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… became the top trending hashtag on Twitter after the combination of smoke from Amazon forest fires, a weather … to clear forest for cattle ranching and agriculture. Official Brazilian government data indicated that 73,000 … the offers and suggested that Angela Merkel keep the money and “reforest Germany instead” while his chief of staff …

… And while they could not be more different in style, tone, and story, the two films are instructively complementary in reminding us of an uncomfortable truth … the highest law of the land, the U.S. Constitution.   At one level “Django,” set in 1858 on the eve of the Civil War, …

… debate concerning same-sex marriages. And if at least one similar long-ago ruling from the same court is any … provoke a long, protracted, bitterly contested debate along one of the central fault-lines of democratic government — … before all slaves in Massachusetts would be set free, the Commonwealth v. Jennison case of 1783 ensured that slaves …

… December 25, 1848, brought an unwelcome gift to the Queen City. That Christmas Day, a dying man … producing voluminous discharge of rice-like white diarrhea. One physician described the tell-tale signs of cholera’s … English travel writer Isabella Lucy Bird (1831-1904) who visited Cincinnati in the 1850s. After Cincinnati’s initial …

… 4, 1970. The May 4 incident at Kent State University was one of those rare events that seem to crystallize an entire … antiwar movement, Black Power, and the generation gap had come even to Ohio. As the iconoclastic journalist I.F. Stone … The Friday night ruckus surprised hapless University officials. Local leaders insisted that “outside agitators” …

… monumental environmental victories, and therefore hope. One such hopeful victory is found in the story of the … remnant of a herd that once numbered 30 million. Almost no one believed the buffalo could be saved from extinction, … ethics of the robber barons. Between 1871 and 1883, commercial hide hunters slaughtered buffalo by the millions. …

… Europe in search of security and stability. With close to one million people arriving in 2015, many Europeans worry … threaten the cultural makeup of Europe due to the alleged incompatibility of the Islamic faith of the majority of new … determination should be made in each individual case, but officials should err on the side of caution because the …

… without understanding what preceded it. “There is a complicated history between the United States and Cuba,” … cut loose the shackles of the past,” President Castro summoned history not as rationale for change but as a reason for … themselves deeply into Cuban internal affairs. These prying officials included Enoch Crowder, Sumner Welles, Spruille …

… of “elites.” Choice B, of course, is a thumbnail sketch of one of the primary targets of Trump’s rage: President Barack … at … well, any number of things. Lumping them together, the commentariat called all these angry voters “populists” and … much time defining just who those people are, what they’ve done to deserve the wrath of voters, and what the …

… that an estimated 1.5 million people were slaughtered here. One of them was a Roman Catholic nun, Sister Teresia … “Christianize” the Holocaust in order to play down Catholic complicity in Nazi atrocities. This controversy comes at a … because they had killed Christ, a position that was not officially condemned until 1965. This is not to say that …

… Bob Knight, nicknamed "The General," for defying university officials and for violating a "zero tolerance" policy … rash act against a national celebrity. Meanwhile, Knight complained that he was a victim of changing expectations … tactic confirmed MacArthur as a "virtuoso strategist," said one analyst. Like MacArthur, Knight too has been regarded as …

… richly historic town of Khiva (formerly known as Khorezm), one leaves behind the tree-lined streets and canals, the … history. The train stops in Urgench, a quiet and comparatively modern city of about 150,000 people. Exiting … fourth century B.C.E. Khorezmians were minting their early coins by the second century B.C.E. A century later the …

… ceasefires in 1949 and 1956, they failed to resolve the complex underlying Arab-Israeli controversies over … the Israelis to take offensive action. Memoirs by Israeli officials and snippets of archival evidence make it … Peninsula following the 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty. On one hand, Israel withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula in …

… One hundred fifty years ago this month, Fyodor Dostoevsky … monthly over the course of 1866, and it was a smash hit. As one influential critic put it at the time: During the year … it was being spoken about by fans of literature, who often complained about the stifling power of the novel and the …

… world lacked the internet and, for that matter, cell phones and cameras, yet its inhabitants appreciated the value … spy. Since then, as this list shows, espionage became more complex and increasingly valuable. The times change, but … capacity of Her Majesty’s original secret service, working officially as Secretary of State and adviser to Queen …

… From a meagre population of 150 when the British East India Company first set up a factory and trading post on the … entirely on trade to obtain necessary goods. To almost everyone, Singapore’s prosperity at 50 is remarkable. Lee Kuan … transactions were facilitated by the use of Chinese copper coins. Chinese currency facilitated trade not just with …

… that, 17 years after its inception, remains stubbornly incomplete. On the positive side, the Belfast Agreement … April 10, 1998) has produced a functioning government, one that effectively represents both of Northern Ireland’s … societies . At the same time, Northern Ireland remains one of the most divided societies in Europe. Catholics live …

… Have you ever met someone who has skinned their own SpaghettiO? On May 12 th , … After drafting the singer Jimmie Rodgers, who transformed one of his romantic ballads into the far more memorable … every piece was in place for this circular pasta to become a staple of the American diet. By 2010, over 150 …

… The 5,280-pound monument of the Ten Commandments installed by the Alabama Supreme Court Chief … political, ends. Indeed, English may be America’s unofficial first language but, to all intents and purposes, … thereof.” It’s no coincidence that “The Ten Commandments,” one is watched by millions of Americans every Easter.   …

… easy categorization. In the new biography Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet , John G. Turner, religious studies professor … seeks to lay bare the contradictions that shroud one of the most controversial figures in American religious … of Young's evolution as a leader brings the full complexity of his character into focus.  Upon his ascension …

… it mildly. Socialism, at least in the United States, has become a byword among Republicans for fiscally irresponsible … France and Europe. And while the answers vary, almost everyone agrees on two points. First, while Hollande ran a … have all the advantages: ministerial experience, the requisite socialist credentials, and a successful term as …

… as taking up arms against the government or giving aid and comfort to its enemies. The offense is extremely serious and … to study Arabic. He moved to Afghanistan when it was just one of many countries the United States regarded as … have been a French Legionnaire, because the cause — despite official neutrality — was popular. The filibusters in the …

…   1. What is ISIS? Official ISIS flag ISIS, or the Islamic State of Iraq and … based in northeastern Syria and northwestern  Iraq . It is one of the rebel groups fighting to topple  the Syrian … . The surge of U.S. forces to Iraq in 2007-2008 and the accompanying counterinsurgency strategy along with a Sunni …