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The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944, by Michael Neiberg Book Cover.

How the Sun Rose Again on the City of Light

Review of The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944, by Michael Neiberg (New York: Basic Books, 2012)
… France. The Normandy invasion also had an impact on the food supply. Allied bombing attacks on the railroad network reduced the amount of food reaching the city, while after the landings the Germans … size of their garrison, consuming even more of the city's foodstuffs. Ironically, military commanders on both sides …
Banksy mural of worker chipping star off EU flag

Brexit: Dividing the United Kingdom

… treatment of livestock. Whether or not genetically modified foods have to be acknowledged as genetically modified when … airbags, you know, that affect the automotive industry, the food industry, the drug industry, the technology industry, … within the EU, there are tariffs on externally imported food stuff to keep those foodstuffs at a price level where …
Afar community animal health worker describing the appearance and characteristics of rinderpest in cattle (photo credit: ILRI/Jeff Mariner).

The Second Disease Eradication: Rinderpest

… and kill humans, it did kill their critical sources of food, labor, and security. In the eighteenth century, for … help them do it, first, by protecting the critical Allied food supply chain that originated in the fields and farms of … Relief workers followed in the wake of Allied armies with food, medicine, and blankets, but very quickly also seeds, …
Mary Mallon in a hospital bed in 1907.

Who Was Typhoid Mary?

… or when a person with typhoid germs on their hands handled food or milk and served it to others, the  disease spread . … Instead, they decided to focus on people who worked in food handling occupations—those at highest risk of …
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris's 1912 illustration, The First Thanksgiving, 1621

Now, About that First Thanksgiving Dinner…

… not, as the myth has it, sit down at tables, bless their food or pass the serving dishes. It’s more likely that food was set out on every available flat surface: tables, … and the Indians occasionally used cloths or napkins if the food was hot, they usually ate with their hands. And not …
Protestors against the U.S. Trump administration voice their commitment to the world's dispossessed.

The Politics of Refugee Aid in America’s “Short Century”

Review of Benevolent Empire: U.S. Power, Humanitarianism, and the World's Dispossessed , by Stephen R. Porter Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017.
… far reaching humanitarian projects (including global food relief and health campaigns in addition to refugee … Joint Distribution Committee sent millions of tons of food and material aid to the victims of war in Europe. A … soft power, especially in matters of global health and food security. Overall, however, Porter offers a concise and …
Earth covered in trees and water

"Pale Blue Dot": History of Our Environment

… by pandemics, climate change, droughts and floods, unstable food supplies, changing energy needs, and the threats of … by pandemics, climate change, droughts and floods, unstable food supplies, changing energy needs, extinctions and the … of the phone, things we're talking about right now, to the food we just ate with the synthetic pesticides that are in …
a Galapagos sea turtle swimming in the ocean

What’s “Natural” on the Galapagos Islands?

The youngest, westernmost islands are still volcanically active and are thought to be no more than 700,000 thousand years old.
… life, but relied on indigenous birds and tortoises for food. Over the course of the nineteenth century, as many as … island of Floreana and that “the staple article of animal food is supplied by the tortoises. Their numbers have of … pirates brought goats to the islands to augment the local food sources and they have proven to be better colonizers …
Refugee tents in Piraeus port.

A Postcard from a Piraeus Refugee Camp

… organizations and individuals have stepped in to provide food, clothing, and shelter to these vulnerable people. This … with a refugee seeking help proved immensely valuable. Food distribution outside Stone House. The refugees were …
A crowd of protesters at night in Sudan

Sudan: Popular Protests, Today and Yesterday

… rewrote the rules to hold on to power late last year and food prices soared, a popular front of reformists began a … the capital. Basically, they started in response to rising food prices as well as inflation, repression and all sorts …
These false killer whales were part of an MSE in Flinders Bay, Australia, July of 1986.

Washed Ashore: Marine Mammals from Medieval Times to Today

… in their comfort, and many monasteries and paupers had food aid.     The medieval actors who encountered and … nature of whose death we do not know, are to be taken for food in good faith, unless they are decomposed.” The Human … of death. Instead of being killed and processed (either for food or for fat), whales and dolphins are helped back out to …
West Berliners stand amid the rubble of WWII and watch U.S. Air Force transport planes land at Templehof Airport during the Berlin Airlift in 1948.

The Berlin Airlift

… crackdowns, very few chose to accept Soviet offers for food aid.  The Soviets offered ration cards for Soviet foodstuffs and fuel, yet in the first two weeks of the …
Hubert Robert's 1785 painting "Fire in Rome," showing the events of 64 CE.

The Ancient Roman Origins of Government Disaster Response

… that led him to proclaim his responsibility for Rome’s food supply after a different disaster, stated in his letter … and his private estate to house and feed refugees, brought food from neighboring communities, passed edicts against …
American nuclear missile from the early Cold War in its original launch silo.

A Basis for Hope in the Middle East

… Iraqi people could devote their resources to health care, food and science instead of armaments to counter external … is an author and historian who partnered with the World Food Programme on the book “Ending World Hunger: School …