The foreign ministries of France, Germany, Italy and Spain urged Israeli authorities on Wednesday evening to stop the construction of…
Red Summer – white supremacist terrorism
Red Summer is the period from late winter through early autumn of 1919 during which white supremacist terrorism and racial riots took place in more…
W. E. B. Du Bois
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American and Ghanaian sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author,…
Nina Mae McKinney – The Black Garbo
Nina Mae McKinney (June 12, 1912 – May 3, 1967) was an American actress who worked internationally during the 1930s and…
Clio – the muse of history
In Greek mythology, Clio (traditionally /ˈklaɪoʊ/, but now more frequently /ˈkliːoʊ/; Greek: Κλειώ), also spelled Kleio, is the muse of history, or in a few mythological accounts, the muse of lyre playing. Etymology Clio’s name…
One Year Since The Assault On The Capitol
Madam Vice President, my fellow Americans: To state the obvious, one year ago today, in this sacred place, democracy was…
A Palestinian Nelson Mandela
Marwan Hasib Ibrahim Barghouti (also transliterated al-Barghuthi; Arabic: مروان حسيب ابراهيم البرغوثي; born 6 June 1959) is a Palestinian political figure convicted and imprisoned for murder…
In Gaza, young victims of Israeli bombing recount
In May 2021, the occupied Gaza Strip experienced renewed bloodshed and destruction as Israel launched a devastating 11-day military offensive on the…
rally in Baghdad to mark killing of Iran general
Thousands of people have rallied in the Iraqi capital to mark the second anniversary of the killing of a revered…
Gates’ high-tech nuclear reactor in Wyoming
TerraPower, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon and PacifiCorp today announced efforts to advance a Natrium™ reactor demonstration project at a retiring coal plant…
Colorado wildfires burn hundreds of homes
An estimated 580 homes, a hotel and a shopping center have burned and tens of thousands of people were evacuated…
Myanmar military strategy of massacres, burnings
When the young farmhand returned to his village in Myanmar, he found the still smoldering corpses in a circle in…
pro-democracy news site closes after raid
A vocal pro-democracy website in Hong Kong shut down Wednesday after police raided its office and arrested seven current and…
De Pass brothers
The history of the Jews in Namibia goes back a little more than one and a half centuries. Non-existent in Namibia before the 19th century, Jews…
The ankh or key of life
The ankh or key of life is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol that was most commonly used in writing and in Egyptian art to represent the word for “life”…
Five good-news environmental stories
From record heatwaves causing devastating wildfires in Russia’s Siberia, to a prolonged drought hitting South America and the worst floods to hit South…
Israeli air raid targets key Syrian port of Latakia
An Israeli air raid has struck Syria’s Mediterranean port of Latakia for the second time this month, causing “significant material…
Israel says will ‘double settlements’
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said the country intends to double the number of settlers in the occupied Golan Heights with…
The seven principles of Kwanzaa
Christmas might be over, but Kwanzaa is just getting started. Today marks the start of Kwanzaa, also spelled Kwanza (with one ‘a’…
Similarities between the Bible and mythologies
The similarities between the stories and characters in the Bible and those from previous mythologies are both undeniable and well-documented.…
Michael Ruark 