"I was given the honor for exposing the previously hidden role of the United States in the 1980 coup and its involvement in the decisions by the Korean military to crush the rebellion."
It’s difficult to conceptualize excessively large numbers, particularly when they pertain to human tragedies. But this highly-engaging animated data visualization by Neil Halloran makes WWII-related deaths all too comprehensible.
As American legislators once again tackle the thorny issue of how much authority government should have to monitor communications, the U.S. interwar experience stands as a stark warning.
The American wing of the Young Men's Christian Association — a worldwide organization founded in London in 1844 — launched the first basketball teams and group swim lessons in the U.S.
Our original sin was turning a blind eye to Saddam Hussein’s use of WMDs against his fellow Iraqis. And we’re still stumbling around in the dark, as Bashar Assad repeats a history that we would just as soon forget.