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… little attempt by to explain to Americans what NATO was and is all about. Perhaps history from the early cold war and before can be a guide. Established in 1949 as a military … became known in the 1950s as the “Third World,” the Asian, African, Latin American majority of the world’s people that …

… demonstrations that began in Tunisia in late 2010 and swept across Libya and Egypt—finally reached Syria, people from various … Alawite population who live between northern Lebanon and southern-central Turkey. While not doctrinally Shi'ite, …

… Ohio State University experts Melissa Beard Jacob, Ph.D., and Associate Professor Daniel Rivers discuss Indigenous … to what we see happening in the two regions of the American Southeast, what is modern day, Tennessee, Mississippi, … where my Tribe and the Cherokee and others from the southeast already were. But there was deep resistance in the …

… of the role that disease-causing microbes such as bacteria and viruses have played across the long span of human … companions.” Poliovirus ( left ), Influenza ( center ), and COVID-19 ( right ). Our “deadly companions,” to use … into the Greek world from across the Mediterranean in North Africa. "Plague in an Ancient City" (1652-1654) by Michiel …

… Saber-rattling between the current U.S. administration and the North Korean regime and an errant incoming missile alert in Hawaii have focused … develop a thermonuclear weapon, detonating a device in the South Pacific in November 1952. In March 1954, an improved, …

… In a 1973 football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Denver Broncos, a pass was intercepted by the … lucrative of college sports, football and basketball. The Southeastern Conference (SEC) was the first conference to … Atlantic Monthly , David Berri, professor of economics at Southern Utah University, offered some calculations for the …

… A growing plurality of Americans accepts gay unions, and approval is strongest among the young. So, changes in … on scripture should have a deeper cause for concern. Time and again, history has shown that people who cite the Bible … of the strongest resistance to gay marriage has come from African American ministers who quote scripture as literally …

… world of experience ruled by universal laws of science and nature. But the historical record suggests otherwise. If … racist “coloniality.” Thus, along with the descendants of African slaves all over the Americas, indigenous peoples … like the precolonial civilizations of the Americas, Africa, and Asia, even though the latter sustained many …

… The decommissioning of weapons in Northern Ireland ought to be a simple enough affair. The parties which … of the political spectrum are now locked in dialogue and committed to principles of nonviolence. All but one of … of Independence, which led to the creation of Northern and Southern Ireland, the British Army handed weapons over for …

… an imaginary dagger into his breast. The man had presence, and that's not debatable. The rest of his legacy, however, … surviving source was published four decades after the fact and based on witnesses' recollections. Yet a larger problem … Henry came of age as evangelical Protestantism awakened the southern colonies. He heard the sermons of influential …

… of structural racism or because of the breakdown of “law and order?” Is white, affluent society to blame for such … color or are they the “thin blue line” separating society and chaos? Fifty years ago, those urban riots resulted in … chapters, “conservative newspapers, Republicans, southern [white] Democrats, and disaffected whites” did not. …

… run by business executive Elon Musk, has been reshaping and reducing the government.  A colleague in Germany wrote … While critics raise alarms over the president’s bold moves and supporters think the critics are trying to hem in needed … dispensed aid and good will in  Somalia ,  Sudan , and  South Sudan , but also recognized “agency missteps.” Rather …

… of evangelical Christians on American politics. Notwithstanding the evangelicals’ strong support for his candidacy, Mike Huckabee failed to get the GOP presidential … will presumably provide the nation with either its first African-American president or its first female vice …

… The recent terrorist attacks on New York and Washington underscore the urgent need to modernize the … believed, the U.S. military services had to become flexible and mobile enough to meet smaller and more elusive threats … to the east and west, and benign neighbors to the north and south, the United States has enjoyed relatively long periods …

… crisis. The country held two rounds of elections in April and September 2019 that failed to produce a government. And … came from Muslim countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Ashkenazi Jews thus came to dominate the Jewish … Inside The Forgotten War ; Women in the Mideast and North Africa ; and the Syrian Civil War and Arab Spring . … Ori …

… evokes images of 'wide-brimmed hats', 'buckled shoes', and a shared harvest meal. Nathaniel Philbrick's story of … Philbrick's work is the relationship between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people, his narrative details how this … 60 and 80 percent" of the Native American population of Southern New England (332). Philbrick's story of the …

… ominously described "the skyrocketing price of food" and its effect on Americans' budgets. According to the … that he can no longer afford fresh vegetables, seafood, and other nutritious items. "We used to have fresh spinach; … and the USDA in the 1930s continued after World War II. Southern Democrats were crucial to the enactment of the …

… times implicated the CIA, the FBI, U.S. Army intelligence, and even President Lyndon B. Johnson in an elaborate … J. Edgar Hoover mounted an intense campaign of surveillance and harassment in a pitched effort to destroy his career. … hate groups,” including King’s organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The FBI …

… secretaries of state have been those who think creatively and move assertively. Likewise our most effective foreign policies have come under strong and secure secretaries of state. Of course, the verdict is … in the Turkey-Armenia talks and her most recent trip to South Asia and the Middle East suggest she’s finally ready …

… will describe her research on abortion in the United States and abroad. And she'll be talking to Origins associate editor Patrick … places, including Europe. I think that she also looks at South America as well. And then if you want to really go in …

… only, at first, for white males), continental nationalism and an emphasis upon free trade. But the election of 1800 … like the one just past, that failed to produce a certain and clear finality. But the contest 200 years ago was unlike … respective acts, that was at stake again in 1860 when the South seceded, and the Civil War painfully validated that …

… By war’s end, the Russian, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, and German empires that had dominated Europe for centuries … War in 1918 ( left ). Anti-Bolshevik Volunteer Army in South Russia in January 1918 ( right ). State policies from … War, the spread of Communism in Asia and across the Global South, and inspiration for social movements as diverse as …

… proportions. Our reliance on unsustainable dietary choices and agricultural systems is causing problems both for human … exports for the British market. The dust bowl hit Canada, South Africa, Australia. It was a global problem. We have a quote …

… Scott Fitzgerald writing This Side of Paradise , The Damned and the Beautiful, or Tender is the Night without a highball … topped-off with some stiff alcohol to loosen his creativity and imagination. As we have come to know Fitzgerald the … teetotalers, flappers, bootleggers, and the impoverished African Americans who suffered from "Jake Leg" into literary …