Republic headlined, a world war were under attack by climate c change and our only he is to mobilize like we did in world war ii. Then in the first ever override of an obama veto, Congress Votes to allow americans to sue saudui arabia over the 9 11 attacks. There is mounting evidence that the saudi government, at least organizations and operatives within the saudi government, aided and abetted one of the most massive crimes in the united states. In our system, the truth behind those facts deseserves to be presented in court. Comes as the Obama Administration declassified 28 pages from the september 11 report detailing possible ties between the saudi government and the 9 11 attacks. We will speakith medeaa benjamin, cofounder of cododepi. Author of kingdom of the , unjust behind the u. S. Saudi connection. And inin news from the campaigin trail, a new investigation by newsweek reveals one of Donald Trumps businesses violated the u. S. Embargo on cuba, s secretly doing business there in
With the force of their own personalities. They build temples and huge stone billboards to prop up royal dynasties that have little actual power. They perform gruesome rituals that require the skins of other people. They go to war and capture players for their ball games games where the losers never play again. Today, inside ancient pyramids, archaeologists face real danger to bring the story of these kings and their politics out of the past. Before the arrival of europeans, two extraordinary civilizations flourished in mesoamerica. Both the aztecs and the maya had cultures of startling sophistication, and political systems that were enormously complex. Archaeologists are intrigued by ancient political systems. They want to know how these systems were organized and how they evolved. Archaeologist Arthur Demarest. Throughout the course of human history, societies have bece ever more complex. Political systems have developed some successfully, expanding and growing, while othersecline an
For almost three decades, Winslow Homer made his home on prouts neck, a rocky point just south of portland, maine. His house still stands on the high ground overlooking the sea. Visiting the place where homer lived and worked is john wilmerding, Deputy Director of the National Gallery of art. Homers studio was a remodeled stable set about 200 yards from a large summerhouse that his older brother bought in 1883. Although homer was close to his family, he enjoyed the solitude his studio provided, but most of all, it was the ocean outside which reall made this place so important to him. The love of nature was very much a part of homers time. His family joined the growing number of americans in the late 19th century who could afford to escape the city heat and spend summers at the shore. Homers relatives on both sides had been engaged in shipping and trading for generations. His father, Charles Savage homer, carried on an import business. His mother, Henrietta Benson homer, was a watercolo