Historical Research
Is a mascot a clown that denigrates its subject? Or is a mascot a memorial that honors a heritage? How you answer this question likely reflects how you view the periodic
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March 7, 2012 // 0 Comments
It has been sought for centuries but remained a mystery, still out of reach. Now an expert has pinpointed a site that could be Atahualpa’s resting place: the last Inca
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March 6, 2012 // 0 Comments
Today, at 12:45 pm, we begin the first day of the Nemontemi. For a short breakdown of what this means, follow this link. Tlazokamati!
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March 6, 2012 // 0 Comments
I just finished reading Brotherhood to Nationhood by Peter McFarlane, the biography of the legendary First Nations leader and world indigenous organizer, the late Grand Chief
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March 5, 2012 // 0 Comments
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Contrary to popular belief, women played a central role in Maya society before the arrival of Spanish explorers in the early 16th century, a University
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March 1, 2012 // 0 Comments
When the Spanish cultural center in downtown Mexico City wanted to expand, excavations uncovered a Smith & Wesson revolver, a partial figurine of Jesus – and the ruins
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March 1, 2012 // 0 Comments
Victims and human rights activists cheered when, on January 26, a Guatemalan court charged Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt with genocide and crimes against humanity. The decision to
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March 1, 2012 // 0 Comments
When Jonathan Schell’s The Unconquerable World, a meditation on the history and power of nonviolent action, was published in 2003, the timing could not have been worse.
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March 1, 2012 // 0 Comments
With the publication of his courageous new book, Why America Failed (John Wiley, 2012), Morris Berman has become one of the very first well-known, left-wing writers to
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February 29, 2012 // 0 Comments
Thirty years from now, a protestor stands alone on a corner. She is visibly pregnant. Her sign, written in blood red marker, says “I’m carrying my rapist’s baby! Thanks
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February 28, 2012 // 0 Comments