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  Will the Truth About the Lockerbie Bombing Ever Be Known?
  Article by Charles F Barnaby

  The death of Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, at his home in Tripoli on 20 May 2012, leaves a number of questions unanswe...

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  Looking Back at Radicalism in the Mountain West
  Article by David R Berman

  The Mountain West in the last decade of the Nineteenth Century and the first two decades of the Twentieth Century was...

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  Self-Immolation is Public, Drastic and Heroic
  Topic by Saideh P Jamshidi

  I can still hear the voices of women around me talking about “the heroic act” of Dr. Homa Darabi. As only a young adult at the time, I had very little understanding of Dr. Darabi’s action. She was a 54-year-old psychiatrist that set herself on fire at the Tajrish Square to protest mandatory...

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  Defining Hate Speech in an International Context
  Topic by Erin Luhmann

  Despite its amateur production quality, “The Innocence of Muslims,” an anti-Islamic YouTube video, recently jumped to the top of the international agenda. This crude, American-made caricature of Muhammad has attracted more than 14 millions views and stoked violent protests across the Arab...

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  The Russia Case: Opportunities and Dilemmas for the U.S.
  Article by Roger P Hamburg

  The U.S. has supported authoritarian regimes, but it cannot be inferred or predicted with any certainty that what fol...

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  The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Brought the World to the Brink of a Nuclear World War – Were the Lessons Learned
  Article by Charles F Barnaby

  Next October will see the fiftieth anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis - the major confrontation between the Unit...

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  American Lynching
  Article by Harvey Young

  This topic explores racial violence within the US, looking specifically at 20th and 21st century lynching campaigns.

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  Vietnam Vet Politicians Fading into History
  Article by Peter Haugen

  In the 2012 U.S. national election, none of the four major party candidates for president and vice-president had a mi...

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  Impasse at Vicksburg, Mississippi?
  Article by Richard B. Cathcart

  “Atmospheric Rivers” are a lately recognized global geographical feature that could drastically impact the wild and c...

• ‘Joe Frazier ‘Champ’ a Boxing Legend Remembered. Interview with Nephew Rashad’
  Article by Lillian L Thompson
• Japan's Slow Movement toward Diversity Training
  Article by Dave S Morse
• In Memoria for Three Giants
  Article by Roger P Hamburg
• L. Frank Baum: The Forgotten Wizard of Oz
  Article by Derrick Bang