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America’s National Parks: 10 Moments of Insight

When you “pair the intellect with emotion and place,” what often results is a moment of insight: an unexpected instance where you suddenly understand something deeper about history, about nature, about others, about yourself.
… the dispossession of Native American land, cultural genocide, the extension of slavery, centuries of conflict …
Kosovo is located to the south of Serbia.

The Perils of Breaking Away

… under almost all circumstances; intervening to stop genocide is one of the few, controversial, exceptions. In …
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War, by Nathaniel Philbrick Book Cover.

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

Review of Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War, by Nathaniel Philbrick (New York, Viking Press 2006)
… the brunt of what Philbrick has labeled a "European-style genocide" (179). The overwhelming brutality of this conflict …
A crowd of protesters at night in Sudan

Sudan: Popular Protests, Today and Yesterday

… Criminal Court has indicted Omar al-Bashir for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Can you … roaming in the city of Khartoum. The result was a massive genocide which the United Nation described it as the worst …