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Tanks rolling off a German assembly line in 1943

The Nature of World War II

… alone. In subsequent days, other supplies would follow: food, fuel, ammunition, spare parts, medicine, maps, … industries or companies that support them, eat processed food from fertilizer-fed fields (and cover left-overs in …

Dry Days Down Under: Australia and the World Water Crisis

… shortage, with world rice prices doubling and violent food protests erupting across the globe. Pastoral livestock … Australia's 22 or so million people could produce enough food for 70 million people—and food exports became a cornerstone of the economy. The Snowy …

Beyond 'Tribes': Violence and Politics in Kenya

… has long fed Nairobi with staple commodities and prepared foods, particularly in the 1990s, but they stood in the way … countries, Kenya is no longer self-sufficient in terms of food production. The World Bank's focus on exports intended … debts has left many farmers dependent on cash-bought food, and damaged Kenya's already weak governmental …
 Monte Albán

A Postcard From Oaxaca, Mexico

… chorizo.  Oaxaca n cuisine was the first endemic Mexican food to syncretize with Spanish food. Oaxaca  cheese is an adapted form of mozzarella. …
Two women in black hijab in Yemen

Yemen: Inside The Forgotten War

… has introduced increased deprivation in terms of access to food and fuel. When you have conflict with these key ports, it's not that they don't have access to food, but it's distributing food, humanitarian aid, fuel, etc. You have all these …
President Bill Clinton addressing a high school in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1999.

The Politics of Compassion

… establish minimum wages, subsidize school lunches, develop food stamps, extend public housing, create medical care for …
Malawi

A Postcard from Livingstonia, Malawi

… in Livingstonia occurs at a small market. Traders sell food and other groceries, not luxuries, and barbershops do a … Malawi. In the Livingstonia region, the staple food of the people in is nsima, a hard porridge eaten with …
A KFC in Hanoi, Vietnam

Kentucky Fried Globalization

… like reports that appeared whenever a new American fast food chain gained its first foothold in China. Once again, …