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Contemporary victims of creative suffering 27 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
By David Cunningham Like many teachers, I intend to treat the upcoming 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington as an occasion to revisit Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famed “I Have a Dream” spee...
Social injustice and public health in America 27 Aug 2013 | 03:30 pm
By Barry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel Although there has been much progress in the United States toward social justice and improved health for racial and ethnic minorities in the 50 years since the 19...
Celebrating Women’s Equality Day 27 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
By Elizabeth Keenan In 1971, when Representative Bella Abzug introduced a joint resolution to Congress creating Women’s Equality Day, she wasn’t likely thinking about women in popular music. After al...
10 questions for David Gilbert 26 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
Each summer, Oxford University Press USA and Bryant Park in New York City partner for their summer reading series Word for Word Book Club. The Bryant Park Reading Room offers free copies of book club ...
Women’s Equality Day 26 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
By Sally G. McMillen Today we celebrate Women’s Equality Day in commemoration of the certification of the 19th Amendment, granting of women’s right to vote throughout the country. Women in the United...
Shakespeare’s hand in the additional passages to Kyd’s Spanish Tragedy 26 Aug 2013 | 03:30 pm
By Douglas Bruster Why should we think that Shakespeare wrote lines first published in the 1602 quarto of The Spanish Tragedy, a then-classic play by his deceased contemporary Thomas Kyd? Our answer ...
Ready to study UK law? 26 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
Are you one of the 17,000 students about to embark on a law course in the UK? Why not get your teeth stuck into our quiz to find out how clued up you are before you start at university? We have so man...
Krakatoa 26 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
By Bill McGuire I know that if I ask someone to name a single volcano, the chances are that they will hit upon Krakatoa; such is the degree to which the cataclysmic 1883 blast of the volcano has etch...
Why is the relationship between the US and Mexico strained? 25 Aug 2013 | 03:30 pm
Relations between the United States and Mexico, in spite of the two countries’ geographical proximity, are nothing but complex. While intimately linked, the negativity with which Mexico is regarded by...
10 facts about Galileo Galilei 25 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
By Matt Dorville One of the most prolific scientists of all time, Galileo’s life and accomplishments has been studied and written about in detail for centuries. From his discovery of the moons of Jup...
