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Glacial ice on Lake Baikal

Climate Change and Human Life

… because those are the ones that affect our ability to get food, our ability to survive, and our relationship to …
cars on a highway

Sweet Fuel: The Remarkable Story of Brazilian Ethanol

… kind of energy transition? And so I leave that as a little food for thought when we think about what were the costs, … ethanol industry has been more explicitly tied to food, rising food prices, and other things that the sugar-based ethanol …
Troops of the French 2nd Armored Division parade down the Champs-Élysées on 26 August 1944

The Liberation of Paris

… of strict rationing had drastically reduced Parisians’ food intake, especially those who were too poor to buy additional food on the black market or who did not have relatives in …
Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire, by Judith Herrin Book Cover

Byzantium for Dummies

Review of Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire, by Judith Herrin (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2008)
… court; describes the lavish clothing, administration, food, architecture, and art of Byzantium; reveals a …
Cover of The Chiefs Now in This City: Indians and the Urban Frontier in Early America by Colin Calloway.

Native Americans in Urban Places

Review of , “The Chiefs Now in This City”: Indians and the Urban Frontier in Early America, by Colin Calloway (New York City, NY: Oxford University Press, 2021)
… ran advertisements seeking runaway Indian slaves. Native food vendors participated in the “French Market” of New …
A long line of migrants in India

Migration and Mobility: Yesterday and Today

… when people live in places where climate supports abundant food production and that we, we shouldn't be surprised. Just … the absence of water, drought, and the inability to produce food will be huge, huge, huge, huge issues. Dr. Robin Judd  … tried patchwork quilt, like lots of metaphors. I prefer the food ones. But you know, the the idea is that like you help …
Border Fence/Wall

Shifting Borders: The Many Sides of U.S.-Mexican Relations

… that are also very necessary to the sustaining of our food economies, of our food security. And so it really leads to some devastating … in agriculture and particularly in our meat processing, food processing industries. But at the same time, we seem to …
Mutineers in Petrograd during March 1917, shooting upon the Tsar’s police forces.

Russia’s Trial by Fire

Review of Russia in Flames: War, Revolution, Civil War 1914-1921, by Laura Engelstein Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017
… in the capital cities. The strike began as a response to food shortages that were the result of mismanaged policy and …
President Barack Obama signed the ARRA into law on February 17, 2009. Vice President Joe Biden stood directly behind him.

A New New Deal Must Be For All

… earn money that is vital to paying mortgages and putting food on the table.   The problem with Obama's proposals is …
Emergency servicemen and volunteers remove rubble and demine territory after Russian shelling, Kyiv, Oblast, 2022.

Ukrainian Architecture at War

… essential pieces of city infrastructure still operating as food markets or grocery stores today. These stunning …
This Dutch UNPROFOR observation post in Srebrenica took heavy fire from Bosnian Serb troops in 1995.

Srebrenica and its Memory

In July 1995, in the final days of the Bosnian War, over 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed in the Srebrenica massacre.
… conditions had deteriorated as few supply convoys carrying food, medicine and fuel were able to reach the enclave. On …