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Hong Kong in Protest

… who they really are as they spend years undercover on opposite sides of the battle between the Hong Kong Police Force … generates fear about the loss of self and anxiety about the future. While Infernal Affairs is a work of fiction, its … returned home but evaded murder charges because he committed the crime outside of Hong Kong’s jurisdiction. He …
wind turbines

Energy Policy: How is the “Long Transition” from Fossil Fuels Doing?

… state of Idaho. I also predicted that, “For the foreseeable future, however, the economics of alternative sources, … over the last four years.  The reasons for that are many, complex, and subject to change in the near and far future.  … the price of oil gone so low? The petroleum industry has survived numerous booms-and-busts since the middle …
Afar community animal health worker describing the appearance and characteristics of rinderpest in cattle (photo credit: ILRI/Jeff Mariner).

The Second Disease Eradication: Rinderpest

… On its “Milestones in UN History” website, the United Nations features smallpox eradication, … a stunning achievement and that description of how it was accomplished feels especially poignant today when faith in … organized the first international conference of veterinary surgeons in Hamburg to better coordinate their efforts. …

South America’s ‘Sleeping Giant’ Wakes: Brazil’s 2010 Election

… and Russia, and with nearly two times the per-capita income of China, Brazil is on track to become a major force in … $60 billion, the IMF stepped in with $30.4 billion stand-by credit. In an unprecedented move, the IMF agreement was … global leader in the petroleum industry and within the near future, a regional leader in petroleum exports (Brazil is …
India and Pakistan highlighted on a map.

“Open Skies” for India and Pakistan?

… peaceful coexistence, and called for confidence-building measures. How crucial is this development for the United … This type of cooperation would set the groundwork for future disarmament agreements. Increased cooperation was … bin Laden himself, are in that area. For the international community to finish off al-Qaida, uninterrupted cooperation …

America's Long-Suffering Mental Health System

… mental health care at Cook County Jail in 2014 (photo credit: Sarah-Ji). The effects of mental illness on life … it through eugenics promised to solve the problem for future generations. In 1896, Connecticut became the first … away in an institution. Her father reportedly never visited her again. A graph showing the decrease in inpatients …

European Disunion: The Rise and Fall of a Post-War Dream?

… of values.” The celebration of shared values and a common future was nevertheless lukewarmly greeted by the 42 percent … of the same recurrent dream that for ten centuries has revisited the peoples of Europe: creating between them an … delay origins.osu.edu, they employed complex currency and credit derivatives rather than face EU reprimands or address …
"Gay Liberation" by George Segal

Stonewall and the Unfinished Gay Revolution

… an uprising at New York’s Stonewall Inn. The event has become iconic in popular memory as the spark for a new radical … arrest, some of the crossdressers pushed back.  A "raided premises" sign, a mid-twentieth century police designation … subjected lesbian and gay establishments—primarily bars—to surveillance and harassment. The raid on the Stonewall Inn …
Cover of Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots by Thomas S. Kidd

Patriot or Pragmatist?

Review of Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots, by Thomas S. Kidd (New York: Basic Books, 2011)
… Historian Thomas Kidd reminds us that the closest surviving source was published four decades after the fact … major events of the American Revolution. We learn that the future two-time governor of Virginia, who turned down … was a motive in his pursuit of liberty; indebtedness was common among Virginia planters, who traded in a global …

Hacer América and the American Dream: Global Migration and the Americas

… rights] in the North. It was not true. Our children are our future. Let’s protect them.” And those hoping for a … Young immigrant girl in turn-of-the-century Buenos Aires; Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Archivo General de la Nación … was contributed by unauthorized residents, has been deposited into the “Earnings Suspense File” of the Social …

Pandemics: Today and Yesterday

… in biomedicine in recent years. Three of our “deadly companions.” Poliovirus ( left ), Influenza ( center ), and … the cause of the pandemic led public health officials on a futile search for a flawed therapeutic to stem the tide of … a record 12 to 18 months. A drive through COVID-19 testing site in Louisiana, 2020. To date the fastest vaccine …
Advertisement for DDT featured in Time Magazine, June 30, 1947. This image illustrates the rosy reputation that pesticides enjoyed before the publication of Silent Spring.

A World Drenched with Pesticides: Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring

… on chemical over-use. While the public, USDA, chemical companies , and farmers embraced pesticides with a fervor … personal attacks by the powerful chemical industry are credited with inspiring a surge of American environmental … Elmore, Bartow J. Seed Money: Monsanto’s Past and Our Food Future. New York: W.W. Norton, 2021.  Lear, Linda. Rachel …
Booker T. Washington

Picturing Black History

… LSC collection, was operating in the 1850s, and is widely credited as being one of the first photo agencies ever to … stats and numbers can be. It is the people that work on site with this material that keeps Archive living and … to how something should be taught to generations, to future generations, and speak to our shared past. These two …
A traditional glass of Weissbier

Keeping Beer “Pure”: The 1516 Reinheitsgebot

… the price of beer per Maß (a Bavarian liter) and to limit competition for cereal grains used to bake bread. A … brewery in Germany. Still, just a few blocks away from the site of Munich’s famous Oktoberfest beer festival, Sead … in February of 2016, Munich’s Deputy Mayor, Josef Schmid, credited the Reinheitsgebot for establishing a high standard …
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)
Collage: On the left, a group of men emptying liquor bottles during Prohibition. On the right, a field of marijuana plants

Hooked: Drugs, Prohibition, and American Cities

… millions of individuals, and stigmatized inner city communities--all without appearing to have produced a measurable impact on actual drug use. In this episode of … trend, right? The idea is that white youth have a future and so we need to collectively help them.   Patrick …

History, Memory, and the Art of Protest in Belarus

… , “Each march is a reminder that Belarusians will not surrender.” While the size and duration of the protests … Sweden, larger than the three Baltic republics (PDF File) combined, and larger than Austria. It would be the 11 th … of it. The Belarusian dictator has revitalized the memorial sites and has dedicated other memory sites, including a new …
Cover of Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's Founders by Dennis C. Rasmussen

Such a Disappointment

Review of Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America’s Founders, by Dennis C. Rasmussen (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2021)
… by the idea that the present seems pretty terrible in comparison with the past, even if that past is mythic or not … between Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans. Pressured into serving a second term, Rasmussen writes, he … decade of his life, however, Jefferson’s faith in America’s future soured, and slavery played a central role in this …
The historic Floyd County Courthouse in Rome, Georgia.

Marcus Dixon or Strom Thurmond: Which Is the Predator?

… to Vanderbilt University, will likely contemplate his own future while sitting in a cell block. Before the Civil War … black man as sexual predator didn’t exist. Its absence may surprise us. However, not only did slave masters routinely … husband when he was nine) declared that her son “may have committed a sin, but never committed a crime,” she …
And Water for All - stylized image of hands with water behind them

... And Water for All

An educational documentary about water affordability
… done it with these water and sewer systems that have become ubiquitous in our lifetimes.   Nicholas Breyfogle  The … 19th century, posed a wide range of new challenges to ensuring water quality for Americans. By the mid-20th century, … part makes it hard, that plays a big part, and the only future I see for towns like us is expanding our water base, …