Levitation, magicians, gambling, “smart pigs”, acrobatic tricks – the people of the 19th century had a great...
Month: March 2021
Over the years, marketing has evolved, been re-shaped by trends, and innovated by contemporary technologies to bring...
Cannabis foods and drinks are becoming quite popular in recent years, and it is for a good...
The flight of runaway slaves to Mexico is a chapter of history that is often overlooked or...
There are three main periods that describe the trajectory of African enslavement in New Spain from 1519...
Sea level rise is accelerating around the globe, likely to displace millions of people who live in...
A fearsome predator? A fragile icon of impending extinction? What these arctic giants have stood for in...
How 2,000-year-old date palm seeds were brought back to life, with recipes to make at home. By...
Although LGBTQ+ people in every region of the world face marginalization and repression, human rights have steadily...
John Addington Symonds, whose 1873 essay “A Problem in Greek Ethics” helped lay the foundation for the...
A Yorkshire farmer argued in 1810 that homosexuality is innate and should not be punished. The diary...
Parents may experience a number of different responses when faced with a disclosure of sexual minority orientation...
What may be driving the pattern of young women and older women being less likely to identify...
All ancient communities had law codes or rules that dictated both public and private behavior. Introduction Christianity...
The expectations and even the very way they defined terms such as ‘gender’ and ‘sexuality’ differed greatly...
Despite his reservations about the dangers of propaganda, President Roosevelt created the Office of War Information (OWI)...
“Fake news” and disinformation have been part of the conversation as far back as the birth of...
The justices of the Court are often categorized as having conservative, moderate, or liberal philosophies of law...
Exploring Madison’s greatest fear about the future of the Republic he did so much to shape: the...
To say matchmaking websites have taken the dating world by storm would be an understatement. Since the...
The disaster drew the first class action lawsuit against the United States government, on behalf of 8,485...
The storm remains the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, with around 8,000 to 12,000 dead after...
The virus is doing what viruses do: evolving to find new ways to continue to infect people....
With outdated delivery systems at many hospitals and clinics, mistakes can lead to costly duplication of services...
In fact, you can’t really understand Mumbai without understanding the bubonic plague. Introduction On a leafy uphill...
Science and determination turned the tide against one of the worst diseases humanity has ever endured. Three...
For Milton Nicholas, the practical hurdle of illiteracy was exploited by election officials in order to manipulate...
This 1848 map proved more useful in Congress for its statistical data than for its colorful depiction...
Millions of rural Americans don’t have a car. With the pandemic battering transit agencies, they’re being totally...
When Black counter-mapping exposes the how and where of racism, that information gains new power to spur...