The Great Chinese Famine reveals how an authoritarian state, driven by ideology and falsified data, inflicted more damage on its own people than many wars ever could.

On Nov. 2, the feast of All Souls, Catholics in Chicago joined in commemorating the great Irish famine that left more than 1 million people dead and began the mass exodus of Irish refugees and ...

Donor from Ontario, Canada, brings 1859 silver samovar honoring Famine hero Dr. Dan Donovan back to Skibbereen Heritage ...

New research from the Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University and Queen's Business School in Belfast has examined the impact of the Great Irish Famine (1845–1852) on human height. The ...

Dr Dan Donovan saved thousands of lives during Ireland's Great Hunger ...

DUBLIN (Reuters Life!) - More than 300 lots of letters and reports dating from Ireland's Great Famine years will go under the hammer this week in the first auction of its kind, which has aroused much ...

On September 25th, 2024, the bond between Ireland and Connecticut was further solidified through a collaboration between two groups—one based in Connecticut and the other in Cork. This partnership, ...

Examine the events that led to the Irish famine, setting a crisis into motion in Europe. Examine the social, political and economic conditions that allowed the Irish famine to occur, setting a crisis ...

This is Great Hunger, a mini-series analyzing the political decisions that have led to mass starvation in some of the most food insecure countries on Earth. Down the road from where I grew up, along ...