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Mr. Ernesto Zedillo, Chair GDN Board of Directors, kicks off the 10th annual GDN conference.

Broken Promises in Mexico

… Clinton will soon be traveling south of the Rio Grande for a summit with his Mexican counterpart Ernesto Zedillo. … bilateral trade, illegal immigration, and joint efforts to combat drug trafficking. Political reform in Mexico should … harsh realities of Mexican politics during his upcoming visit.  To champion President Zedillo as an agent of change, …
Waiting for a Chinook, by C.M. Russell. Overgrazing and harsh winters were factors that brought an end to the age of the Open Range.

Dot-Coms and the Great Cattle Die-Off

… in years! All you have to do is sit back and wait for the profits to roll in! And so a throng of investors … reward for reasonable risk. We're talking about the dot-com industries of the '90s, aren't we? Not this time. We're … Stock Growers Association offered sumptuous facilities to visiting owners, much as dot-com owners living on venture …
Ellis Island, New York City.

Hiding Behind Reform

… a group calling itself ProjectUSA has caused a stir in California, Minnesota, North Carolina and South Carolina by … between present-day immigration and the flood of newcomers who came in the past. ProjectUSA’s website is … billboard campaign sponsored by ProjectUSA is simply the latest version of this tradition. Their billboards bear …

The Kids Aren’t Alright: The Policymaking of Student Loan Policy

… took out a student loan, averaging over $5,000 a year. Therefore, around 10 million people took out student loans last … to the cost saving measures of the FDLP, especially when compared to the money funneled to private banks through … interest in what congressional and educational leaders coined "postsecondary education," to incorporate all types …
Karzai with former US President George W. Bush and wife Laura Bush at Camp David in 2007.

Keep Karzai in the Loop

… secret, backdoor negotiations with the Taliban be useful for the United States?   The experience of an earlier war … shown the agreement, he felt presented with a fait accompli and refused to consent.   Believing that he had been … picture of an agreement in Afghanistan will certainly not coincide entirely with that of the United States. Yet as …
An image of Kuwait’s oil fields after they were set ablaze by retreating Iraqi soldiers during the First Gulf War

Oil Empires and Petro-Anarchies

Review of Empires and Anarchies: A History of Oil in the Middle East, by Michael Quentin Morton (London: Reaktion Books, 2017)
… through the lens of the region’s largest industry: oil.  Before taking up writing, Morton served as a lawyer for 30 … had obtained independence. Morton tracks major individuals, companies, and governments taking part in the search for … keep flowing (175-176). The Arab Spring, he argues, was the latest eruption of social unrest against a status quo of …
Israeli soldiers stand around their tanks during the Yom Kippur War.

The Yom Kippur War and the OPEC Oil Embargo

… Soviet Union while also threatening the global economy. Before the war’s outbreak, Israel and its Arab neighbors had … heavily on Soviet support for arms and many Arab nations welcomed Soviet aid. Nixon and National Security Adviser Henry … five percent. Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Omar Saqqaf, visited America and warned the Nixon administration that an …
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 … Department of History; Director, Harvey Goldberg Center for Teaching Excellence … company in St. Louis in 1901. And that became the largest seller of genetically engineered seeds in the world by the …
A U.S. FBI agent sorts through rubble. (Photo by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation)

The 1998 East African Embassy Bombings

… but at the time it seemed like a relatively minor threat in comparison with established groups like Hamas and Hizballah. … of militant groups called The International Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders. The document amounted … and absorbing much of the force of the blast. This lucky coincidence, coupled with the fact that the embassy was …
Vladimir Putin seated and surrounded by military officers

World War II Memory in Putin's Russia

… 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 … Day parades on Red Square. He's met with veterans and made visits to memorials. He's emphasized his own personal …

Russia, Gay Rights, and the Sochi Olympics

… delegation to Sochi. Inadvertently, the Sochi games have become the gay games. Homosexuality in Russia Today The … of the new legislation, and Putin’s own remarks about visitors to Olympic Games, have focused on pedophilia as a … Vladislav Surkov, one of Putin’s former close associates, coined the term “sovereign democracy” for the concept that …
Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.

Peace through Olympic Sport?

… billions of people. But are the Olympic Games good for the World? Proponents say the Games help create mutual … corruption scandals, doping controversies and rampant commercialism have done so little to dent the popularity of … to showcase the achievements of Nazism, and many foreign visitors were impressed by the gleaming new stadiums and the …
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

… Hebdo a suscité une recherche profonde pour découvrir comment les hommes armés sont venus à être si irrités par … les militants des groupes armés divers se réclamant d’une forme plus « vraie » de l'Islam ont tué trois humoristes : … est sorti pour déjeuner avec une amie dans un restaurant du coin. Comme beaucoup d'autres journalistes encore en Algérie …
poster supporting those lost in Pearl Harbor

Mobilizing for Common Purpose in the COVID Era

… Just how has American society mobilized for a sense of common purpose in the past? And why have we … extensive American involvement in the war. Roosevelt could coin a phrase, as he did when he called on the nation to be … Mobilizing for Common Purpose in the COVID Era …
Official Program: Woman Suffrage Procession, Washington DC March 3, 1913

I have many things to say (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 2)

… conflict.  Today we talk about the women who led the charge for suffrage, their successful advocating for the nineteenth amendment, and who they left behind along … it into a vehicle which will organize a massive march to coincide with the first inauguration of President Woodrow …

Ideology or Ethnicity? The Israeli Political Crisis

… the Supreme Court and amidst growing public criticism. To compound the confusion, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, sitting … the right-wing Likud party, was indicted in November 2019 for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. Prime Minister … ideology at the time was that of the melting pot, a phrase coined by Zionist activist Israel Zangwill in a 1909 play …
Actors in the Berezil troupe, 1922.

Ukrainian Theater on the Soviet Stage

… 1920, in the middle of war , a group of Ukrainians performed Macbeth . They had been in Kyiv, but the city was … Follies. The Berezil’s managing director researched the latest in stage lighting, and the state funded the purchase … cavorted with dancing girls. Finally, the figure of comic writer Ostap Vyshnia was depicted hunting a line of …
Plate of enchiladas at a Mexican restaurant.

Mexican Food in the United States

… They change over time. This is certainly the case for Mexican food in the United States, which has undergone … Powder  The food tradition of the American Southwest has come about through various populations’ contributions over … and Birria Landia, it is a draw for locals but also invites visitors to experience Mexican food, reflecting the careful …