Month: March 2019

After This Class President Gave A Graduation Speech, His School Withheld His Diploma

When Marvin Wright became president of the senior class at Southwest Edgecombe High in Pinetops, North Carolina, last fall, he

Serena Williams Is Already Laying Down Babysitting Rules For Tennis Star Caroline Wozniacki

Serena Williams may be sitting out Wimbledon during her pregnancy, but she’s still giving advice to her peers — although

Crying wolf?

Shami Chakrabarti (centre) takes her seat in the House of Lords, September, 2016. Press Agency Images. All rights reserved.The latest

A Mission To Find Every WWII Veteran Before It’s Too Late

On December 7,1941, following the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States of America entered World War II. Millions

San Francisco Spoils Chocolate Milk For Kids

In February, when Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson began telling the world how he has been drinking chocolate milk his

Tango and the gender question

Pedro Figari – El tango. Public Domain. With the internationalization of tango, its slum origins were forgotten and a strictly

A Must-See Exhibit Honors Black Women’s Resistance Art

In 1970, the artist Faith Ringgold, alongside her daughter, writer Michele Wallace, and a New York-based artist-activist group successfully pressured

VoteIn might have better arguments, but it is failing those it needs to reach

High Street, Chipping Barnet, October 2015. Wikicommons/ Philafrenzy. Some rights reserved.At last the lineaments of the argument in the Brexit/Bremain

The Internet Just Greenlit The First Meme-To-Movie 

http://elizabitchtaylor.tumblr.com/post/90856351997/they-look-like-theyre-in-a-heist-movie-with   Here’s a Cinderella story made for the 2017 internet: a heist film concept imagined by Twitter users that

A Gender Divide Melts Away In The Waters Of The Atlantic

Four-hundred neon swim noodles smack down upon the surging water, nearly creating the experience of pyrotechnics. The cacophony of 200 voices adds