Twenty years ago, Matthew Shepard was brutally murdered for being gay. A lawyer who helped implement hate crime legislation…
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Does Anne Moody's memoir represent how far we've come as a society. Or is it a stark reminder of how far we need…
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In Kenneth Burke's 'The War of Words,' the late rhetorical theorist picks apart the little ways news articles…
Famously feminized by the Nazis – and later used in prison cells to limit aggression in inmates – the color pink toes…
A disc-golf boom is coinciding with a ball-golf bust.
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Over the course of two years, a sociologist studied a group of affluent, white kids to see how they made sense of sensitive…
Through his art and his travels, 19th-century French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix sought to understand the chaos of…
Since the Byzantine era, gossipy anecdotes about the mishaps of rulers and their inner circles have been compiled, shared…
If you disagree with the political slant of the network, it might color your views of others in the room – and change…
Instead of taking pride in how quickly they cover the same stories as everyone else, these organizations make public service…
Many Americans seem to like seeing communist ideas in action, but have a visceral reaction to the word ‘communism.’…
How can a band so slavishly derivative – and sometimes downright plagiaristic – be also considered radically innovative…
On the front lines were female tennis players who refused to adhere to the club dress codes that banned them.
The career arc of Nichelle Nichols – the first black woman to have a continuing co-starring role on TV – shows how diverse…