Literature
“In the End, we will not remember the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King It’s early April 1942 a young Lale Sokolov (the main person) is sitting on a train meant for cattle, towards an unknown destination. A feeling of sadness defines
Culture
The Sand Creek Massacre: The Betrayal That Changed Cheyenne and Arapaho People Forever The Sand Creek Massacre in 1864 has been called one of the deadliest days in Colorado history. On one fateful day, American troops killed more than 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho tribe members, almost wiping out their entire
Culture
The Freedom Monument Sculpture Park: An Immersive and Candid Look at Slavery The Freedom Monument Sculpture Park is a new landmark that is expected to open in 2024 on a 70,000 square metre site in Montgomery, Alabama. The park has been built on the banks of the Alabama River,
Culture
Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia Basilica: The Tale of an Unfinished Masterpiece Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia Basilica is finally nearing its completion, with five of its six central towers now fully-built as of last week. The tallest one, representing Jesus, is yet to be finished. Designed by Antoni Gaudi, a Catalan
Culture
Smithsonian Purchases Collection About Enslaved Poet, Phillis Wheatley In 1761, Phillis Wheatley arrived in Boston from Senegal/Gambia, West Africa as a seven-year-old child captive and was sold to a prominent family, known as the Wheatleys, who taught her how to read and write. Yearning for knowledge of the world
Culture
Prominent Authors Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement The future of the writing industry hangs in uncertainty as artificial intelligence becomes widely accessible to the public. With a simple click of a button, chatbots can generate three-thousand-word texts in mere seconds, making it easy for anyone to exploit this system. In
Politics
Argentine Presidential Election Results Change – Argentina has voted for a change in scenery at the capitol, Buenos Aires. With now president elect Javier Milei winning by a large margin of over 10% against Sergio Massa, 56% to 44%. Mr Milei leads the right-wing to far-right Partido Libertario and is one
Politics
Next year in early June the people of the European Union will head to the polls to decide who will represent their country in Brussels. The elections take place over 3 days throughout the continent, in total 720 people are to be elected (15 more seats then in 2019). 361
Politics
Cabinet Reshuffle in Britain Rishi Sunak shakes things up with a cabinet reshuffle, perhaps to try and mask the sacking of Suella Braverman. The controversial, to say the least, Home secretary is out of a job, a loss to the right-wing part of the Conservatives. Her replacement is the former
Politics
After 3 years out of the White House and close to 100 criminal charges, former President Donald J. Trump is holding his own in the polls against sitting President Joe Biden. Mr Trump leads with 2% in FiveThirtyEight, however, crucially Mr Biden is losing in nearly all of the last
Politics
Hero or Hindrance to Progress? Joe Manchin’s Departure From Capitol Hill After well over a decade in the Senate, Mr Manchin has decided to end his extraordinary political career in the Senate. A Democrat in deep Republican territory having been both the governor and Senator of West Virginia (a
Politics
How the AC changed our politics and impacts the world. Take a moment to think about how a simple invention can transform the world as we know it. Enter air conditioning, a technology that goes beyond just cooling our spaces — it has rewritten the narratives of cities and politics in