Month: March 2021
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was the name given to the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s was caused by several economic and agricultural factors, including federal land policies, changes in regional weather, farm economics and other cultural factors. People and livestock were
Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme and especially its devastating first day would be remembered as the epitome of the brutal and seemingly senseless carnage that characterized trench warfare during World War I. British officers, especially Haig, would be criticized for continuing the offensive in spite of such devastating losses. The Battle of the Somme, which
History of Blacks
The struggles and Triumphs of African Americans throughout U.S. history, including the civil rights movement and their artistic, cultural and political achievements are honored in the month of February for example John Brown was hanged on December 2, 1859. His trial riveted the nation, and he emerged as an eloquent voice against the injustice of
Civil Right Movements
The civil rights movement was a struggle for justice and equality for African Americans that took place mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. It was led by people like Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, the Little Rock Nine and many others. The struggle to end institutionalized racial discrimination, disenfranchisement and racial segregation is still
The Great Depression
The stock market crash of 1929 to 1939 led to the Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors .Over the next several years, consumer spending
Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny seems to be somewhat of a divisive figure, describing himself as a democratic nationalist, Navalny has founded nationalist political groups that were aligned with other more nefarious ultra-nationalist groups. However, Navalny is an anti-corruption activist, a lead Russian opposition politician, and an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, who came to prominence through his
China as a threat to the global power of the United States
China as a country has had a radical shift in poverty in recent decades and is seemingly entering a new era of technological innovation that is widely believed to inevitably lead to China’s global economic dominance in the coming years. The Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University allowed Graham Allison to
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa led to nearly half of the whole island’s civilian population becoming causalities as a result of indiscriminate US fire, the Japanese military’s mass suicide campaigns, and other atrocities. It is thought that imperial Japanese wartime propaganda had convinced Okinawans that the United States would go on a rampage of rape and
imprecatory psalms
Yahweh promised to curse those who curse Abraham and imprecations are based on Yahweh’s covenant with Abraham and Israel .Imprecations aren’t a barbaric residue, but express fundamental biblical convictions about God and the world. When we pray for justice, we’re praying for God to be what he truly is the Judge of all the earth.
The Leaven in the Bible
God then offers parallel instructions about future commemorations of Passover night. Passover celebrates the exodus from slavery under Pharaoh to the service of God. The Passover Seder inaugurates the festival and is probably Jewry’s best observed occasion. Abstaining from leavened bread is probably our best respected ritual prohibition. And it’s not just eating that’s out