Chronicler Of The Path Untread: The 19th Century Journeys Of Isabella Bird
As Isabella Bird, in her seventieth year and in the middle of her last great adventure, sat across from Sultan at Marrakesh, telling him tales of her adve...
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Essential Risk: NYC Plumber Judaline Cassidy On Working In Building Trades During COVID-19 Crisis
Judaline Cassidy has been a plumber in NYC for more than two decades. She is a master of her craft, and a champion of equality in the still male-dominated cons...
Fact v Fiction: “And The People Stayed Home” Viral Poem By Kitty O’Meara (2020), Not Kathleen O’Mara (1869)
"And the people stayed home." This is the opening line of an untitled poem that’s gone wildly viral. Social media posts shared now 10s of 1,000s of times by pe...
In Defense Of The Soil: A Century With Hydrodynamic Mathematician Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina
Water is that great, terrible thing. Its chemical properties make it a magnificent solvent and coolant, which is wonderful if you're trying to build a multice...
Candid Conversation With Jen Haller, The First Person To Receive Injection Of Trial Coronavirus Vaccine
On Monday, March 16, in a monumental act of courage and selflessness, Jen Haller, age 43, became the first person to receive the first-ever injection of an inv...
Trailblazing Journalist Gwen Ifill (1955–2016) To Be Honored With U.S. Forever Stamp In 2020
Last Tuesday, the U.S. Postal Service revealed several of the new Forever stamps and others to be issued in 2020. Among the notable figures being celebrated is...
Teen Honors Mom In Winning Doodle For Google Illustration
Congratulations to high school senior Arantza Peña Popo, who was announced as the winner of the US 2019 Doodle for Google national competition.This ye...
Girl Scouts Launches 42 New STEM And Outdoor Adventure Badges… That We Want To Earn As Adults
Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) have just revealed 42 new STEM and Outdoor High Adventure badges exclusively for girls in grades K–12. The badges, which offer g...
Amy McGrath, Lt. Col, US Marine Corps (Ret.), Announces Senate Run, On A Mission To Unseat Mitch McConnell
Retired Marine Lieutenant Colonel Amy McGrath, the first woman Marine to fly in an F-18 in combat, just dropped this video announcing her campaign for U.S. Sen...