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… single kilometer. Although the only electric vehicle at the competition, the Jeantaud handily beat its gasoline-powered competition at the Parc Agricole d’Achères outside Paris.  … in the 1950s and 1970s.  In fact, in 1975, the U.S. Postal Service bought 350 electric Jeeps from American Motors for …

… power production — will likely represent one of the most complicated dilemmas of the twenty-first century. Speaker: … Dr. Bart Elmore   Welcome, welcome, everyone. This is so great to see everyone … the disappearance of these societies almost always tends to coincide with moments of dryness, and extended kind of …

… and the future. Different Truths to Live By Every human community tells its own stories about the ultimate order of … Together, such stories end up producing something like a common-sense knowledge of the foundations of reality, a … 1552 work A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies . For the peoples of Abya Yala , this holocaust was not …

… 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 …

… Eric Michael Rhodes  Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together … of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies. She's an expert on the history of the Brazilian energy … Rhodes, song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website …

… to defeat Hitler’s squad after being told, “If you win, you die.” Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising gloved hands in … in putting the nation on display on the global stage. And coming up, Brazil : about to host to the 2014 World Cup and … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone …

… not obscure the fact that this conflict, with all its complexity and tragedy, belongs firmly to the present. This … to have long ago disappeared? Bruno Cabanes : The images coming to us from Ukraine can almost feel like they’re … we’re watching happen today [Sheehan, Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? ]. Far from being a “war of the past,” (i.e. a …

… of a permanent facility in which to play football.  When completed, Harvard Stadium cost over $300,000, held 40,000 … Athletic Reform .  Remind yourself periodically that competitive, commercialized, and capitalized athletic programs are not …

… been lifted, and negotiations for a new constitution had commenced. While political violence between the ANC and … South Africans in concentration camps. Tens of thousands died. The British consolidated South Africa in 1910 and gave … speech was full of hope for the future. Building on a term coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mandela described South …

… were denied access to the resources of the Selective Service Readjustment Act (1944) because they had not served … When Affirmative Action Was White concludes with the recommendation that contemporary American policymakers deal … action. Relying heavily on Johnson's 1965 Howard University Commencement Address, the author posits that the 37th …

… But how does political engagement on campuses today compare to the history of American campus activism, … protests can teach campus activists, administrators, and communities today. For more on OSU campus protests in the … conformity. And along with conformity the other side of the coin of conformity, according to the social scientists was …

… with a column praising the strategic savvy and tactical competence of abdicated Alaska governor Sarah Palin. Broder … that fit not just the wishes of the immediate audience but the mood of a significant slice of the broader … persuasion—an anti-gold standard monetary treatise called Coin's Financial School —offers a glimpse of this worldview. …

… the machine when I heard some Greek expletives and saw a commotion in front of me. The ATM ran out of money. I spent … accept the bailout conditions proposed by the European Commission. What felt like a scene from some apocalyptic … occupied by Nazi Germany, Bulgaria, and Italy. German soldiers raising their flag over the Acropolis in 1941 ( left …

… the story goes. In January 1918, after forty-one months of combat, Allied troops were ready for a ceasefire, but they … and the failure of the Spring Offensive caused German soldiers’ morale to plummet. The impact was devastating. On … example, French troops who had begun compulsory military service in 1912 duly entered the war in 1914 and remained …

… evidence of the LAPD’s excessive use of force and confirmed complaints of police brutality made by black and Latino … of Judge Joyce Karlin’s sentence of probation and community service for Korean merchant Sun Ja Du after she killed … of the 1960s, this was a multiracial rebellion. Studies found that 50.6 percent of those arrested were Latino …

… is not quite as large as Massachusetts and Rhode Island combined. It is also the second-most densely populated … and a Leninist party structure in 1924 (the year before Sun died), the KMT under Chiang Kai-shek's leadership ran a … in university dormitories to monitor students; military service is still compulsory for males. Although the KMT …

… a very different matter. Unfortunately, bad analogies have come to dominate discussions of China in the American press. … China would do now that its second Communist “Emperor” had died. As the debate over the so-called “China threat” to … is not simply that the use of these analogies does a disservice to the contemporary situation and the historical …

… average citizens with no connection to crime have become victims of this policy —especially poor and young … According to testimonies after the massacre, the common soldiers’ saying “one dead child, one less guerrilla” was … Court magistrates and the Attorney General. He also made bitcoin legal tender, claiming it would modernize the country’s …