A heartbreaking image of a starving Sudanese child trying to reach a feeding center as a vulture watches, "The Vulture And The Little Girl" is one of the most controversial pictures in the history of photojournalism.Kevin Carter/Wikimedia Commons “The Vulture and the Little Girl,” a 1993 photograph by Kevin Carter, actually depicts a boy named Kong Nyong.
In 1993, South African photojournalist Kevin Carter visited Sudan in the midst of a deadly famine. Read More...
Starving Time was a particularly gruesome era in early colonial America when ravenous Jamestown colonists exhumed corpses for sustenance.Wikimedia CommonsA depiction of Native Americans attacking colonists during the Indian massacre of 1622 in Virginia.
Today, it’s hard to imagine what it would be like to be one of the first English settlers at Jamestown in Virginia, let alone during the period now called Starving Time. There’s nothing in our lives to compare it to. Read More...
Mining and urbanization are bringing an end to the Dukha, or what many call Mongolia's "reindeer people."Mongolia is twice the size of Texas, but home to only 2.6 million people. The sparse, desolate lands are difficult to live on and the frigid winters are harsh and overbearing, which is why the country’s Dukha people have relied heavily on reindeer in nearly every facet of their lives for thousands of years. Read More...
