Tag: Cuba
I dig through archives to unearth hidden stories from African-American history
Jane Landers, Vanderbilt University
Many years ago, as a graduate student searching in the archives of Spanish Florida, I discovered the first “underground railroad” of...
Can sound be used as a weapon? 4 questions answered
Kevin Fu, University of Michigan and Wenyuan Xu, Zhejiang University
Editor’s note: Government and academic investigators continue to probe reports from Cuba that, starting in...
Trump nods to Cuban exiles, rolls back ties: Experts react
Brian Gendreau, University of Florida and William M. LeoGrande, American University
Editor’s note: President Donald Trump announced on Friday a partial reversal of former President...
How Fidel Castro changed Cuba: a small island at the centre...
Mervyn Bain, University of Aberdeen
Late on November 25 2016, it was announced that one of the last remaining iconic political figures of the 20th...
Cuba’s sustainable agriculture at risk in U.S. thaw
Miguel Altieri, University of California, Berkeley
President Obama’s trip to Cuba this week accelerated the warming of U.S.-Cuban relations. Many people in both countries believe...
What the US can learn from Cuba during Obama’s historic visit
Denise Baden, University of Southampton
As the first US president visits Cuba in 88 years, many Americans hope that Barack Obama’s trip will lead to...
Why American academics are building ties with Cuba
Gerardo M Gonzalez, Indiana University, Bloomington
The thawing of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba will be good for people on the...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
