Nathan Ellstrand

Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling vessels.

EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military on Sept. 2 to kill all 11 people on a suspected drug-smuggling boat because they were on an internal list of military targets, the commander overseeing the operation told lawmakers, according to multiple sources.

Smash burger

A belated Thanksgiving plate!

***IEHS Digital Grants Awards Winner***

Congratulations to Kate Motluck (Ph.D. candidate in History, University of Toronto) for a digital project on the history of forced migration to and from the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean!

What Netflix's acquisition of Warner Bros. means for the movies Netflix’s deal to acquire Warner Bros. is shaking up the entertainment industry. Warner Bros., one of Hollywood’s oldest studios, is part of the “big five” and plays a key role in theatrical releases.

Netflix’s deal to acquire Warner Bros. is shaking up the entertainment industry. Here are some things to know about the deal and what it means for the movies.

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"Beyond a Teleology of Transition: Re-Imagining gender transition through a trans Buddhist auto-ethnographic account"

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The World Bank and the Cold War in Latin America: The Argentine Challenge by Claudia Kedar

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Worthy of Justice: The Politics of Veterans Treatment Courts in Practice by Jamie Rowen

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Special Damage: The Slander of Women and the Gendered History of Defamation Law by Jessica Lake

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Demolishing Detroit: How Structural Racism Endures by Nicholas L. Caverly

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Enduring Hostility: The Making of America's Iran Policy by Dalia Dassa Kaye

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**Submit IEHS Panel Proposals for the 2027 OAH by January 31**

The IEHS Program Committee invites submissions for panels at the annual meeting of the OAH in San Francisco in 2027. If you are interested, please submit a panel proposal to Program Committee Chair Hidetaka Hirota: hhirota@berkeley.edu

Covert Action in Chile: The Significance of the Church Committee Report 50 Years Later Washington D.C. December 4, 2025 -  Fifty years ago today, Senator Frank Church convened the first public congressional hearing ever held on CIA covert operations to overthrow a foreign government, fo...

“Covert Action in Chile”: The Significance of the Church Committee Report 50 Years Later

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Oysters

Seafood stew

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Just in case the 50+ emails from nonprofits didn't remind you...it's Giving Tuesday!!

From Aid to Trade – AHA The “new chapter” in US-Africa relations isn’t so new after all.

Today in #AHAPerspectives, Leigh Gardner looks at the current administration's trade policies for Africa and finds them quite familiar. 🗃️

Grilled oysters

Halibut poke tostada

Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later Washington, D.C., November 26, 2025 - On General Augusto Pinochet’s 60th birthday, November 25, 1975, four delegations of Southern Cone secret police chieftains gathered in Santiago, Chile, at the inv...

"Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later"

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Have you seen our Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) Monthly Digest for November yet?

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Milk peanut butter bar.

Gal bi (short rib).

Stir-fried spicy squid

Corn cheese

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