions seem to be cultural, some of that religious and …

… Europe . The United States military begins preparing for war against Russia again, unveiling plans to quadruple … and dangerous, amplifying the sense of tension and competition across Europe and strengthening the sense of … down. Disagreements over the future of Germany, the growing division of Europe, and increasing ideological competition …

… economic distress wrought by swashbuckling capitalism. As Commanders-in-Chief and liberal Protestants, the twenty-fifth and forty-fourth presidents both confronted the knotty issue of … played in McKinley's decision for war. The senator's visit and interventionist bent hardly made him distinct. …