Montana City, Colorado is Denver

Montana City was the first settlement in what was later to become Denver, Colorado. It was established during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush on…

JAPAN AND THE TWO WORLD WARS

The history of Japan and the two world wars reveals that Europe was integral to the policy calculations of the…

Earth Had Two Moons

A tiny second moon may once have orbited Earth before catastrophically slamming into the other one, a titanic clash that…

Aztec Homeland was in Utah

Aztec legend holds that their forefathers migrated to Mexico City from a land to the north – a land of…

Give the Navajo Nation Water

States that rely on water from the over-tapped Colorado River want the U.S. Supreme Court to block a lawsuit from the Navajo…

‘Poverty, By America’

After Matthew Desmond won the Pulitzer for Evicted, about families struggling to stay housed, the Princeton sociologist realized he still didn’t understand…

When is Ramadan 2023?

Ramadan is determined by the Islamic lunar calendar, which begins with the sighting of the crescent moon. The first day…

Blame the Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve doesn’t just set monetary policy. It’s also the primary regulator for many banks — including the failed Silicon…