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fromThe Atlantic
1 day ago

A Bitter Coda to American Reconstruction

The Freedman's Memorial, dedicated on April 14, 1876, depicts Abraham Lincoln and a kneeling Black man, symbolizing the complex legacy of emancipation.
History
#myanmar
World news
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

Myanmar coup leader Min Aung Hlaing elected president

Min Aung Hlaing was elected president of Myanmar following a parliamentary vote, solidifying military rule despite international condemnation.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago

Who is fighting in Myanmar's multi-front civil war?

Myanmar's civil war features fluid alliances among military, ethnic groups, and pro-democracy forces, with the military regime increasingly confident of victory.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 days ago

Myanmar's military government rebuffed on peace talks offer

Myanmar's military government, led by Min Aung Hlaing, faces rejection from opposition groups for peace talks after a controversial election.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Myanmar frees over 4,000 prisoners in annual tradition

Myanmar's president approved the release of 4,335 prisoners, including former President Win Myint, amid ongoing civil unrest.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

Myanmar junta chief elected president what comes next?

Min Aung Hlaing was elected president of Myanmar, solidifying military control under a facade of civilian governance amid ongoing civil war.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago

Who is fighting in Myanmar's multi-front civil war?

Myanmar's civil war features fluid alliances among military, ethnic groups, and pro-democracy forces, with the military regime increasingly confident of victory.
#sudan
fromEl Pais
6 days ago
World news

Scorched-earth policy of paramilitary groups burns and reshapes Darfur, resulting in famine, ethnic cleansing and demographic change

World politics
fromTruthout
1 week ago

Sudan War Enters Year 4 as Civilians Face Violence and Growing Fuel Shortages

Sudan's civil war, now in its fourth year, has led to severe humanitarian crises and widespread war crimes by both military factions.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Countries pledge $1.5bn for Sudan crisis as war enters fourth year

Antonio Guterres calls for an end to the civil war in Sudan, highlighting its regional destabilization and humanitarian crisis.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
4 days ago

Sudan war fuels child hunger crisis

The civil war in Sudan has severely impacted children, with over 4,300 killed or maimed and widespread displacement affecting millions.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
4 days ago

Sudan war enters fourth year as child hunger crisis deepens

The civil war in Sudan has severely impacted children, with over 4,300 killed or maimed and widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
4 days ago

Sudan's three-year war deepens child and hunger crisis

The civil war in Sudan has severely impacted children, with over 4,300 killed or maimed and widespread displacement affecting millions.
World news
fromEl Pais
6 days ago

Scorched-earth policy of paramilitary groups burns and reshapes Darfur, resulting in famine, ethnic cleansing and demographic change

The Rapid Support Forces in Sudan have systematically burned villages to depopulate areas during the civil war.
World politics
fromTruthout
1 week ago

Sudan War Enters Year 4 as Civilians Face Violence and Growing Fuel Shortages

Sudan's civil war, now in its fourth year, has led to severe humanitarian crises and widespread war crimes by both military factions.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Countries pledge $1.5bn for Sudan crisis as war enters fourth year

Antonio Guterres calls for an end to the civil war in Sudan, highlighting its regional destabilization and humanitarian crisis.
Social justice
fromwww.npr.org
4 days ago

A mine despoiled the beauty of the rainforest. This Goldman Prize winner took action

Theonila Roka Matbob won the Goldman Environmental Prize for her activism against environmental and social harms caused by mining in Bougainville.
#iran
fromFortune
4 days ago
US news

Feds arrest a Los Angeles woman at LAX on suspicion of helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan | Fortune

US news
fromFortune
4 days ago

Feds arrest a Los Angeles woman at LAX on suspicion of helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan | Fortune

A woman was arrested for allegedly trafficking weapons from Iran to Sudan amid the ongoing civil war.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 days ago

Pope Leo tells Angola during huge Mass to build hope'

Pope Leo XIV addressed the country's civil war-scarred past that he said has brought enmity and division, squandered resources and poverty. Today, there is a need to look to the future with hope and to build that hope.
World politics
fromSlate Magazine
5 days ago

In 1995, a Heinous Crime Led to Another Dark Episode in America. Everyone Has Forgotten What Happened. They Shouldn't.

"When we were little, we played 'name the caliber of this bomb.' It sounds odd, but when you grow up in a war-torn zone, those are your games that you play as a kid."
Miami food
#chimpanzees
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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

What a chimpanzee 'civil war' can teach us about how societies fall apart

Chimpanzees exhibit brutal behavior similar to humans, as evidenced by civil wars observed in their groups.
OMG science
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Wild chimpanzees recorded waging civil war' with coordinated attacks between two groups

Chimpanzees in Uganda's Kibale national park exhibited a civil war, marking a significant behavioral shift in their social dynamics.
fromInverse
2 weeks ago

30 Years Ago, One Cult Sci-Fi TV Show Made History

'Severed Dreams' showcased the main characters' decision to break away from Earth, fundamentally altering the narrative landscape of sci-fi television and character arcs.
DC food
fromHarvard Gazette
3 weeks ago

Is a more perfect union still possible? - Harvard Gazette

"If we're going to get to a good place again ... it's going to be because people do something and decide that union matters and that we want to be a nation that is unified." Drew Faust
World politics
US Elections
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Trump Motorcade Gets Double-Bird Salute' as He Arrives for Supreme Court Birthright Case

Trump's motorcade received protests while he attended Supreme Court arguments on birthright citizenship, a case he previously addressed with an executive order.
Photography
fromYahoo News
3 weeks ago

50 photos that show what American life looked like from 1855 to 1899

Photographs from the 19th century capture significant moments and emotions, providing insights into American life during that era.
#syria
Social justice
fromwww.dw.com
4 weeks ago

Syria: Wives of missing men push for legal reform

Women in Syria face legal barriers to moving on after the disappearance of their husbands due to outdated laws and family interventions.
Social justice
fromwww.dw.com
4 weeks ago

Syria: Wives of missing men push for legal reform

Women in Syria face legal barriers to moving on after the disappearance of their husbands due to outdated laws and family interventions.
fromWashingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 month ago

This House in Old Town, Alexandria Sold for a Record-Breaking $7.1 Million - Washingtonian

The Vowell-Smith House, built in 1854, is a 14,000 square-foot estate featuring 12-and-a-half-foot high ceilings, original pine floors, and 13 fireplaces, making it a unique historical property.
Washington DC
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
1 month ago

Growing up during Sri Lanka's civil war taught me that getting along with people across divides is a virtue we can learn

Sri Lanka's rich religious diversity coexists with a history of conflict and division, particularly during the civil war from 1983 to 2009.
US politics
fromWIRED
1 month ago

Don't Listen to Anyone Who Thinks Secession Will Solve Anything

Americans increasingly fantasize about secession between red and blue states, but fear the implications of civil war.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

As Syria marks 15 years since anti-Assad uprising, security issues remain

Syria's 2011 uprising against Bashar al-Assad, triggered by teenage arrests for anti-government graffiti, escalated into a devastating civil war that lasted 13 years before HTS forces removed Assad in December 2024.
History
fromWorld History Encyclopedia
1 month ago

Year of the Four Emperors: The 'Game of Thrones' of the Roman Empire

The Year of the Four Emperors in 69 CE saw four men rapidly claim the Roman throne following Nero's death, resulting in civil war and violent succession struggles that destabilized the empire.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Confused Trump Says the Civil War and Reconstruction Were the Same Thing: A Fancy Way of Saying the Civil War'

Truth be told, Reconstruction is not a fancy way of saying the Civil War. The term refers to the period after the Civil War, in which the former Confederate states were readmitted to the Union and had to adhere to the Constitution and federal statutes, particularly the newly-ratified 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, which abolished slavery, granted citizenship and the attendant rights to all persons born in the U.S. (including former slaves), and prohibited denial of voting rights based on race, respectively.
US politics
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Military government air strikes kill 17 in western Myanmar state

Myanmar military air strikes on Yoengu village in Rakhine state killed at least 17 people including women and children, with 14 others wounded, amid ongoing civil war following a disputed 2021 military coup.
fromHarvard Gazette
2 months ago

Moved by what's missing in Homer's 'Harrow' - Harvard Gazette

At first sight, Winslow Homer's " The Brush Harrow," which depicts two young boys, a horse, and a harrow against an arid landscape, evokes a feeling of somber isolation - but it's hard to pinpoint why. During a talk by curator Horace D. Ballard at the Harvard Art Museums on Jan. 29, visitors learned that Homer painted the scene in 1865, as the Civil War was ending, making the emotional underpinnings of the work clearer.
Arts
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Today in History: January 31, first Black quarterback plays and wins the Super Bowl

In 1863, during the Civil War, the First South Carolina Volunteers, an all-Black Union regiment composed of many who escaped from slavery, was mustered into federal service at Beaufort, South Carolina. In 1945, Pvt. Eddie Slovik, 24, became the first U.S. soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion as he was shot by an American firing squad in France.
History
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#myanmar-elections
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Once whispered, now discussed': the rise of dubious claims of civil war in the UK

It is a darkly dystopian vision of Britain's future, in which tens of thousands die in a bitter civil war in just a few years time. Yet such forecasts are no longer limited to niche corners of the internet or the X feed of Elon Musk, condemned by Downing Street for claiming that war in Britain was inevitable after the post-Southport rioting.
UK politics
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

Central African Republic votes as Touadera seeks third presidential term

Faustin-Archange Touadera is poised to win reelection in the Central African Republic amid heavy security, a contested 2023 constitutional change, and ongoing conflict since 2013.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

A comedy show': Myanmar youth in exile slam military-run sham' election

A Myanmar tattooist and many young exiles fled military brutality and now live precariously in Thailand to avoid arrest, deportation, and lethal repression.
History
fromOpen Culture
3 months ago

Discover the First Depiction of Santa Claus (and Its Origins in Civil War Propaganda)

Thomas Nast shaped the modern Santa Claus image by synthesizing earlier Saint Nicholas and northern winter figures, solidifying iconography that influenced global Christmas imagery.
fromWorld History Encyclopedia
4 months ago

Friends in Mexico, foes at Gettysburg: West Point's path

To characterize the Mexican-American War as only a training ground for the officers who would later serve on both sides in the Civil War is a simplification and a disservice to all who fought between 1846 and 1848, but, at the same time, there is truth to the label. The Mexican-American War provided the theater in which many of the most famous Civil War generals learned the art of warfare firsthand, and they made use of those lessons later to great effect.
History
US politics
fromAbove the Law
5 months ago

It Is Not Only Alright To Shame, And Ultimately Ostracize, Your MAGA Relatives, It Is Your Patriotic Duty As An American - Above the Law

Political disagreements have historically driven American families to violent and permanent splits, so cutting contact is a relatively mild consequence.
fromMadison365
5 months ago

A Native American leader who enlisted in the Union Army has been posthumously admitted to the New York bar after 176 years

was an affair between white men and one in which the Indian was not called on to act.
History
History
fromBig Think
5 months ago

The Civil War hero who stole a Confederate ship - and changed history

Robert Smalls seized a rare wartime opportunity, using intelligence and daring to escape slavery and change the Civil War's trajectory toward Black freedom.
History
fromThe Atlantic
6 months ago

Lincoln's Revolution

Lincoln appealed to shared Revolutionary memory—the "better angels" and "mystic chords"—to restore national unity amid deepening sectional division.
fromThe Mercury News
7 months ago

'Little Women' playwright finds story's joy and passion in a tempestuous time

"The story is not lace and doilies and sitting comfortably by the fire," Gunderson said. "They're at war, their father might not come home and there's a plague next door that's killing the community. These are really high stakes, and these girls are growing up in this moment of American division and crisis, the real stress-testing of humanity all around them."
Arts
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
7 months ago

Strawberries in Winter

Attachment to everyday comforts and fear of prolonged, generational civil war make most Americans likely to prefer peace over violent revolution.
Public health
fromwww.dw.com
8 months ago

40 deaths from Sudan cholera outbreak in 1 week, says MSF DW 08/15/2025

Cholera outbreaks in Sudan's Darfur driven by water shortages and a failing health care system amid civil war, with over 40 deaths in one week.
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months ago

Sudan cholera outbreak kills 40 in a week as health centres overwhelmed

The medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres reported at least 40 deaths from cholera in Sudan, worsened by a civil war and contaminated water sources.
Public health
History
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months ago

A new reading of Sherman's march shows how enslaved people sought to free themselves

Sherman's march aimed to destroy Southern resources and break civilian support for the Confederacy, often misrepresented in popular culture.
History
fromMedievalists.net
8 months ago

New Medieval Books: Henry III: Reform, Rebellion, Civil War, Settlement, 1258-1272 - Medievalists.net

Henry III faced rebellion and civil strife from 1258 to 1272, which ended with his eventual return to power.
World politics
fromThe Atlantic
8 months ago

The Atlantic's September Cover Story: Anne Applebaum Reports From Sudan, "This Is What the End of the Liberal World Order Looks Like"

The collapse of the liberal world order has resulted in violence and humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan.
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