US And UK Sanction Russia For Chemical Weapon Use US and UK impose sanctions on Russia for using banned chemical weapon chloropicrin in Ukraine, violating international agreements. Top News · Dec 17, 2024
Trump wants to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war President-elect Donald Trump often said during the 2024 presidential campaign that he plans to launch the nation’s largest-ever mass deportation operation in his second term. The Conversation · Dec 11, 2024
Texas, Texas A&M Renew Rivalry As Bitter SEC Foes After 13-Year Hiatus The feud between the teams started in 1894 then ran uninterrupted from World War I until a memorable 2011 game and a bitter realignment-driven split. Sports Illustrated · Nov 26, 2024
The Magic Mountain is a sweeping critique of totalitarian Europe. 100 years later, its warnings feel urgent This month, Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain turns 100. One of the 20th century’s towering literary achievements, it is a sweeping critique of the dangerous totalitarian political forces that shaped – and very nearly destroyed – Europe in Mann’s lifetime. The Conversation · Nov 25, 2024
Monument erected in Tulsa for victims of 1921 Race Massacre A World War I veteran whose remains were identified earlier this year during a probe into the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has been honored in a memorial service in Tulsa The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024
Why the US celebrates Veterans Day and how the holiday has changed over time President Joe Biden has laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery to mark Veterans Day The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2024
Starmer and Macron demonstrate Franco-British unity at WWI anniversary in Paris British Prime Minister Keir Starmer joined French President Emmanuel Macron Monday at the ceremony in Paris commemorating the 106th anniversary of the end of World War I in a symbolic show of unity between the two countries. Radio France Internationale · Nov 11, 2024
London landmarks lit up in Remembrance Day tribute A two-minute silence will be held across the nation on Monday, while Sir Keir Starmer will mark Remembrance Day in Paris Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024
'You bloody beauty': Peter FitzSimons to launch new war book at Hamilton Albert Jacka was 'Australia's greatest frontline soldier'. Newcastle Herald · Nov 10, 2024
Honouring the fallen and a lost son on Remembrance Day in the Hunter 'Remembrance Day concerns all forms of service. People who have gone away wearing the uniform and our flag on their shoulder.' Newcastle Herald · Nov 10, 2024
If You're Worried About Fascism, Worry About War The most serious danger is the one that historically allowed dictators to take power. Reason · Oct 24, 2024
Hemingway, after the hurricane The 2024 hurricane season has been especially disastrous, and the casualties and widespread damage from flooding and high winds in towns like Cedar Key, Florida, call to mind another historic hurricane, the Labor Day hurricane of 1935. The Conversation · Oct 18, 2024
Journal of Free Speech Law: "Opening Dialogue" (The Future of Free Speech Symposium) by Lee C. Bollinger & Geoffrey R. Stone The introduction to a symposium reprinted from Daedalus, the Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Reason · Oct 9, 2024
Johnny Depp to receive Lifetime Achievement award from Rome Film Festival Francis Ford Coppola and Viggo Mortensen will also receive lifetime achievement awards The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2024
Salon · Sep 13, 2024 Trump's Great Replacement campaign What happens when Great Replacement Theory wins an election
Reason · Aug 26, 2024 Material in Pennsylvania Sen. Douglas Mastriano's Lawsuit Related to His Ph.D. Thesis Should Be Unsealed So the District Court in Sen. Mastriano's case just held.
International Business Times · Aug 20, 2024 World's Oldest Person Dies In Spain At 117 The world's oldest person, Spain's Maria Branyas Morera, who was born in the United States and lived through two world wars, died Tuesday at the age of 117, her family said.
Reason · Aug 18, 2024 When Attacks on Anarchists Accidentally Improved Free Speech Law After the crackdown on anarchists died down, it became more difficult to imagine anyone could go to jail in America solely for political heresy.
Bored Panda · Aug 2, 2024 Depressing: 50 Harsh Truths About Reality From The ‘Lost Generation’ Online Group (New Pics) The lost generation was a term used to refer to the people who came of age during World War I. But these days, it seems to apply to everyone. The post Depressing: 50 Harsh Truths About Reality From The ‘Lost Generation’ Online Group (New Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.
Al Jazeera · Jul 26, 2024 Which countries have been banned from participating in the Olympics? Thirteen countries have been banned from the Olympics in the past. Which are they, and why were they barred?
The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2024 Brazil apologizes for post-WWII persecution of Japanese immigrants The Brazilian government has apologized to the Japanese community for human rights violations in the persecution and internment of immigrants in the years after World War II
The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2024 She saw the Titanic sink and the end of World War I. Now, the oldest American just turned 115 Elizabeth Francis says the key to living a long life is to ‘speak your mind and don’t hold your tongue’
AAP · Jul 23, 2024 'Disrespectful' thieves pinch World War I honour roll Police are investigating the theft of a World War I honour roll from a Sydney park, with the local council saying it has no idea who took it.
The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2024 Ernest Hemingway fans celebrate the author's 125th birthday in his beloved Key West Ernest Hemingway spent the 1930s in Key West, Florida, and more than six decades after his death, fans, scholars and relatives continue to congregate on the island city to celebrate the author’s award-winning novels and adventure-filled life
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2024 First victim of 1921 Tulsa massacre of Black community is identified since graves found, mayor says The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, says a World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled with victims of the 1921 Tulsa massacre targeting the city’s Black community