Tag: World War II
Genocides persist, nearly 70 years after the Holocaust – but there...
Kerry Whigham, Binghamton University, State University of New York
The newly formed United Nations passed its first international treaty...
Kyiv’s Jews, persecuted under Polish-Lithuanian, Russian, Nazi and Soviet regimes, now...
Victoria Khiterer, Millersville University
While hundreds of Jews are leaving Kyiv amid Russian attacks, many more, led by the...
Holy wars: How a cathedral of guns and glory symbolizes Putin’s...
Lena Surzhko Harned, Penn State
A curious new church was dedicated on the outskirts of Moscow in June 2020:...
What are false flag attacks – and did Russia stage any...
Scott Radnitz, University of Washington
The Russian assault on Ukraine, which began in the early hours of Feb. 24,...
How Cup Noodles became one of the biggest transpacific business success...
Alisa Freedman, University of Oregon
See a container of Cup Noodles at a convenience store and you might think...
When a winner becomes a loser: Winston Churchill was kicked out...
Klaus W. Larres, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The end of World War II in Europe and the defeat of Hitler and Nazi...
A world without sports
Lars Dzikus, University of Tennessee
Baseball’s opening day came and went. The Olympics have been postponed. Football in the fall? Don’t count on it.
With COVID-19...
Workers left out of government and business response to the coronavirus
Thomas Kochan, MIT Sloan School of Management
As the coronavirus crisis unfolds, workers and families around the country are finding out how weak the U.S....