Today In History: The Great
On this day in history, a “Great” left the world. Born in 1729 in modern-day Poland, Catherine II was a minor German princess. She was …
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Today In History: Scorched Earth
On this day in history, Moscow turned to ash. In the autumn of 1812, Napoleon’s Grande Armée occupied the Russian capital of Moscow, marking the …
One year into the Russia-Ukraine conflict: no definite end in sight
Almost one year ago, on Feb. 24, 2022, Russia instigated an invasion of Ukraine that escalated into full-blown warfare between the neighboring states. Tens of …
Causes of Ukrainian war
Like nearly every human disaster, there are some responsible on all sides of the war in Ukraine. Russia is clearly the aggressor in this situation, …
The international response to the Ukraine invasion
On Feb. 24, the Russian government invaded neighboring Ukraine. As of the publishing of this article, the Russian forces have not yet captured Kyiv (March …
U.S. fights a war for the people, but where’s the people’s justice?
As we’ve all heard, Syria was bombed again by the United States, this time near doubling their missile strikes from last year’s 59 Tomahawk cruise …
Russian interference in election was wrong, and so is Trump’s response
If you have been paying attention to the news recently, you may have heard talk of Russia “hacking the election” in favor of winner Donald …