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Does The U.S.A. Have A Caste System?
In the United States, inequality tends to be framed as an issue of either class, race or both. Consider, for example, criticism that Republicans’ new tax plan is a weapon of “class warfare,” or...
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The National Geographic Society
On January 27, 1888, the National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C., for “the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge.”The Founding of the National Geographic SocietyThe 33 men...
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The Origin of Common Expressions: Idiot
Meaning: An utterly foolish or senseless personOrigin: The origin of the word idiot dates back to the early 14th Century. It meant a "person so mentally deficient as to be incapable of ordinary...
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Little Known History: The Deep Roots of an Italian Song That Sounds Like...
The Deep Roots of an Italian Song That Sounds Like English But Is Just NonsenseIn 1972, fascination with American culture spurred an Italian showman to revive a medieval comic traditionbyVittoria...
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The Art of John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent SynopsisJohn Singer Sargent was born on January 20th 1865, in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Italy) and died on April 14th, 1925 in London, U.K. He was the premiere portraitist...
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The Origin of Common Expressions: Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve
Meaning: If you wear your heart on your sleeve, you openly show your feelings or emotions rather than keeping them hidden.Origin: We use the phrase "wear your heart on your sleeve" in a casual way to...
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The Photography of Walker Evens
Walker Evens Walker Evans was born on November 3rd, 1903 and died on April 10th, 1975. He was an American photographer and photojournalist best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration...
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The Origin of Common Expressions: Bad-Ass
Meaning: a tough, uncompromising, mean-tempered troublemaker or intimidating person.Origin: It was first used as a street slang in the early 1950's. According the Random House Historical Dictionary of...
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What Langston Hughes’ Poem “I, Too” Tells Us About America’s Past And Present
Langston HughesIn large graven letters on the wall of the newly opened National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall is a quote from poet Langston Hughes: “I, too, am...
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Ancient Skeletons Unearthed in Mexico City
Archaeologists in Mexico City have discovered the burial of 10 skeletons arranged in a spiral, with two of the skeletons showing intentional skull deformation.Modern-day Mexico City is built on top of...
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News You May Have Missed, No. 83
4300 year old Ancient Egyptian Tomb DiscoveredThe tomb of a woman named Hetpet, who became a senior official in the royal palace, has been discovered in a cemetery on the Giza Plateau, archaeologists...
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Andrew Wyeth: American Artist
Andrew WyethAndrew Newell Wyeth was born on July 12th, 1917 and died on January 16, 2009. He was a visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style. He was one...
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Three New Poems
This Is Just to Sayby William Carlos WilliamsI have eatenthe plumsthat were inthe iceboxand whichyou were probablysavingfor breakfastForgive methey were deliciousso sweetand so cold* *...
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Charles Schultz's World
Charles SchultzOn the morning of Sunday, February 13, 2000, newspaper readers opened their comic pages as they had for nearly fifty years to read the latest adventures of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and...
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Camille Pissarro: French Impressionist Artist
Camille PissarroCamille Pissarro was a French landscape artist best known for his influence on Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting.Pissarro was born on July 10, 1830, on the island of St....
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The Mystery Behind Mass Grave of Viking Warriors Finally Solved
Archaeologists could barely believe their luck when they uncovered a mass grave in the 1980's that appeared to be filled with the remains of more than 200 warriors from the Viking Great Army. But...
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Why Thomas Jefferson Owned a Qur’an
Thomas Jeffsons's Qur'anIslam in America dates to the founding fathers, says religion expert Peter Manseau.Thomas Jefferson’s two-volume personal copy of George Sale’s 1734 translation of the Qur’an is...
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