A pillar found of the way station building (Courtesy of the German Institute) From Nevine El-Aref, Ahram...
Month: April 2016
Image Source: Neal Jennings, Flickr, Creative Commons By André Gomes President Barack Obama’s commitment to increased investment...
Fort Stanwix / U.S. National Parks Service By Donald N. Moran Background To the casual reader, Fort...
By Samantha Wallace The Black Death, a pandemic at its height in Europe during the mid-14th century,...
CommonDreams.org By Matthew A. McIntosh / 04.19.2016 The initial results are in from the New York primary. ...
Tony Perkins, Fox News Screen Capture By Joe Clark / 04.19.2016 Family Research Council President Tony Perkins...
Illustration of the statue of Hercules in the Farnese Palazzo in Rome. Engraving, 1723. Wellcome Library reference:...
A sign spotted in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. (Photo: kzoop/flickr/cc) Some precincts opened two hours later than they...
Inspired by a 100-year-old diary, this founder of the Mormon feminist movement encourages everyone to keep journals...
By Tim Rayner Former Professor of Philosophy University of Sydney Writer/Author Philosophy for Change Odysseus was the...
From Craig K. Damrauer at re-Form: But instead I want to tell you about my routine. I...
NBC/WSJ poll By Matthew A. McIntosh / 04.19.2016 As mainstream media outlets go out of their way...
“Humor Versus Color” by Mita Roy ~ This cartoon was created in the spirit of generativity similar...
Dr. Didier Fassin, M.D., PhD Interview with Darren Byler Abstract Based on the experience of researching and...
The Morris Loeb Lecture in Physics and The Black Hole Initiative Inauguration. Stephen Hawking (pictured) delivers a...
Marble statue of a naked Aphrodite crouching at her bath, also known as Lely’s Venus. Roman copy...
Matt Whitaker, FACT Executive Director By Miranda Blue / 04.18.2016 As we and others have noted, the Judicial...
Illustration © iStockphoto.com/traffic_analyzer Instead of engineering nature into standardized systems of production, we should look for ways...
Vladimir Wrangel / shutterstock By Dr. Joshua Shepherd Professor of Philosophy Jesuit College, University of Oxford Inky...
From Noah Sanders at Sprudge.com: I have a confession to make. Today I work in the corporate...
On Sept. 14, waves of energy traveling for more than a billion years gently rattled space-time in...
(Flickr / Sean Davis) A Series of Three Articles by George Lakey Strategies of the 1 Percent...
Formerly enslaved fisherman Myint Naing, left, and his mother cry as they are reunited after 22 years...
Villa Excavation / The Guardian From Patrick Sawer at The Telegraph / 04.17.2016: It started off as...
Flickr photo by Lee Winder, courtesy of Creative Commons By Mary Anne Reinke Simicek Mental Health Professional...
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at Carl Hayden High...
Courtesy Tim Mercer, Mercer Designs They were the forgotten army. Taken captive during World War II, they...
William Shakespeare / Creative Commons By Gene Gordon / 04.18.2016 William Shakespeare died 400 years ago on...
Former Rep. Todd Akin / Creative Commons Of course women get pregnant because of rape, but why...
Modern libraries are essential in underserved communities as places where everyone is welcome to gather, work, borrow...