America can lead the world in responding to the cries of the starving and sick in East Africa.
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PBS Show Offers Reflection on Past and Present of Fighting Hunger
This story can set an example to continue that great American tradition as the world's hungry call out for help
Read More »The Great Russian Famine of 1921: When America Heard the Pleas of the Sick and Starving
The Russian famine was a defining moment in the history and character of America.
Read More »Book Review: Late Victorian Holocausts: El Nino Famines and the Making of the Third World by Mike Davis
Much of this history has sharp, frightening relevance today.
Read More »Book Review: Fire Island by John J. Stevens
Historical fiction, full of fire and flair, describing the precursor to the United States Coast Guard.
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