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Pancho Villa and followers.

Mexico’s Great Transition

… for seven decades. The transition of power to the National Action Party (PAN) is taking place peacefully and …
Dr. Aleš Hrdlička

“No law can change our blood"

Review of Blood Will Tell: Native Americans and Assimilation Policy, by Katherine Ellinghaus Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
From left to right, Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller in 2001.

Attorneys General Who Cry Wolf

… a fierce rhetorical whipping. Newspapers declared him a “national menace,” “full of hot air.” He had warned once too …
Members of the Free Officers welcomed by crowds in Cairo in January 1953.

The Egyptian Middle Class Is Disgruntled. Again.

… of state employees to balloon. In the next few years Nasser nationalized all major branches of the economy. A classic … ensue. Guy Laron is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. …
Iraq by Raymond Bucko SJ on Flickr, cc by 2.0

Redeeming Honor — the South and Iraq

… resources to put matters right, we resemble the undermanned Union peacekeepers in the Reconstruction South. By Middle … B. Hayes, caved in to Southern demands for removal of all Union forces from the former Confederacy. That withdrawal … Global/Transnational …
The Cornalvo Dam, near the city of Mérida in Spain.

Top Ten Origins: Dams

… on salmon populations. Between 2012 and 2014 the U.S. National Park Service decommissioned two dams on the Elwha … the Rampart dam’s reservoir now belongs to the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Sanctuary, established by President Jimmy … After almost two decades of political tension, British and Soviet Engineers completed the Aswan High Dam in 1970. It …
Habana Lions Baseball Players 1946-47

Baseball Without Borders

Review of Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson, and the Cuban League, by Cesar Brioso (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2015).
… how 1947, the year marking racial integration in the National League, was a critical year in the history of Cuban … important role played by Cuba in integrating the American National League.  However, beyond his brief exploration of …
Lt. Cmdr. Raben Talvo (left), and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Angela Ramirez (right) administer the San Diego Naval Medical Center's first monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment to a COVID-19-positive patient, January 26, 2021.

The Rhyme of History: What the Black Death tells us about COVID-19’s Aftermath

… Europe between 1346 and 1353. When the outbreak began, international trade radically decreased in volume, ceasing in … throughout 2020. At the same time, the condition of local, national, and global economies is an acute concern. Yet, the … the economic trends present in January 2020 continue, both national and global resurgence is likely. Finally, …
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife before their assassinations in Sarajevo.

The Enduring Lesson of Sarajevo

… In the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo in 1914, Serb nationalists assassinated the heir to the Austrian throne. … of Iraq. In seeking to contain one threat to international stability, we must take care, as those of the World … International Organizations … Diplomacy/International Relations …
A girl stands amid the graves of 70 children on the outskirts of Dadaab. The long desert journey to the relief camps has claimed many lives.

Famine Strikes Again. Will America Respond?

… plight of Somali refugees.   The first challenge the international community faces is to gather enough resources to … and members of Congress have called for cuts in international food aid to help balance the budget.   There are … International Organizations … Global/Transnational …