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

… of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere—organizations that had come out of gay-father activism of the 1980s—wrote a brief … draw invidious distinctions between families headed by opposite-sex parents and families headed by same-sex parents, … characterized by a mixture of hope for a different kind of future and anxieties about the impact that their sexuality …

Apres Poutine ? Les Elections Presidentielles Russes

… Le 2 décembre 2007, les citoyens russes ont voté, sans surprise, à plus de 60 % … Russie Unie, soutenu par Vladimir Poutine. Le Parti communiste arrive en second avec seulement 11 % des voix, … Apres Poutine ? Les Elections Presidentielles Russes …
Bande dessinée par Ali Delim pour marquer la vingtième anniversaire de la mort de Saïd Mekbel

1/30/2015: Les dangers d'être humoriste: Charlie Hebdo n’est pas le seul

… La juxtaposition du rire et de la tragédie dans les fusillades de Charlie Hebdo a suscité une recherche profonde pour découvrir comment les hommes armés sont venus à être si irrités par … plume pour souligner et exploiter d’une façon comique l'absurdité des problèmes du pays, particulièrement ceux de …

Climate, Human Population and Human Survival: What the Deep Past Tells Us about the Future

… and a staggering landmark in human population growth combined to give new urgency to the existential question of … some sobering conclusions as we chart a course into the future. Our ancestors lived short, difficult lives, hemmed … supported them. We, by contrast, have arrived at the opposite situation: our individual lives are far more healthy …
seedlings

Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future

… us on an authoritative and eye-opening journey into how the company Monsanto came to have outsized influence over our … Agent Orange―to build an agricultural empire, promising endless bounty through its genetically engineered technology. … Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future …
The Terra Cotta Warriors: Xi’an’s most famous attraction

A Postcard from Xi’an: Balancing Past and Future

… the inner city. A Tang hot springs palace outside the city, site of one of China’s most famous love stories, serves as a … it’s a Daoist mountain to the east, a Buddhist reliquary complex to the west, or the tomb-speckled hillside to the … the city, history acts as a bridge between the past and the future, both intentionally and serendipitously. One such …
President Clinton and Vice President Gore sitting in the Oval Office in 1996.

An October Surprise Again?

… Republican opponent. This prospect was labeled the October Surprise. The Nixon team beseeched the South Vietnamese to … Florida and the Middle West. Today's public diplomacy might lessen the value of such an accomplishment as a true surprise. A revived round of …
map of Yugoslavia

What Victory in Yugoslavia May Mean for Future Wars

… desperate enemy population would force its own rulers to surrender. Not surprisingly, Mitchell soon made himself … to support their own operations, but Army Air Force commanders tried instead to amass all the planes they could … share of the military budget. What this will mean in the future is that what we have seen in Yugoslavia is likely to …
European Union flag

The EU: Past, Present, and Future

… a century ago. Today, the EU faces an unprecedented combination of challenges, including a lingering economic … But as our guests tell us, the EU has proven to be surprisingly resilient and adaptable, constantly reinventing … host, Mark Sokolsky. Today we address the past, present and future of the European Union, that unique institution that …
A makeshift hospital in Iowa during the 1918 flu pandemic

Pandemics: Past, Present, Future

… for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily … Dr. Thomas McDow Welcome to pandemics past, present and future. Coming to you from the History department at The … These were all important military ports, Boston, being a site where troops were deployed from the American …
Crowds of people in Kyiv, Ukraine

The Fate of Crimea, the Future of Ukraine, Part I

… political revolution in Kyiv's Independence Square, the surprise annexation of Crimea into Russia, and rising … history, how Crimea was absorbed into Russia, and what the future holds for Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula. ( Image … We wondering both how have the events in Crimea changed the future of the Ukraine? And then also, what should the United …

Kosovo's Year Zero: Between a Balkan Past and a European Future

… spelled out, in English, the word Newborn . Fireworks accompanied live appearances by pop stars and elected … thousand demonstrators, some of whom vandalized local sites associated with those countries that supported … independence an enormous legal problem that put at risk the future of international law as we know it. For these …
Sign that reads, "You are either affected or infected with HIV/AIDS."

HIV/AIDS: Past, Present and Future

… , and Jesse Kwiek — about the origins, spread, and future of HIV/AIDS in both the United States and around the … infectious diseases can be caused by bacteria, fungus, parasites and viruses and HIV, which stands for ”human … to ask our esteemed panel, what does HIV look like in the future? And where do you think the disease, the challenges …
Government of National Unity in 2009. Left to right: Arthur Mutambara, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, and Thabo Mbeki.

A Lesson for South Africa? Zimbabwe’s Path to Multi-Party Rule

… 1965 to official independence in 1980.   Political factors complicated matters. Since the early 1960s, the British … Nations (UN) imposed sanctions and increased diplomatic pressure on the government. Smith adopted and implemented … did not go it alone. He had fellow comrades including the future president, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, and Ndabaningi …
The flag of Ethiopia under the rule of the Derg, 1975-1987

Blind Aid: Lessons (Not Learned) from the Ethiopian Famine

… a vicious civil war. She expressed her frustration with the futility of using medicine to treat starving patients and … hundreds [of] thousands of people who will die.” Vasset’s comments encapsulated the international response to the … many humanitarian aid efforts continue to have the opposite of their intended effect. International Response At the …
Image of T2 Atomic Demolition Munition from the 1950s.

The Test-Ban Treaty and the Cold War’s Lessons

… When U.S. senators voted to reject the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, they took a giant step … life. Ignoring that lesson risks creating a more dangerous future. On July 16, 1945, J. Robert Oppenheimer watched an … in Europe and set up a verification system providing for on-site inspections. For the first time, diplomacy led not just …
Rio's Ipanema Beach

A Postcard from Brazil: The Old Struggle for a Better Future

… a man running for his life, I immediately knew the answer. "COME IN!" someone was yelling. I need not have been told; … virus devastating thousands of families. It comes as no surprise that some Brazilians are questioning the longevity … brave face, to work relentlessly, and to hope for a better future in a country plagued with socioeconomic and racial …
President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton in 1993.

Why Clinton Will Survive

… over the Clinton scandal. Yet overlooked in the stampede to compare Bill Clinton to Richard Nixon is the fact that … why Clinton is facing removal and why he ultimately will survive. Consider how Clinton and Johnson got into trouble. … exuding false empathy, who utterly lacks the requisite character necessary to preside in the Oval Office. …