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… a Kiwanis Club gathering in Columbus, Ga. Calley told his audience that “not a day that goes by that I do not feel … credit, but he was not a scapegoat. A scapegoat is someone who has been assigned blame for another’s actions. Calley committed murder at My Lai and ordered his men to do the …

… gross registered ton is a measure of storage space equal to one hundred cubic feet.) [click to see chart: ' Global … ] An increasing proportion of these ships were fast diesel- and gasoline-powered vessels, which were much more … of effort. Profits became less assured for many fishing companies beginning in the 1970s and accelerating in later …

… Russian President Vladimir Putin has gone to extraordinary lengths to commemorate the Second World War. Even though the war ended … and I'll be your host and moderator today. Welcome to everyone. And thank you so much for joining us. Russian President … in World War II. He said this, quote, "Glory to the soldiers. They have passed on to us a heroic tradition and have …

… Bakken oil-shale region in western North Dakota to a tank complex in Illinois. Its route crosses the Missouri River … adjacent to and upstream of the Standing Rock Reservation, one of several belonging to the Dakota and Lakota Sioux. A … of Tears in Oklahoma. An estimated 3,500 Native Americans died along the 1,200 mile journey. Indian treaty-makers did …

… on human activity. Although rains this past winter have done their part to mitigate the worst of the drought, over … is a self-reinforcing event. How, we should ask, has it come to all this? Australia's water woes are, in part, a … 91 million to 54 million—and almost 5 million cattle died. In 1903, horrifying dust storms raged. Similar major …

… No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation into law in 2002, one thing was strikingly clear: politicians loved it almost … of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Weingarten complains that the administration's plans "put 100 percent … lied to by ignorant social climbers, whose sole claim to superiority is ability to kick 'niggers' when they are …

… was entered in Pennsylvania that would alter the American diet. The case was the United States v. E.C. Knight, et.al . … case effectively created the legal context for sugar to become ubiquitous. Look at any U.S. food label today and you will find that one of the top five ingredients listed, in some form or …

… congregated on the campus of the University of Virginia. One of the protest’s organizers ordered them to march in … the violence had already begun. But the worst was yet to come. Saturday’s rally was scheduled to start at noon, but … the Right rally ( top left ). Virginia National Guard soldiers and Virginia State Police in the aftermath of the …

… 2024 State of the Union Address , President Joe Biden championed  a bipartisan border deal as “the toughest set of … also proposed deploying advanced drug detection machines to combat the influx of fentanyl, which he claimed was … Accordingly, Operation Gatekeeper was launched at the San Diego-Tijuana corridor in 1994, Operation Safeguard at the …

… to be a boon or bane to humanity remains to be seen. But one thing is certain: now is not the first time that humans … in eighteenth-century Britain. Electrification and telecommunications , led by nineteenth-century American … (1803-1815) prompted Parliament to divert thousands of soldiers in a heavy-handed crackdown on Luddite rebellion. …

… Since the beginning of 2015, more than one million people have arrived to Greece as refugees , … one day after the author's arrival. ( United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees ) We came to Greece with only a … measures imposed on Greece by Europe's central monetary bodies . A pro-refugee banner from Piraeus. (Photo by author) …

… Whenever a famous politician dies, obituary writers and other commentators immediately start comparing the departed figure … world, the country needed the kind of stability that only one-party rule could ensure. His Leninism and nationalism … The Nixon-Deng Comparison …

… atoms in anger. For the people of Hiroshima, the day was one of unimaginable suffering. The blast killed 80,000 … perish in the conflagration that consumed the city, or die from the radiation that fell darkly to the earth in a … its efforts to build atomic bombs after a series of shortcomings and failures convinced its government to focus on a …

… are also experiencing moderate to severe drought, and this comes on the heels of a very dry decade. This long drought … forcing farmers to deepen groundwater wells and drill new ones. Over the past year, 410,000 acres have been fallowed … we are experiencing now. Long dry stretches during the Medieval centuries (especially between 900 and 1350 CE) had …

… significant opposition, the Bush administration quickly complied with the terror-list demand (in return for certain … seemingly incoherent and unpredictable belligerency. "Anyone who claims to be an expert on North Korea," former … recommended caloric intake and families tried to survive on diets of weeds, roots, and bark. "Today," began one official …

… Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone from Origins at Ohio State. I'm your host, Leticia … director of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies. I've written a little bit on Cuba. My most important … Leticia Wiggins. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, origins.osu.edu , on iTunes and on SoundCloud, and …

… at the time was but a technicality (Texas was largely a one-party state). Ross took the oath of office on January 5, … husbands’ unfinished business. In Wyoming, William B. Ross died while governor in October 1924 from complications following an emergency appendectomy. The …

… On May 23, 2013, one day after acknowledging that U.S. drone strikes had … of the mounting controversy, the president reminded his audience that, “from the Civil War to our struggle against … us from the ravages of modern warfare, or if they will become the appliances of Orwellian control. What is remarkable …