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Lady Bird Johnson in the Texas Hill Country.

The Power of the Pedestal

… of California, Riverside. She is the author of "A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American …
A rhino standing on the beach

The Sixth Extinction and Our Unraveling World

… many which are already illegal, of course, under the international treaty under the CITES treaty, but that really is … So then turning to the bigger picture about how we act on national and on and on a global scale. Are their current US … big things that that we could do that would require international cooperation would be to put aside big tracts of …

America's Long-Suffering Mental Health System

… created a groundswell for reform. The signing of the National Mental Health Act in 1946 and the subsequent creation of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) signaled that the … officials enact gun legislation as part of a broader national student walkout on the one-month anniversary of the …
Dian Fossey with mountain gorilla.

Dian Fossey: Conservationist in the Mist

… At this site, a coalition between the local community, national wildlife representatives and international researchers (stakeholders with sometimes … of Fossey’s work popularizing his life—that led to an international outpouring of grief, the creation of the Digit Fund …
Refugees eating lunch outside the barracks.

Waiting in Limbo: Life as a Refugee in Serbia

… he left everything behind and departed for the European Union. All that stands in his way is the border fence … Save the Children, UNHCR, Praxis, Oxfam and the International Rescue Committee all operate out of their building … International Organizations …
Cover of Philanthropy in America: A History by Olivier Zunz.

The Gifts That Keep On Giving

Review of Philanthropy in America: A History, by Olivier Zunz (Princeton University Press, 2012)
… Yale made a donation of books, and in return a small denominational college in New Haven was named after him. Benjamin … on to chart how American philanthropic activity became international, first as a result of World War II, and then … now to a greater extent by government. And what about international development work? Is this the role of the State …
Aurangzeb in a pavilion with courtiers below.

Aurangzeb: Mughal Emperor

… communal violence that plagues South Asia today.  To Hindu nationalists, he is the ultimate villain: an oppressive …
Anti-government protesters in Kiev

"Ukraine, Headed for a Revolution?"

… Ukraine's refusal to sign a trade deal with the European Union. These protests have continued for months, leaving … International Organizations …
Multicolored hanging telephones

From the Transatlantic Telephone to the iPhone

The real origins of the iPhone’s power stems from the pioneering efforts of communication innovators that preceded the AT&T engineers of the 1920s.
… long-distance communication really begins with the Western Union post-diggers who laid the first American … Global/Transnational …