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Rash Decisions: Anti-vaccination Movements in Historical Perspective

… the initial onset of symptoms. Measles often causes severe complications, including pneumonia and encephalitis … efficacy of vaccination as a tool of public health is irrefutable, not only against measles but many other highly … was mild and granted lifelong immunity. Lady Mary’s brother died of smallpox in 1713 and her own famous beauty had been …
Captured soldiers along the march with their hands tied behind their backs

The Bataan Death March

… the surrender of tens of thousands of U.S. and Filipino soldiers to the Japanese in the Philippines stunned the … the mercurial personality of General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the U.S. and Filipino forces. Overconfident that the Filipino soldiers he had trained could stand up to Japanese regulars and …
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 … était le chroniqueur Saïd Mekbel. Son esprit de comédie n’épargnait personne comme il s’en servait …
The West Virginia State Penitentiary electric chair, also known as "Old Sparky."

The Truth About Capital Punishment: It’s Inherently Cruel

… procedure — is counter-productive. It's impossible to completely humanize an execution. There's always suffering … of a person. Past executions look barbarically cruel, but future executions may turn out to be barbarically anodyne. The only way out of this bind is a future without the death penalty. Daniel Gordon teaches …
Crowd photo at the 2017 Women's March in Washington DC

The Way We Never Were (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 1)

… Revolution--and learn that women in America have never been completely united.  … refrain of both campaigns. In April of 2016, Trump accused future Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton of “playing the … Take, for instance, Abigail Adams’s famous “Remember the Ladies” letter, in which she implored her husband, John Adams, …

A New View of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Needs and Narratives to Negotiation

… Political administrations have changed and negotiators have come and gone but the conflict between Israelis and … liberations, 4) golden ages, 5) current sad decline and 6) future rebirth. Problems arise when two such myths conflict … See Waxman, 2019: 42-44). They work unceasingly for a future that will supplant their loathsome present and in …

Singapore at Fifty

… Seeking answers to these questions, sociologists have studied Singapore’s demographic policies, social control … transactions were facilitated by the use of Chinese copper coins. Chinese currency facilitated trade not just with … especially in the Asia-Pacific region, to build a future for itself. In Southeast Asia, the ideological …
Hessian troops surrendering to General George Washington after the Battle of Trenton.

The Return of the Mercenary

… phenomenon. This is why Congress should examine the recommendations made in a 2002 British government Green Paper … sector military operators. Mercenaries — professional soldiers who fight for pay rather than out of ideological … of their day. The British hired more than 30,000 German soldiers — the famed Hessians, some of whom were defeated by …
Pope Francis holding Bible

The People's Pope and the Changing Face of Catholicism

… how his actions fit into the Church's traditions and its commitment to social justice. Listen and explore hundreds of … Trinity or, you know, belief in Jesus As the Son of God who died for people's sins or any of these kind of what I would … something our listeners can keep an eye out for in the future. So thank you to our three guests, Tina Sessa, David …
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 … did not go it alone. He had fellow comrades including the future president, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, and Ndabaningi … (UANC) gathered around the negotiation table to map the future of Zimbabwe. Muzorewa had formed a short-lived …
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. … And the attack was executed in a manner that would soon come to characterize al Qaeda operations. The trucks were … and so efforts to deal with al Qaeda and prevent future attacks continued to be ineffective. The Clinton …
U.S. soldiers walking across a field during the Vietnam War.

A New War Like — Vietnam?

… the first stage of the air war against the Taliban regime completed, the United States now enters a more difficult and … fight against international terrorism is critical to the future of the United States and the world. But to defeat … of a conclusive victory at little cost in the near future. To meet the challenge, the White House should face — …
Minaret Islam Khoja in Khiva

A Postcard from Khiva, Uzbekistan

… of Samarkand, and those passengers eager to explore the medieval monuments gather their bags and exit the train. Back … 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 …
Mourners picket after the Triangle fire. Their signs, hung with black crepe, accuse shop owners of graft, locked doors, and managing workers in fire traps.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

… working conditions, and a union, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), to many factories in the … of watching scores of young women and several young men die, combined with the awful realization that this tragedy could …