It’s a crisis that’s testing families, communities, and the social safety net. By Christianna Silva Introduction With...
Month: August 2021
“Simultaneously representing, complicating, and furthering the discourse on the Appalachian region and its cultures.” By Dr. Katherine...
For many of the children who don’t get enough to eat, the consequences could last a lifetime....
A scholar of the Ottoman Empire discusses a history of Palestinians’ claims to land being ignored. By...
How global poverty relates to hunger and how you can take action to save lives. Around the...
Being in debt was once an artful promenade — the process of eluding creditors through disguise and...
The global shipping industry’s annual greenhouse-gas emissions total more than one billion tons. Delegates from governments around...
The first recorded use of a Jolly Roger ‘black flag’ is on the ship of Emmanuel Wynne,...
Examining three metrics which measure the environmental performance of ships. Shipping and the Environment Overview Shipping is...
Some of the more common expressions and slang terms that pirates, and mariners in general, used. Introduction...
If shipping were a country, it would rank between Japan and Germany as the sixth-largest contributor to...
The discovery has served to enhance our understanding of this fleeting moment of ancient Mediterranean history. Introduction...
Networks of conservative Christians are working to spread its ideologies in the political sphere. Introduction A precipitous...
Did a black-robed regiment really exist during the American Revolution, or was it just a myth? The...
The political alliance between American evangelicals and Israel’s right wing may have peaked during the Trump administration....
Doomsday, 1433. In York, after dark. By James Williford A red curtain. Painted stars. Actors in hoses,...
Megachurches and those who lead them can be superrich. So why don’t the IRS and local authorities...
These mosaics and frescoes are the result of patronage by a wealthy intellectual and high-ranking official. Introduction...
Drone technology is changing the world as we know it. Robotics has been at the forefront of...
Reviewing the health and economic consequences of counterfeit drugs on the U.S. public and on the healthcare...
Thanks to shifting tastes and improvements to the brewing process, more craft brewers are offering low-alcohol and...
An historian of the industry explains that drug companies once opposed patents altogether. Introduction The United States,...
Nearest was known as a skilled distiller who specialized in a process known as sugar maple charcoal...
The FDA has largely lost its ability to regulate the myriad pills, powders, and potions that promise...
Discovery of late Stone Age jugs suggest that intentionally fermented beverages existed at least as early as the Neolithic period (c. 10,000 BC).[2]...
Law enforcement agencies typically need to provide a compelling reason to collect and store data about members...
Politics and the running of the government were limited to a small number of wealthy people. Radicals...
Digging deeply into the nation’s past can help illuminate the struggles facing the U.S. today. By Dr....
The ring was tasked to provide General Washington information on British Army operations in New York City....
A tool made for tracking criminals and terrorists has potentially been used against politicians, dissidents, and journalists....