A mother’s worst fear is to lose her child. For mothers of daughters, this fear is exasperated because so many women lose their lives unexpectedly
A sea of women singing and dancing in fields, on streets, and neighborhoods, completely elated with the news that peace had finally been won! Women
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights
On the morning of April 19, 1966, Roberta “Bobbi” Gibb became the first woman to run and finish the Boston Marathon. Competing in a field
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Imagine a world with no mythical creatures such as the famous hobbits, with large bare feet and small bodies living peacefully within the Shire, or
Women, particularly women of color, have been viewed in certain ways – as sex objects – since the days of slavery. Today, this old myth
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“Oh deep in my heart, I do believe that we shall overcome today,” was sang outside the Health Education and Welfare (H.E.W.) building in Washington
In the middle of a three-month strike, standing there in the crowd of mistreated workers, she was giving them hope, spreading flyers, and organizing picket
Exchanging her classroom desk for the picket line, sixteen-year-old Emma Tenayuca left Brackenridge High School for the day to join hundreds of women protesting for
“Why don’t you come work for me?” These words snapped Mary W. Jackson out from her heated rant about the insult she had just received
In 1960, Judy Garland was hospitalized for acute hepatitis and spent the winter and spring months in recovery. By the summer, Judy felt reenergized and
During the first half of the fifteenth century, Korea made a wide range of intellectual and technological advances that are not found in other parts
In January 1958, marine biologist Rachel Carson received a letter in the mail from her distressed friend, Olga Huckins. The letter described a horrible scene.
Performing an autopsy on someone is like grabbing the untold stories under their skin or placing the puzzle of an unsolved death into your hands.
C programming is one of the most powerful coding languages of the modern era. It is what drives modern software, databases, and other coding compilers.
The late Hank Aaron is known as one of the greatest players in Major League Baseball. He holds a number of records in the MLB
On January 12, 2010, you are enjoying a simple Tuesday evening with family in Haiti when all of a sudden the earth trembles beneath your
When young Leonard Nimoy got off the train to Pasadena, California in September,1949 wearing a wool suit, hand-painted tie, and suede shoes he, “must have
Rwanda’s transition has been less than ordinary. It was already one of the countries with the lowest level of development in the 1980s and in
When Prime Minister Adel Abduhl Mahdi demoted Iraq’s popular Counter-terrorism Chief, Lt. Gen. Abdulwahab a-Saadi, in October, 2019, Mahdi was unaware of the protests that
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Just six years ago, in March 2015, Pam was barrelling towards the Vanuatu archipelago at speeds reaching 180 miles per hour. Pam, of course, was
Mexico boasts two ancient civilizations the Aztecs and Mayans, the best beaches on its Caribbeans coastline, famous regional foods, and
Just about everyone in the country has had fast food, whether it be McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, or any other mega fast food chain. It
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On New Year’s eve, December 31, 1999, the world came to a standstill. Millions of people around the globe sat waiting for the long anticipated
July 30, 2007. Just another normal day at St. Andrews, Scotland, home to the world’s oldest golf course, which has witnessed many victories and defeats,
In 1864, an energetic and ambitious young man sailed from Austria to Veracruz, Mexico in hopes of ruling a foreign land. He arrived with his
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