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… Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), exposing the struggle for access to and exploitation of a large copper and cobalt … for current president Joseph Kabila to step down. It has become a cliché to contrast the Congo’s tremendous economic … soldiers in 2001 during U.S. Congressman Frank Wolf’s visit ( left ). Former child soldiers in Congo in the early …

… It is possible that in choosing to volunteer in the Black community, Francis was aware of its marginalization. Being … do not know whether Francis was directly involved in caring for Black Montrealers infected with the illness. Only the … parents. The club members volunteered its members as visiting nurses and nurses’ aides. The CWCM also maintained …

… ancient Greece and Rome? What are the consequences of this for our understandings of the ancient era? And what should … Eileen McCoskey , Donna Zuckerberg , and Curtis Dozier . For more on this topic, see: Denise Eileen McCoskey - … the 19th century   Dr. Curtis Dozier   Which is not coincidentally, probably, the same period in which national …

… and magazines were books, like Frederick Greene's bestseller, The Armenian Crisis in Turkey , which further … as an expression of America's sacred-secular project. Not coincidentally, in the late nineteenth century Americans … played in McKinley's decision for war. The senator's visit and interventionist bent hardly made him distinct. …

… Prologued … James Bradford The United States essentially becomes one of the major contributors to Afghanistan's … and modernization are two sides of the same coin. They they work hand in hand. Brionna Mendoza During … As any good historian should, we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… U.S. military researchers were busy inventing new weapons for the next war. The new Secretary of Defense, Donald H. … which plan to test the next generation of bombs on computers rather than under the ground. But who’s paying … for NMD and for space weapons are two sides of the same coin. Once the Pentagon tosses that coin, there will be no …

… in the Room by Marc Horger In 2011, I penned an article for this publication on the subject of populism in American … the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, delivering sharp comic material about his recently released long-form birth … and Samar Islands in November 2013, then-Mayor Duterte visited within days and coordinated his own aid effort, …

… government. First Lady Michelle Obama making a plea for the return of the Chibok girls, 2014 “[We] need . . . to … The consensus among many academics, journalists, and commentators is that Boko Haram is an Islamist organization … from Mali, North Africa, Egypt, and the Saharan oases visited the region of West and Central Africa known as …

… Do cardinals really behave that badly? Are elections for new  popes  always so politically fraught? And most … The early version was small (around 30 clerics) and comprised only of “cardinal priests” who served parishes … died somewhere far from Rome, probably never having even visited.   Nevertheless, Christians in Rome from the third …

… discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations based on a person’s sexual orientation or … identity in Medina, OH, 2019. Photo courtesy of OutSupport. For almost two hours, the bills’ supporters testified in … way.” Best-selling author and urban planner Richard Florida visits an art and design studio in Dayton, OH in 2008. Photo …

… NATO “officially” ended its combat operations in Afghanistan in late December 2014, but … only nominally in control. And the Taliban — that American forces went in to banish in 2001— remains a force to be … Crews ,  Scott Levi , and Alam Payind about Afghanistan’s complex history to ask what the past of these peoples and …

… announcement marked the end of China’s chaotic era of foreign domination since the mid-18th century and of … governmental upheavals after 1911.  Mao Zedong and the Communist Party’s Rise to Victory During the 1920s and … Nations. In 1979, seven years after President Richard Nixon visited China, China officially established diplomatic …

… of identity erasure, invisibility and hyper visibility for Urban Indian, graduate students who attended an … Dr. Lucy Murphy  Hello, welcome to "Re-storying the Experiences of Indigenous College … Dependent and Neglected Children in Denver, Colorado when I visited on March 25, in 2018. This picture is on the grounds …

… Bush will spend most of this month at his ranch in Crawford, Tex. By fleeing the White House, he continues a … view of wartime Washington. On most mornings, Lincoln commuted into the city, but during hot summer months his … president shut the doors of his cottage to uninvited visitors. Lincoln met with antiwar politicians while at the …

… •    Angela Brintlinger (Moderator), Director, Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, The Ohio … University •    Philip Kopatz, Graduate Student, Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, The Ohio … Angela Brintlinger: Hello, and welcome to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine brought to you by …

… with a column praising the strategic savvy and tactical competence of abdicated Alaska governor Sarah Palin. Broder … persuasion—an anti-gold standard monetary treatise called Coin's Financial School —offers a glimpse of this worldview. … Pseudo-Conservative Revolt" (1954), "Pseudo-Conservatism Revisited" (1964), and "The Paranoid Style in American …

… and consumers of the world and causing backlash. In a 2015 Foreign Affairs article, Schwab outlines the previous three … in eighteenth-century Britain. Electrification and telecommunications , led by nineteenth-century American … painfully apparent, often ironically so. Surely it is no coincidence that English counties such as Yorkshire, …

… in the mid-19th century that the parade as we know it took form. This coincided with both the massive influx of Irish immigrants … this ideal, but it's important to recognize how far we've come. It's in this sense that the St. Patrick's Day parade …

… so doing he has tilted against the Constitution.  During a visit to Syracuse, N.Y., late in October, Bush claimed that “state law reigns supreme when it comes to Indians, whether it be gambling or any other … unambiguously violates the Constitution. As a candidate for the highest office in the land, Gov. Bush ought to know …

… there are also monumental environmental victories, and therefore hope. One such hopeful victory is found in the story of … It aimed to kill 20 animals for museum dioramas, so that visitors at least might see what once had been. Anyone … ethics of the robber barons. Between 1871 and 1883, commercial hide hunters slaughtered buffalo by the millions. …

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… those who have served, and fallen, in our country’s armed forces. Veterans and their descendants will participate in … the country, and many will be in Washington, D.C., to visit the national memorials dedicated to the wars in which … nearly 117,000 perished during the war — 53, 402 in combat — and another 204,000 were wounded. Many believe that …