Our ancestor contracted a virus
millions of years later, we still have it
What Ireland’s history of resistance says about Palestine | Richard Boyd Barett
Ireland’s fight for independence from British rule has defined how it sees itself in the world - as a liberated people compelled to fight against oppression everywhere. This sentiment formed…
people HAVE BEEN speaking up about US war crimes
someone asking Madeleine Albright why the united states sells weapons to its political allies commenting war crimes.
Ben Gurion Canal Project
The Ben Gurion Canal Project is a proposed canal project through the state of Israel. It would connect the Gulf of Aqaba to the Mediterranean Sea. David Ben Gurion, for…
do we have free speech?
not when it comes to Palestine.
Stunning Codex Documenting Aztec Culture Now Fully Digitized
The 16th-century “Florentine Codex” offers a Mexican Indigenous perspective that is often missing from historical accounts of the period.
History of Violence
Every act of violence is retaliatory: against systems, offenses (perceived or real), and a history of victimization. Every retaliation draws more retaliation.
de motivational posters
internet history: de motivational posters
What is the Queen Anne Victorian Architectural Style?
Brent takes us through another architectural style: The Queen Anne Victorian Style which included features such as a wrap around porch, copper on the roof, sandstone, marble, and bricks. Brent…
Fran Lebowitz: Pretend It’s a Museum
Fran Lebowitz goes behind-the-scenes to The Met’s Paintings Conservation Lab to see Rembrandt’s “Aristotle with a Bust of Homer” (1653). Along the way, she tells her favorite story of visiting…