Tag Archives: Culture & Society

America’s True History of Religious Tolerance

Freedom of religion has brought many immigrants to the United States. This article traverses the complex and largely unacknowledged historical struggle for religious tolerance in the United States.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier had its first all-female guard change in history

Learn about the guard change ceremony and why this one was so important.

Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)

Learn about the holiday’s origins and how it is celebrated.

What We Owe Each Other

A social contract is an implied agreement among the people of a society about the rules that define their government. The author of this piece believes it’s time to establish new social contracts to replace systems that aren’t working well anymore.

Cesar Chavez

Read about how Mexican-American Cesar Chavez forever changed the history of American Labor rights. He succeeded in bettering the lives of farm workers nationwide through his nonviolent efforts.

The Netherlands unveils its first national Holocaust monument

Discover the impact and significance of the Netherlands’ first national Holocaust monument.

Teenage Aviator Aims to Be Youngest Woman to Circle the Globe Solo

Read this article to learn how 19-year-old Zara Rutherford plans to make aviation history.

Black interns: ‘You just need to give us a chance’

This ground-breaking program gives thousands of young black professionals an opportunity to intern for elite companies around the world.

How The Voting Rights Act Came To Be And How It’s Changed

Read about recent interpretations of and challenges to the pivotal Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality’s Biggest Barriers

Men and women are still not guaranteed equal rights in the U.S. Constitution Read about concrete actions which thought leaders suggest we take in order to achieve equality.

Marvel’s “Shang-Chi” jabs, flips Asian American film cliches

Asian American actors feel like they’re finally getting the representation they deserve.

In 1865, thousands of Black South Carolinians signed a 54-foot-long freedom petition

Read about some of the objects on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

America’s First Immigration Center Was Also an Amusement Park

Castle Garden, originally a Revolutionary Era fort, was repurposed into an amusement park for fashionable New Yorkers in the late 1800s. Then it became the nation’s first immigrant welcome center. Read this short feature to discover how.

Black Theater Artists Are Helping Shakespeare Speak To More Diverse Audiences

Read about the importance of racially inclusive casting in the world of Shakespearian theatre.

Teens around the world are lonelier than a decade ago. The reason may be smartphones.

Read about how smart phones and social media impact the social lives of teens.

US women dominated medal count at Tokyo Olympics in ways they’ve never done before

Learn about women’s outstanding achievements in Olympic games past and present.

Research finds gender differences in fear, risk perception during COVID-19

Researchers have discovered that COVID-19 fears tend to be split along gender binary lines.

Extreme Dining in the Gilded Age

Wealthy Americans of the Gilded Age often indulged in extravagance—even when hosting dinner parties. This short article features important dinner etiquette for hosts and guests, and even includes a menu.