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… that, worldwide, the number of hungry people had reached one billion. Today, more people are hungry than at any point … countries experienced food riots. "Hunger seasons" have become the norm in many parts of the global south, and women … west, however, what strikes us is not hunger, but its opposite: obesity. According to a recent World Health …

… Zoos are some of the world’s most visited attractions. Yet they often make headlines for … Jessica Blissit   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … of zoos, humans and other animals.   Brenna Miller   Via phone we have Dr. Daniel Vandersomers, a postdoctoral fellow …

… during the 19th century many explorers became celebrities. One in particular, Dr. David Livingstone, became synonymous with the intrepid individual braving … The writer Walter Benjamin once suggested that "History decomposes into images, not narratives" and Clare Pettitt …

… declared, the group trains “farmers, women, and indigenous communities in the use of improved technologies in current … the National University of San Augustín (UNSA) in Arequipa. One project, for example, will simulate the effects of … machinery, and few options for recourse. Government officials and some universities acknowledged the inequality. …

… Hello, everyone and welcome from the College of Arts and Sciences. Thank you so … were tied to fears over deforestation, or sometimes the opposite, actually hoping to moderate the climate, changing the …

… King. Jury selection began November 15. The case hardly comes as a surprise. In recent years, the King family has … in an elaborate conspiracy to murder Dr. King. To anyone familiar with the massive wealth of evidence against … One reason may be that while King was alive, federal officials who were aligned against him got away with …

… 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 … disease, malnutrition, and warfare. Long inhabited sites were abandoned as the desperate populations wandered …

… Korean President Moon Jae-in on August 2, 2019. “We have come this far today by overcoming countless hardships. Just as we have always done in the past, we will in fact turn adversities into … the Asia-Pacific —and Japan’s whitewashing of war crimes in official government statements and history textbooks. It is …

… Nicholas Breyfogle: Welcome to Diet for a Large Planet by The Ohio State … diets are launching us to crisis is becoming commonplace. One author stated, the world cannot eat as the US or UK … itself from within. This author who argued for js this posited that it was the cause of every disease to man. …

… US woman suffrage movement is usually told as a national one. It begins with the 1848 Seneca Falls convention ; … world collaborated across national borders. They wrote to one another; shared strategies and encouragement; and … Ida B. Wells-Barnett with her four children in 1909. The complex international connections and strategies that …

… In June 2011, the non-governmental organization Global Commission on Drug Policy published a report detailing the … few battles won and has come at such a great cost both in money and human lives. The trafficking of illicit drugs is a … cocaine, as well as opium and marijuana, because government officials came to believe that cocaine was a threat to …

… to eliminate the Brotherhood as an organization, even after one of its members had been elected president, Mohamed … to occupy the Suez Canal zone. Nasser, who did not become Egypt’s official head of state until 1956, came to power in 1952 as … Milestones …

… met to plan Operation “Ikrit and Biram” under mission commander “Issa,” Arabic for Jesus. Ikrit and Biram were two … death. Nine hostages remained. As the Olympic Village woke, officials locked the gates and isolated the dorms. At 7:40 … window detailing the terrorists’ demand: the release of prisoners—234 from Israel and two from West Germany—by 9 am, or …

… Microsoft is one of the preeminent firms of the Information Age. But its … industrial power in the Railroad Age. Like so many complex cases decided under that statute, this one will take years for a final resolution. The substance of …

… violent encounters with criminal gangs and corrupt officials. The images of these children herded into … while other jurisdictions declared these children unwelcome. A U.S. Border Patrol poster placed around the border … as a person residing in a nation-state other than the one in which he or she was born. That percentage translates …

… August, the American news media note the anniversary of one of the most important events of the twentieth … atomic bombing of two Japanese cities. Most reporters and commentators who write about Hiroshima and Nagasaki … The claim of "military necessity," he argued, rang hollow. Official justifications would "never erase from our minds …

… The process of surveying is a very repetitive one requiring an almost obsessive attention to detail, a commitment to exacting measurements, and above all a patient … differences in the name of science, government and military officials were well aware that the shape of the earth was of …

… story, but it’s a myth. To be sure, it’s a powerful one — one that will be repeated many times this November. The fact … are uncertain. The only documentary evidence of the event comes from the journal of Plymouth Colony’s governor, Edward … Indigenous Communities …

… NATO “officially” ended its combat operations in Afghanistan in … forces went in to banish in 2001— remains a force to be reckoned with. On today's History Talk , hosts Patrick Potyondy … resulted in millions upon millions of dollars invested and gone to line the pockets of local leaders and thousands of …

… open during the day, the gates shut tight after curfew; no one could leave or enter the city until the following day. … though, the walls also represented a symbolic barrier, one that clearly designated the city as unique from its … had written two short articles on urban life. Frugoni combined the two articles, included her own notes, and has …